From review findings to future action: accelerating progress to 2030 and informing the post-2030 debate

Objective

To combine evidence, acceleration priorities, and post-2030 perspectives in a single narrative, emphasizing long-term planning and contribution to broader discussions on the future of sustainable development.

Overview

Building on the review findings emerging from the five pillars of analysis and using a nexus approach and a foresight lens, the VNR identifies policy priorities for accelerating progress in the remaining years to 2030. It also looks beyond 2030, reflecting on lessons learned that can inform a future international development framework.
Four cross-pillar linkages, identified as particularly important, provide the analytical basis for the country’s acceleration agenda to 2030:
•    Renewable energy transition as a driver of water security, human development and economic competitiveness.
•    Strengthened governance as an enabler of investment and development financing.
•    Social protection as a catalyst for labour-market participation, human capital development and reduced inequality.
•    Urban and spatial infrastructure as a means of promoting geographic equity and expanding development gains.
The analysis also identifies three key considerations likely to shape the development trajectory of Jordan, namely: a demographic opportunity that can drive growth; external risks, particularly regional volatility and climate change that require careful planning; and a four-layer institutional, fiscal, social and data architecture that provides the foundation for managing those risks and seizing the demographic opportunity, thus accelerating progress towards the SDGs.
These findings are then translated into an acceleration agenda for the period to 2030, a “Road Map to 2030”. The Road Map is guided by three principles: scaling successful interventions, preparing the economy to benefit from the demographic dividend, and leveraging digital transformation. It is structured around eight cross-cutting enablers that contribute to specific SDGs and are linked to relevant growth drivers in the Economic Modernisation Vision.¹ The enablers are gender mainstreaming, digital transformation, partnerships, financing for development, institutional governance, SDG localization, data development and climate mainstreaming.
Looking beyond 2030, the analysis draws on the development experience of Jordan to identify five broader lessons for the post-2030 development agenda:
•    Resilience as a driver of structural transformation, turning crises into opportunities for reform, modernization and development rather than merely recovery from them.
•    The need to institutionalize nexus thinking across policies and investments.
•    Reforming the international financial architecture for vulnerable middle-income countries to provide fairer burden-sharing for refugee-hosting countries, greater access to climate finance and the expansion of innovative financing mechanisms to support sustainable development.
•    The evolution of the leaving no one behind agenda towards structural inclusion, promoting meaningful participation, empowerment and equal opportunities for all social groups.
•    The role of data, open systems and innovation as enablers of informed decision-making and ongoing learning.

 

¹The Economic Modernisation Vision growth drivers are: smart Jordan, high-value industries, vibrant Jordan, green Jordan, future services, invest Jordan, destination Jordan, and sustainable resources.