The United Nations' (UN) new sustainable development agenda presents a markedly improved approach compared to previous international efforts by focusing on all aspects of development: political, social, economic, and environmental.
The post-2015 agenda presents an important opportunity to move from inequality to inclusive, sustainable growth and human development that benefits us all.
MDG Update: Accelerate Progress for Children – Towards a Post-2015 development agenda for all children presents an assessment of progress towards the MDG targets using a selection of child and maternal related MDG indicators.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is one of three co-chairs of the UN High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda, which is expected to present its recommendations in May 2013.
It is now time to turn our attentions to the June negotiations on the next group of proposals for the development agenda, which go much further, and present more controversy.
Asis explains the logic behind the relative success of migrant remittances and how in spite of this, limits of migration and development agendas are still present: The Philippines is also successful in terms of remittance inflows from its overseas population.
Kenya was also one of many countries that commissioned consultations at national, regional and community levels to discuss the Post-2015 development agenda, and these culminated into a position paper that was presented for inclusion into the post-2015 development agenda.
The sustainable development goals, which are expected to be approved at a UN summit in September and will shape the global development agenda for the next 15 years, at present have a dedicated goal on water and sanitation.
This insight is particularly timely given the opportunity presented by the beginning of the new Sustainable Development agenda to reconsider the monitoring of improvements in adult literacy around the globe.
The strategic plan aims to further the rights of children within the larger context of the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Declaration, the post-2015 world and the emerging new development agenda, he said, noting further that the rapidly evolving humanitarian system also presented new opportunities and challenges in fragile and conflict areas.
