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      Evidence-based policymaking and the wicked problem of SDG 5 Gender Equality

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          Evidence-based policymaking (EBP) contends that policy decisions are successful when informed by evidence. However, where policy problems are “wicked” (systemic, ambiguous, complex, and conflictual), politics trumps evidence and solutions are never first best or permanent. Applying an EBP approach to solving wicked problems (WPs) therefore appears to be a daunting, impossible task. Despite the difficulties, we contend that blending insights from the EBP and WP literatures can provide actionable and practical policy advice to governments and MNEs for dealing with the WPs of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We support our thesis with a case study applying EBP to the WP of SDG 5 Gender Equality. We compare the statistical evidence from gender inequality indexes to SDG 5’s targets and indicators. We provide five insights from the EBP and WP literatures into why and how good evidence is necessary but not sufficient for progress on SDG 5. Building on these insights, we recommend that governments adopt an EBP approach employing public–private partnerships to address SDG 5. We also recommend that MNE executives use our new SDG Materiality Matrix, designed on EBP principles, to build SDG 5 into their global corporate social responsibility strategies.

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                Author and article information

                Contributors
                leden@tamu.edu
                fwagstaff@utep.edu
                Journal
                J Int Bus Policy
                Journal of International Business Policy
                Palgrave Macmillan UK (London )
                2522-0691
                2522-0705
                17 July 2020
                : 1-30
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.264756.4, ISNI 0000 0004 4687 2082, Department of Management, TAMU 4221, Mays Business School, , Texas A&M University, ; College Station, TX 77843-4221 USA
                [2 ]GRID grid.267324.6, ISNI 0000 0001 0668 0420, Department of Marketing and Management, , The University of Texas at El Paso, ; El Paso, TX 79968 USA
                Article
                54
                10.1057/s42214-020-00054-w
                7366474
                a9115b1d-7a20-4a85-9f81-da552e01be00
                © Academy of International Business 2020

                This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

                History
                : 27 May 2019
                : 19 May 2020
                : 21 May 2020
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                sustainable development,gender equality,corporate social responsibility,evidence-based policymaking,wicked problems,gender inequality indexes,materiality,nonmarket strategy,policy-oriented studies

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