Exploring Inclusive Sustainability Paired with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Official Development Assistance. A Data-Driven and Evidence-Based National Experience

Abstract

This paper is thought as an exploratory case of reaching two policy objectives, inclusion and sustainability, by the fourth EU institutions’ bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipient – Moldova (after Ukraine, Turkey and Serbia, in 2023, according to OECD Reports), as an EU candidate country, also the most committed to sustainable, fair and equitable human development, according to Coherence Index of the European Commission and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The research seeks to use Tinbergen’s model of two objectives: inclusion and sustainability, and two instruments: ODA and SDGs, one for each objective of the researched objectives, aiming to prove that this is a more effective way to bring growth and yield faster results in line with the EU targets. Using this, the researchers seek to propose a way that can lead to more effective and predictable policy outcomes. The research addresses the concept of inclusive sustainability in relation to the scores for three selected SDGs (11, 12, and 17) and to the indicator for the net official development assistance and official aid received, aiming to provide better support for developing policies that allow all citizens to get involved in the co-creation of eco-conscious behaviors and co-producing sustainable and inclusive growth.