The 169 commandments.

The article argues that the United Nations' proposed list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set out how to improve the lives of the poor people in emerging countries, needs to be shortened and redesigned to focus on reducing poverty, improving health, and boosting education. According to the article, the SDGs are the successors to the development targets that various governments agreed to in 2000. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and good intentions are examined.