Abstract
With the 21 targets of the Millennium Development Goals and the 0.7 per cent of gross national income target for Official Development Assistance coming to an end, 2015 represents an opportunity to update and broaden the global development reporting framework to strengthen the global effort to reduce poverty in developing countries. This article proposes a three-pillar approach to monitor the post-2015 progress based on traditional development outcomes, policy coherence for development indicators and global public goods. Through an analytical framework, the desirability, feasibility and political acceptability of the approach are assessed. The article finds that any perceived technical challenges could be overcome but that the willingness of more affluent countries to have their contributions monitored is likely to be the key stumbling block.
Abstract
Les 21 cibles des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD) touchant à leur fin, ainsi que la cible de 0,7 per cent du revenu national brut (RNB) pour contribuer à l’aide publique au développement (APD), l’année 2015 représente une occasion de mettre à jour et d’élargir le cadre de reporting pour le développement international afin de renforcer l’effort mondial visant à réduire la pauvreté dans les pays en développement. Cet article propose une approche fondée sur trois piliers pour suivre les progrès de l’après-2015: les résultats traditionnels du développement, les indicateurs pour la cohérence des politiques pour le développement (CPD) et les biens publics mondiaux (BPM). Grâce à un cadre analytique, nous évaluons l’opportunité, la faisabilité et l’acceptabilité politique de l’approche. L’article constate que tout défi technique perçu pourrait être surmonté, mais que la volonté des pays les plus riches d’avoir leurs contributions surveillées est susceptible d’être un point d’achoppement important.
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At EU level, PCD first came to prominence with the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. The Treaty states that ‘the Community cd to in Article 130U [which refers to development cooperation] in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’. PCD has also taken root at the OECD. At the OECD, the annual ministerial meeting in 2002 called on OECD members to ‘enhance understanding of the development dimensions of member country policies and their impacts on developing countries’. Since then, the OECD Development Assistance Committee has included an analysis of PCD efforts in its regular reviews of member country aid policies.
UN Millennium Declaration, A/RES/55/2, 18 September 2000.
A/56/326, 6 September 2001 Road Map Towards the Implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
For a wider critique of the MDGs see Saith (2006). Saith postulates highlights the alarming and terminal weaknesses with regard to theory, method and scope, multitude of errors of commission and omission and the potential for distorting meaningful intellectual and research agendas.
SDG Target 4.1 states that by 2030 all girls and boys be able to complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.
SDG Target 16.5 aims to substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all its forms.
In addition to OECD members, the PSE index covers Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine. See www.oecd.org/document/59/0,3746,en_2649_37401_39551355_1_1_1_37401,00.html
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King, M. Broadening the Global Development Framework Post 2015: Embracing Policy Coherence and Global Public Goods. Eur J Dev Res 28, 13–29 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2015.75
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