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Southern agency in global norms creation: Bangladesh in the SDGs formulation process

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  • ASM Ali Ashraf
  • Syeda Rozana Rashid

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This paper examines which institutions, ideas, and interests have shaped the position of Bangladesh in creating the norms of the United Nations (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Bangladesh’s contribution to the SDGs norms creation process is examined in two distinct stages: drafting a position paper (June 2012–June 2013) and participating in UN Open Working Group (OWG) negotiations (March 2013–July 2014). Findings reveal how a small cohort of policy entrepreneurs played a key role in both stages. They gave prominence to ideas such as poverty alleviation, global inequality, and migrants’ rights in structuring the SDGs agenda. In the final round of OWG negotiations, Bangladeshi delegates calculated that active participation in the norms creation process would best serve the interests of the Global South by challenging the Global North which wanted to impose its interests. This paper offers an important insight into the norms literature by showing convergence and divergence of interests and agendas of global and local actors.

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  • ASM Ali Ashraf & Syeda Rozana Rashid, 2024. "Southern agency in global norms creation: Bangladesh in the SDGs formulation process," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(11), pages 1793-1812, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:45:y:2024:i:11:p:1793-1812
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2024.2368828
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