The facts of sustainable development in the Arab region, both regionally and nationally, reflect persistent efforts to achieve its goals at the environmental, social, and economic levels. It demonstrates strenuous efforts to accelerate the pace of implementation and reach its goals and indicators, and reviews its successes annually at the High-Level Political Forum.

Based on global and national efforts to periodically review progress in the performance and indicators of sustainable development, and in line with the interest of Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights in the goals of sustainable development and its periodic participation in the relevant high-level political forum, Maat launches the fifth issue of its research periodical on the efforts of Arab countries to catch up. The publication provides an evaluative vision for the development goals to be reviewed in 2024, entitled "Goal 17... between the ambition of the goals and the reality of the indicators." This issue sheds light on the goals and objectives of Goal 17 at the country level, then moves on to reading and analyzing them at the regional level. It also reviews the set of challenges facing the goal and makes a set of recommendations to Arab governments to contribute to achieving the goal and reaching its targets.