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（Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs）是全球协调推进可持续发展工作的核心着力点。然而，SDGs的推进进程已陷入停滞。本文将研究视角转向发展伙伴的行为，将其视为SDGs达成的关键决定因素。本文认为，捐助方对受援国自主权的承诺缺乏热忱，阻碍了SDGs更高水平的达成。尽管自主权本身即为一项程序性目标（SDG-17），但它也被视作实现实质性发展成果的关键要素。本研究整合了两大监测框架的数据——巴黎宣言监测系统（Paris Declaration Monitoring System, PDMS）与全球有效发展合作伙伴关系（Global Partnership on Effective Development Cooperation, GPEDC）——以考察2015至2019年间自主权变化与SDGs达成度变化之间的关联。通过对覆盖23个捐助方、66个受援方的最多257组捐助方-受援国配对样本开展线性回归分析，本研究发现，自主权的提升与SDGs达成度的提升显著相关。工具变量分析进一步验证了该结果的因果解释合理性。本研究结果也印证了现有质性研究中关于自主权对可持续发展的作用的相关发现。