CHILD POVERTY IN THE VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEWS - A REVIEW OF VNR REPORTS FROM 2017 TO 2024
To monitor and assess national progress on the SDGs, each year a select number of countries present their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). This process enables countries to take stock of their achievements and challenges, share lessons learned and identify actions to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The VNRs are important as they are a key tool for accountability for the SDGs, both at the national and global level.
One way to assess progress on SDG implementation – including efforts to end child poverty - is to survey the data and narrative content that countries present in their VNRs. This Coalition brief will be the fifth analysis of the VNRs from a child poverty perspective, looking at how countries report on child poverty. This analysis builds upon the previous briefing paper developed by the Coalition, which reviewed VNRs from 2017 to 2022. This year’s analysis reviews both the 2023 and 2024 VNRs and provides reflections on the trends since 2017.
Link to Policy Brief: coming soon