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TitleBeyond 2015 : rethinking development policy  
AuthorA. Sumner
Year2009
JournalThe Broker
Series number14
Pages8-12
ISSN1874-2033
OrganisationThe Broker
SubjectDevelopment Cooperation General
Keywordsdevelopment policy, poverty
AbstractThe 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’.  
LanguageEnglish
CategoryPolicy
Document typeArticle
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