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Module 1: The SDG framework and Agenda 2030

Chapter 1: Scale and Scope of the SDGs
Chapter 2: A Brief History of the SDGs
Chapter 3: Transformation Challenges
Chapter 4: Differential Diagnosis  
Chapter 5: Structures of power and decision making

Module 2: Transformation Pathways to Success 

Chapter 1: Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth
Chapter 2: Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 3: Clean Energy and Industry
Chapter 4: Sustainable Food and Land Use
Chapter 5: Smart Cities and Transport
Chapter 6: Digital Technologies and E-Governance

Module 3: Government and the SDGs 

Chapter 1: Planning and Back-casting
Chapter 2: Organizing Government for the SDGs
Chapter 3: SDG Policy Instruments
Chapter 4: SDG Pathways: The Case of Deep Decarbonization
Chapter 5: Industrial Policies and the SDGs

Module 4: SDG Financing 

Chapter 1: Needs assessments: estimating resource needs for the SDGs
Chapter 2: Types of Financing
Chapter 3: Capital Markets and the SDGs
Chapter 4: New financing mechanisms and Global Funds
Chapter 5: Development financing for the SDGs.

Module 5.  The Business Sector and the SDGs

Chapter 1:  The Role of Business in the SDGs
Chapter 2:  Shareholders and Stakeholders
Chapter 3:  Global Value Chains
Chapter 4:  Unsustainable Industries
Chapter 5:  Public-Private-Civil Society Partnerships

Module 6.  Civil Society and the SDGs

Chapter 1:  Public awareness and Consumer Activism
Chapter 2:  Data for Accountability and Decision-making
Chapter 3:  Investor Activism
Chapter 4:  Litigation and Human Rights
Chapter 5:  Social business, CSOs, and operations where government is weak (conflict zones, refugee camps, etc.)

Module 7: Global Partnerships for the SDGs

Chapter 1: Development Assistance
Chapter 2: Other dimensions of Global Partnership
Chapter 3: The Role of Universities and SDSN  
Chapter 4: Moral Advocacy: Religious Leaders
Chapter 5: Cross-Border Cooperation
Chapter 6: The World in 2030: Mapping a path forward