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Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post-2015 era?

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  • Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were introduced to monitor implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration which set out a vision for inclusive and sustainable globalization based on human rights principles. This paper critically assesses the MDG experience including their policy purpose, ethical commitments, political origins, and consequences. It proposes that post-2015 goals should be based on principles of equity, sustainability and human security and address key contemporary challenges such as climate change, unemployment, inequality and global market instability.

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  • Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, 2012. "Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post-2015 era?," Working Papers 117, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:une:wpaper:117
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    1. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Alicia Ely Yamin & Joshua Greenstein, 2014. "The Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of Millennium Development Goal Targets for Human Development and Human Rights," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2-3), pages 105-117, July.
    2. Jasmine Gideon & Fenella Porter, 2014. "Unpacking Women's Health in Public-Private Partnerships: A Return to Instrumentalism in Development Policy and Practice?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-009, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Matthew Lockwood, 2013. "What Can Climate-Adaptation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa Learn from Research on Governance and Politics?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 31(6), pages 647-676, November.
    4. Akpalu, Wisdom & Dasmani, Isaac & Normanyo, Ametefee K., 2013. "Optimum Fisheries Management Under Climate Variability: Evidence from Artisanal Marine Fishing in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series 052, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Antonio Sianes & Luis A. Fernández-Portillo & Adela Toscano-Valle & Elena Pérez-Velasco, 2023. "Heterogeneity in financing for development strategies as a hindering factor to achieve a global agreement on the 2030 Agenda," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, December.
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    Keywords

    MDGs; development cooperation; poverty; equity; sustainability; security; global goals;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General

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