Good quality environmental data and statistics are critical to monitoring and evaluating progress toward the SDGs in Mongolia, and developing policies to achieve these goals.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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The Asian Development Bank is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance.
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SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production; Goal 13: Climate Action; Goal 15: Life on Land
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SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Consultations with stakeholders helped create a well-rounded sustainable and consumption action plan with broad support.
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SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
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SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
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SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Public-private partnerships can help make clean technologies for turning waste into energy accessible to cities.
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SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
A water project includes a gender, caste, and minority ethnic strategy to promote the rights of marginalized groups in Nepal.
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SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.
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SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keeping a city safe from flood and waterborne diseases requires a holistic approach to water resources management.
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SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Using a tablet or smartphone to conduct survey interviews makes it easier and faster to benchmark progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
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SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being; Goal 4: Quality Education; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
In Indonesia, a university in Lampung is building an SDGs monitoring dashboard to improve data management and visualization for local governments.