Societies around the world are navigating many complicated economic, social, and environmental issues at once. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put a framework and metrics to many of these diverse problems. This paper finds that despite ongoing global strains, the human condition has improved on several fronts since 2015 – but improvement alone does not meet...

Rapid shifts in digital technologies are changing the context for pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper focuses on 'digital public technology' (DPT), meaning digital assets that create a level playing field for broad access or use - by virtue of being publicly owned, publicly regulated or open source.