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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides an opportunity for countries to transform their development pathways. This level of change is uncharted territory for many countries, and creates new challenges
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Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals
Evaluation processes will play a key role in national and global review systems for the Sustainable Development Goals.IIED and EVALSDGs are publishing a series of briefings about evaluation designed to help promote effective conduct and use of evaluation in SDGs implementation, follow-up and review.
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Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
The global goals, which UN members signed up to last year, are for all countries, not just poor ones. How is the UK going to implement them?
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Does "leave no-one behind" risk too narrow a focus?
"Leave no-one behind" has become a key phrase in interpreting the Sustainable Development Goals, but we should think carefully about what it implies
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The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals, to be agreed in New York later this month, are a key step on the road to a climate agreement in Paris in December, but must set the agenda for resilient low carbon development beyond Paris to 2030
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Global goals for sustainable development
The final text of the Sustainable Development Goals marks an important advance for the international development community, but enormous challenges still lie ahead
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Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group is an informal group of individuals with a deep commitment to sustainable development and an understanding of the challenges to achieving it in the world's poorest countries
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World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
On World Toilet Day on 19 November, our photoblog details the work of IIED and its partners to tackle the fact that 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation
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Look beyond the trees: the SDGs will have to do more than just 'protect forests'
A UN working group has drafted targets to succeed the Millennium Development Goals, which will expire next year. IIED's assessment finds a strong set of targets, but also trade-offs and missing issues
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The Musketeers of development
Does the zero draft of the Sustainable Development Goals take enough note of the crucial interdependencies between goal areas?
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Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
The latest draft of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets contains a stunning list of commitments, but fails to address how we will achieve them.
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If we don't count the poor, the poor don't count
Research in several countries shows how governments and development agencies undercount the scale and depth of urban poverty
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Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework
This IIED project aimed to install forest-related targets and indicators into the post-2015 development framework, contributing towards notional goal areas on poverty reduction and equality, economic growth and employment, food security, water and energy, climate change, ecosystems and biodiversity
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Media missing from UN drive to engage millions on post-2015 development agenda
Rosebell Kagumire says consultations on the future of global development framework should involve journalists or they will fail to reach the masses.
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Post-2015 development framework: priorities for LDCs – coverage from Wilton Park
From January 29-31, Wilton Park hosted a conference enabling frank and open dialogue between those in the political process of setting 'sustainable development goals' and those in least developed countries (LDCs) who will need to implement the goals.
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Conference to refocus post-2015 development agenda on poorest nations' priorities
New 'sustainable development goals' for all nations to adopt in 2015 could deepen problems in the least developed countries (LDCs) if they fail to take account of these nations' priorities and the international nature of challenges they face.
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Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
Next year, new Sustainable Development Goals will set our trajectory into an increasingly uncertain future. But country delegations are arguing over the wrong thing
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Time to hear LDC voices on Post-2015 development goals
The post-2015 development agenda will most profoundly affect the least developed countries (LDCs), so it's essential that people in these countries have a greater say in what the goals look like.
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Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
The UN report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals seems so at odds with realities on the ground, says David Satterthwaite.
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New international development goals: score or miss?
The UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel has published their set of recommendations for international development. What is the verdict? How do they ‘score’?
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Think-tank alliance identifies eight shifts needed for sustainability
A new international alliance of research institutes has identified eight major shifts that must take place for humanity to achieve sustainable development.
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E-discussion: Urban inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda
UNICEF, UN Habitat and the International Institute for Environment and Development are moderating an online discussion addressing inequalities, from 4-18 January 2013.
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Basic service provision shouldn’t just be a money maker
Are utility companies forgetting that their core function is to provide services and not just make money?
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6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
David Satterthwaite asks why representatives from the federations and networks of slum or shack dwellers were absent from almost all the official events and wonders when their priorities will get the attention they deserve.
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The real issue is universal access to affordable basic services
Why have global leaders endorsed partial Millennium Development Goal targets, asks Diana Mitlin, leaving millions without water, sanitation or healthcare?
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Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
How can we ensure the targets that replace the Millennium Development Goals lead to a future that low-income groups want?
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Clean drinking water is about people, not pipes
Water and water crises will dominate the news this week from Marseille, where the sector convenes for its triennial global meeting, the World Water Forum. Some 33,000 participants attended the last one, in Istanbul in 2009, and similar numbers are expected this year.
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Earth Summit 2012: Crucial opportunity that needs broader buy-in
As shoppers in New York surged through streets and avenues bedecked with festive offerings, delegates from around the world were summoning up the collective will to make something of the crucial opportunity presented by the Earth Summit in Rio
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REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
With the dusk of the International Year of Forests fast approaching, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable forest management, conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) has the potential to bring positive changes to the lives of people who are dependent on forests for their livelihoods. But this can only happen if REDD+ is implemented in a way that ensures their participation in the process.
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Would you like to be my partner?
The UN reports have yet to provide a clear overview of the progress made and for many of us directly involved in the business of creating credible partnerships the daily routine oscillates between excitement and frustration.
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Poor Economics and ‘Just Giving Money to the Poor’
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo's book, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, is making waves in development circles. Beyond the strong focus on randomised control trials, the book distinguishes itself by wading into issues on which the development community has often ignored or made uninformed guesses. These include the rationale behind the decisions made by the poor, whether they make the "best" decisions available, and how policymakers should respond.
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What's your choice for global sustainability goals?
IIED’s name brings together environment and development — both are essential for sustainability but they are often treated separately. Too often, we get bracketed as an environmental organisation rather than an organisation aiming for development that is consistent with long-term management of natural resources.
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all countries.
