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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Finding out how to transform war economies into peace economies

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Description
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• The poorest communities living in the most dangerous areas are being left behind. Many survive by engaging in illicit crop production, despite the violence and coercion it brings, because their marginalisation and exclusion from public services and markets leave them almost no other choice.
• Failure to tackle illicit economies as part of development rather than simply a law enforcement issue leads to missed opportunities for peacebuilding.
• Reliance on the SDG metrics alone (targets and indicators) based on the nation-state as the unit of analysis makes the SDGs blind to the cross-border impacts of illicit economies and ignores the agency of people at sub-national level making unorthodox choices to survive.
Expected Impact

Support for development initiatives in conflict-affected territories where illicit economies have become the means for survival are strengthened.

There is more awareness about the stigmatization of illicit crop producers. They deserve development support and are the communities that are most vulnerable and left behind.

The SDGs are tracked and monitored beyond the state-centric model

Illicit livelihoods are addressed in peace processes.

Partners
SOAS-University of London; London School of Economics; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Kachinland Research Centre (Myanmar); Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN-Myanmar); Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU); ALCIS; Organisation for Sustainable Development and Research OSDR-Afghanistan; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Universidad delos Andes Colombia; Positive-Negatives

Goal 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 16

16.1

Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere

16.1.1
Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age
16.1.2
Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause
16.1.3

Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months

16.1.4

Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live after dark

16.2

End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children

16.2.1

Proportion of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month

16.2.2
Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation
16.2.3

Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18

16.3

Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all

16.3.1

Proportion of victims of (a) physical, (b) psychological and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms

16.3.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
16.3.3

Proportion of the population who have experienced a dispute in the past two years and who accessed a formal or informal dispute resolution mechanism, by type of mechanism

16.4

By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime

16.4.1
Total value of inward and outward illicit financial flows (in current United States dollars)
16.4.2
Proportion of seized, found or surrendered arms whose illicit origin or context has been traced or established by a competent authority in line with international instruments

16.5

Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

16.5.1
Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials, during the previous 12 months
16.5.2
Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials during the previous 12 months

16.6

Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels

16.6.1
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget, by sector (or by budget codes or similar)
16.6.2

Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services

16.7

Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels

16.7.1

Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups

16.7.2
Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group

16.8

Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance

16.8.1

Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

16.9

By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration

16.9.1
Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age

16.10

Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

16.10.1
Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months
16.10.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information

16.a

Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime

16.a.1
Existence of independent national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles

16.b

Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development

16.b.1
Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Name Description
• More member states get to recognise that the emergence of illicit drug economies is principally caused by the marginalisation and exclusion of vulnerable communities, and not mainly by greed or criminality.
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Timeline
23 September 2019 (start date)
30 September 2021 (date of completion)
Entity
Christian Aid
SDGs
16
Region
  1. Global
Geographical coverage
35 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL, United Kingdom
Countries
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Colombia
Colombia
Myanmar
Myanmar
Contact Information

Eric Gutierrez, Senior Adviser

egutierrez@christian-aid.org