DUBAI  —  The last Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is, in some ways, the most important.

LOME — In 2014, the African Union’s “Cost of Hunger” study alerted African ministers of finance and planning to an underappreciated economic headwind that was gaining strength and threatening to stall their development plans.

LOMÉ — Africa’s health sector represents a massive investment opportunity, estimated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to be worth $66 billion annually. Yet, African leaders and donors continue to discuss Africa’s healthcare systems in terms of funding gaps.

LOMÉ — It has now been more than three years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the money required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the agenda’s key targets, remains elusive.