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Apartheid and Planning in South African Cities

This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? Effective urban planning is needed to address many urban development challenges in African cities. Especially in this era of urbanization, climate change and increasing urban poverty. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Regional and City-level SDG Indices

In this video, SDG Index Manager Guillaume Lafortune presents the case for local SDG measurement, and discusses the methodologies used to create regional and city-level indices that serve as a resource for local decision-making. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Measuring and Monitoring the SDGs

This video is part of Module 8: How can cities and urban areas be governed better to make them more sustainable? We can measure the SDGs using tools for capacity development. From infrastructure to culture to economic opportunity, learn how harnessing the power of urban development for global progress is imperative. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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The Challenge of Urban Politics, Planning and Governance, Part I

Many people see cities as primary places of economic activity, but cities are also sites of social, cultural, and religious relevance. Examples of cities and their roles are given in their historical and cultural contexts. Cities are the center where intellectuals, artists, musicians, revolutionaries and others congregate, as well as where power and inequality is often seen. This is all explored in this chapter using historical examples. Watch Part II This video is licensed under the CC…

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Progressing the Greening of Education Through Monitoring:How Countries Can Inform their Policy and Curriculum Making through the New SDG Global Indicator 4.7.1b

On the sidelines of the 57th Session of the UN Statistical Commission, "Progressing the Greening of Education through Monitoring: How Countries Can Inform their Policy and Curriculum Making through the New SDG Global Indicator 4.7.1b." 📅 Thursday, February 19, 2026 A MECCE Project partnership with the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report has produced a new official SDG Global Indicator. SDG Global Indicator 4.7.1b measures the extent to which countries are integrating…

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Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

This conversation with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, took place on April 26, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Prof. Mazzucato's new book Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, and the importance of boldly reimagining the capacities and role of government to solve today's "wicked problems" and recover a sense of public purpose. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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Socio-emotional Development from 3 to 8

This chapter is about socio-emotional development, about when the children develop the important skills for cooperation and contribution in terms of pro-social and moral development and self-regulation. Pro-social development is key in the transition form parallel to cooperative play, which is important for later collaboration and teamwork skills. These are rooted in empathy and guilt, which are universal human emotions and related to conceptions of fairness and justice. There are differences…

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The Basics of Aggregate Demand Management

This chapter talks about the role of government induced tools, such as actions by the central bank or actions in budget spending and tax decisions, towards a stabilization policy. Stabilization policies by the central bank and the budget can help create full employment. Using graphs, Professor Sachs explains possible supply and demand scenarios. There is a focus on, and explanation of, aggregate demand though the GDP + M = C+I+G+X formula, which is a relationship that takes all the goods…

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The Challenge of Urban Politics, Planning and Governance, Part II

Urban politics comes down to making decisions with short, medium, and long-term impacts in a context of scarce resources between competing priorities, making planning very important. Types of planning include spatial planning, strategic planning or growth management planning, spatial literacy planning, precinct-level planning, and other intersectional types of planning. This is considered through the case study of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. Watch Part I This video is licensed…