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Realizing the sustainable development goals by 2030 will require a paradigm shift in the ways governments respond to ever-increasing developmental challenges. It will require rethinking the role of government in the digital age, and the way it interacts with society and the private sector. How can governments in the digital era manage the public affairs of a country, respond to the needs of its people, deliver services and manage its development and economy sustainably. Digital government approaches have the potential to accelerate achieving the sustainable development goals and ensuring that no one is left behind. In the 2018 edition of its influential survey of digital government progress worldwide, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs revealed emerging global trends as well as new challenges in the digital age. How should governments take advantage of these emerging digital government opportunities to accelerate the implementation of the sustainable development goals?