Goal-setting in the SDGs Relevent to the US

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework to prioritize the development agenda as we move forward over the next 15 years.  Each of the 17 SDGs includes a series of targets to be met.  I believe the US should adopt and move forward on each of these goals, and collect and provide data for each of the targets.  One goal of particular interest to me, is the first one, to end poverty, in all its forms, everywhere.  One of the targets within this goal is 1.b "Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions."  I think much can be done domestically to reduce poverty, as we define it in the US, and a pro-poor gender-sensitive strategy is salient here.  In New Jersey, obstacles to poverty include the high cost of living, the lack of affordable public transportation, and affordable health and mental health care.  Pro-poor and gender-sensitive policy locally might include improving access to affordable housing and transportation.  All this is to illustrate the usefulness of the SDGs, for industrialized countries, even at local levels within countries.  The UN report linked below, also outlines the challenges that social and economic inequalities impose.