The ICT-related SDG indicators: Prerequisites, progress, and interpretation
Dodonov V.
2024EnPress Publisher, LLC
Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development
2024#8Issue 8
Despite the efforts of public institutions and government spending, progress on the SDGs is mixed at the midpoint of the 2030 timeframe-some targets are off track and some have even regressed. ICT-related indicators, on the other hand, stand out for their strong progress. The author notes this progress, but questions its relationship to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. He argues that the growth in internet and mobile network penetration is due to the economic characteristics of communications development. The objectives of the article are to review the impact of the ICT sector on economic growth, to consider the role of government spending in the development of this sector in the context of fostering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and to identify the prerequisites for significant progress towards SDG targets in communications. Achievement of these objectives will make it possible to determine whether this progress is a consequence of targeted efforts to achieve the SDGs, or whether, in accordance with the author’s hypothesis, it is based on the specifics of the ICT sector’s development, allowing for the accelerated spread of mobile communications and the Internet, which is reflected in the SDG indicators.
government spending , ICT , Internet and mobile network penetration , SDG indicators , sustainable development goals
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Center for Political Studies, Institute of Philosophy Political Science and Religious Studies, Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
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