Replication Data for: Doing things right versus doing the right things? Ownership’s effect on the Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the focal point for coordinating global efforts toward promoting sustainable development. However, progress toward the SDGs has stalled. This article shifts attention to the behaviors of development partners as a key determinant of SDG attainment. It argues that lukewarm donor commitment to recipient-country ownership has prevented greater SDG attainment. While ownership is a procedural goal in its own right (SDG-17), it is also perceived as critical for achieving substantive development outcomes. The analysis synthesize data from two monitoring frameworks—the Paris Declaration Monitoring System (PDMS) and the Global Partnership on Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC)—to examine the relationship between changes in ownership and changes in SDG attainment over the 2015-19 period. Using linear regression analysis of up to 257 donor−recipient dyads covering 23 donors and 66 recipients, the analysis shows that increases in ownership are significantly related to increases in SDG attainment. Instrumental-variable analysis supports a causal interpretation of these results. These results corroborate findings from qualitative studies about the role of ownership for sustainable development.

可持续发展目标（SDGs）是协调全球可持续发展促进工作的核心。然而，SDGs的推进已陷入停滞。本文将关注点转向发展伙伴的行为，视其为实现SDGs的关键决定因素。文章认为，捐助方对受援国自主权（recipient-country ownership）的冷淡承诺阻碍了SDGs的进一步实现。尽管自主权本身是一项程序性目标（procedural goal）（对应SDG-17），但它也被视为实现实质性发展成果（substantive development outcomes）的关键。该分析综合了两个监测框架（monitoring frameworks）的数据——《巴黎宣言》监测系统（PDMS）和有效发展合作全球伙伴关系（GPEDC）——以考察2015-2019年间自主权变化与SDGs实现程度变化之间的关系。通过对涵盖23个捐助方和66个受援方的多达257对捐助-受援方组合（donor−recipient dyads）进行线性回归分析（linear regression analysis），结果显示自主权的提升与SDGs实现程度的提高显著相关。工具变量分析（Instrumental-variable analysis）支持对这些结果的因果解释。这些结果印证了定性研究（qualitative studies）中关于自主权在可持续发展中作用的发现。