Title:
Beyond 2015 : rethinking development policy
Authors:
Sumner, A.
Year:
2009
Serial number:
14
Journal:
The Broker
Pages:
8
-
12
ISSN:
1874-2033
Language:
eng
Subject:
Development Cooperation General
Keywords:
development policy
,
poverty
Abstract:
The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) isn’t until 2015. But it is time to begin thinking about the ‘MDG-plus’ agenda. But what, if anything, should replace the MDGs as a policy focus or new development paradigm? There are three possible ways forward: (1) more of the same. We continue with the same MDGs, with or without a timeline. Economist Jeffrey Sachs has argued for a timeline of 2025, while others press for 2020. But is another 5–10 years enough to make progress? (2) something a bit more radical. We create new targets, perhaps locally defined, with or without a timeline; or (3) combine the MDGs with something new. We pursue an ‘inner core’ of the existing MDGs, but add new and locally defined targets as an ‘outer core’.
Organization:
The Broker
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2009 IDP. This article has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license.
Document type:
E-article
File:
138182.pdf