As the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD) draws to a close, it is timely to focus on how the commitments made in Addis Ababa this week will be tracked – at a global level, but most importantly, at country level. Throughout the FFD negotiations, a consensus has emerged on the need to […]
Universal and holistic Sustainable Development Goals make the huge global investment needs for infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, health and education, peace and security, etc. ever more salient. Estimates of financing needs range between $5 trillion to $7 trillion per year. But who will pay this bill? Out of the many answers to this […]
With the Addis Ababa conference on Financing for Development in full swing, last minute suggestions on the right priorities are flooding in. However, two critical pieces of the puzzle for leveraging adequate financing for development have received little attention so far, namely more concrete commitments on tax justice and developing countries’ capacity to enforce public […]
Three years ago the United Nations initiated a conversation on a successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how the global community can lay foundations for an ambitious endeavour to eradicate extreme poverty, protect the planet, reduce vulnerability to shocks and ultimately raise the dignity of all humanity. This conversation is set to result […]
In 2015 the development community stands poised between the past and the future – reviewing what worked and what didn’t with the Millennium Development Goals and using that experience and knowledge to push for future transformational change in the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals later this year. WaterAid is hopeful that the SDGs will […]
In September 2015, the United Nations will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change. Goal number 6 targets the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has invested close to 5 billion USD in water-related projects […]
The success of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) will not be measured based on abstract and blind numbers and averages – we have learned from past experience the dangers involved in doing that. Instead, we’ll use two “new” indicators of success: the strength of the relation between duty bearers and right holders (or in other […]
The Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July is the first of three important high-level international meetings that will mark 2015. It will determine the international community’s level of financial commitment (reforms and resources) to combat poverty and inequality over the next 15 years. It will be followed by adoption of the Post–2015 […]
We are at a turning point. For the first time, we have the real possibility of ending abject poverty and laying the foundations for sustainable prosperity. This is the promise that must drive the ambition of the global community when it gathers in New York in September to agree the Sustainable Development Goals and, later, […]
The Mediterranean sea has become a graveyard for Africa’s youth. Every day, we see images of what would appear to be a continent racked by conflict and poverty, and people risking – often losing – their lives in an attempt to flee. Yet Africa has 11 of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world. […]
