The world has drafted a spectacular new ‘to-do’ list of Sustainable Development Goals. Do the SDGs represent a chance for transformational change?
Blog: Financing Post-2015: Lowdown on the UN Expert Committee’s Report
Does the UN expert committee's report offer a sensible strategy for financing the new international development vision? Will the report be the game-changer many civil society organizations want to see? And how far will it support human rights realization for all?
Blog: Financing Post-2015: A quick run-down of the expert committee’s report
UN experts have drawn up a ‘menu of options’ for financing sustainable development. What do they say?
Report: Where Next for Aid? The Post-2015 Opportunity
This joint ODI-UNDP paper looks at whether development aid will remain important in the post-2015 era, and asks how the old aid model should change in response to a dramatically new world and new sustainable development challenges.
Blog: Development aid: where to next?
What next for the global development aid effort? A major aid overhaul is needed, but what does this means in practice?
Blog: Changing the mindset on aid
What is ‘the future of aid’? The share of aid in global transfers is shrinking. The narrative that the developing world can now address its own challenges may sound appealing but misses something fundamental: in an interconnected world, there will ALWAYS be a need for international public transfers
Blog: Cash in times of crisis
Since the 1980s, progressive financial deregulation – within and between countries – has led to increased instability and recurrent financial and economic crises. This is combined with volatility associated with more frequent and extreme environmental shocks. How should developing countries manage this increasingly volatile external environment? What should the international community do?
Blog: Paying for Post-2015
With the UN’s development goals up for renewal the question of financing is more important than ever
Gail Hurley 