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Towards Recovery and Sustainable Development in the Decade of Action
Release Date:
5 March, 2022
The 2020 Africa Sustainable Development Report is the fourth in a series of reports dating back to 2017. It seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of Africa’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the objectives of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. In particular, it analyses Africa’s progress towards the SDGs under five Pillars: People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace and Partnerships. These Pillars closely correspond to the five transformational outcomes of Agenda 2063 and its 20 goals.
Over the past two decades, Africa has made remarkable progress in a range of key development areas: there have been substantial declines in maternal and child deaths as well as steady decreases in the incidence rates of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (Min, 2021), and considerable progress has been made in primary school enrolment and youth literacy (Min, 2021). Women’s representation is key to accelerating progress on gender equality and empowerment. Between 2013 and 2019, the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa (excluding Northern Africa) increased by three percentage points. The report also highlights how the majority of governments in Africa have made significant efforts to incorporate the SDGs and Agenda 2063 into their national development plans.