Utilization of Research for the Realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for National Development in the Twenty-first Century

Abstract

A paper on the role of research in the realization of the sustainable 
development goals, this paper explores various opinions of authors and 
researchers towards the concept of research and sustainable 
development. Sustainability is mostly perceived as the combination of 
environmental, social, and economic performance. Though, there is 
difficulty in defining sustainable development. Today, the needs of 
many people are not met, and at the same time the hope of future 
generation to meet their needs is being compromised. It is as a result 
of thisthat, sustainable development goals has raised as a concept 
affected by the need to offer people a kind of development which can meet the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of 
future generation to meet theirs. Economic development may result in 
an improvement in the standard of living related to a small proportion 
of the population while the majority of the population remains poor. 
The concept of sustainable development has become a widely 
recognized goal for human society in the 21st century. This paper 
therefore focuses on the concept of research, sustainable 
development, the role of research in the realization of sustainable 
development goals, challenges to the realization of SDGS, suggestion 
and way-forward.