2015 will be a critical year for global development, as countries negotiate financial commitments to implement the post-2015 development agenda, eradicate poverty and drive inclusive growth.
But how will these financial commitments be negotiated and what will bring governments together?
Taking past experience as a guide, governments will set their own internal positions and then discuss them with their peers at policy forums such as the United Nations, G-8 and G-20 meetings, and sometimes behind closed doors.
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About the authors
Johannes Kiess
Johannes Kiess is a senior program officer on the development policy and finance team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, he was an operations officer at the World Bank and team leader for the Open Aid Partnership. As an economist at the World Bank and consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, he advised on multilateral and innovative finance for development. Kiess holds a doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Annabelle Burgett
Annabelle Burgett is an associate program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she works on the development policy and finance team, focusing on aid policy and debates surrounding the post-2015 development agenda and financing for development. She holds an M.P.A. in international development from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University in the United States.
