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This policy brief presents progress made on SDG 11 and on the refinement of the monitoring framework for Goal 11 indicators with the complimentary work on preparation of global baselines. It is based upon the Standalone Report on SDG 11, a substantive analysis prepared by the United Nations as a contribution to the HLPF 2018. The policy brief highlights emerging critical issues related to urbanization and underscores how ‘urban’ is a cross-cutting or transversal dimension that can accelerate the achievement of other goals and targets. It provides insights for building effective partnerships for establishing more sustainable solutions for global and local monitoring. The policy brief draws upon evidence from primary and secondary analysis of qualitative and quantitative data provided by countries themselves, and by the Global Sample of Cities database, as well as geospatial analysis of cities. It relies on information derived from various other sources including voluntary national review reports, and reports from local governments, urban observatories, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector and academia. This report has been developed by co-leads UN-Habitat, UNESCO, UNISDR, WHO, UNODC, UNFPA, UNDP with contributions from UNECE, UNESCAP, UNECA, UNESCWA, UNECLAC, UCLG, New York University and European Commission.
