One of the biggest questions surrounding the fate of the international development community once the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015 is whether the follow-up development agenda — the Sustainable Development Goals — will have better implementation and results.
While there’s currently no definitive answer to this question, many development experts insist that implementation of the post-2015 agenda should be a collaborative effort. They also emphasize the need to address issues such as financing and the capacity of both donor and recipient countries that threaten to halt the progress of the SDGs before they are even rolled out.
Jean-Michel Severino, chairman of the Convergences World Forum, explained that with the dawn of the post-2015 agenda, development stakeholders should have three things in mind: prioritize development issues despite unstable domestic situations, ensure buy-in for the SDGs and accept that they will not be perfect.
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Lean Alfred Santos@DevexLeanAS
Lean Alfred Santos is a former Devex development reporter focusing on the development community in Asia-Pacific, including major players such as the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He previously covered Philippine and international business and economic news, sports and politics.
