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Examining the level of public awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: An empirical evidence from Ghana.


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Author list: Daniel Odoom, Eric Opoku Mensah, Dick-Sagoe Christopher, Ka Yiu Lee, Ernest Opoku, Joseph Obeng-Baah

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volume number: 26

Issue number: 3

Start page: 6221

End page: 6238

Number of pages: 18



Nations which are part of the United Nations are required to institute appropriate measures to fulfil the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, for this to be possible, all stakeholders including the general public need to be fully aware of the SDGs. This research examined the level of public awareness about the SDGs among Ghanaians based on the views of 431 respondents. Means, standard deviation, Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis and Pearson Product-Moment Correlations were used for data analysis. The study found that awareness level on SDG 1 (ending poverty), SDG 2 (zero hunger, food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture), SDG 3 (health and well-being), SDG 5 (gender equality), and SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) was high among Ghanaians. However, awareness level on SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), SDG 14 (conservation of life below water


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