Post-Pandemic Effects on the Realisation of Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) for Oecd Countries

Abstract

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), expected to be completed by 2030, to eradicate poverty and combat inequality and injustice globally. For the UN 2030 Agenda, the goals were defined to eventually be achieved, but so far, each country has a different level of progress in this process. However, since the beginning of 2020, the world has been threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had widespread health and economic, political, and social effects. The COVID-19 pandemic was an unexpected and unforeseeable crisis for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. In this chapter, we use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected OECD nations’ ability to realise their SDGs. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Erman Akilli, Burak Güneş and Ahmet Gökbel.