Dossier 2014/07

Updating the global agenda

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Ehtiopian beggar with child.
United Nations
– by Hans Dembowski

The road to dignity

UN secretary-general’s synthesis report on the post-2015 agenda demands: end hunger and save the planet
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Multilateral affairs
– by Ronald Mangani

Value for money

Post 2015, the developing countries must improve governance, and the rich world must do more to provide global public goods
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German policy
– by Hans Dembowski

Points of reference

Gerd Müller, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, launches Charter for the Future
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Poverty
– by Valentin Lang, Hildegard Lingnau

Redefining poverty

Valentin Lang and Hildegard Lingnau: The post-2015 agenda needs to redefine poverty and measure it in new ways
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Inclusion
– by Emma Samman, Laura Rodriguez Takeuchi, et al.

One billion people overlooked

Since disability affects more than 1 billion people, the issue belongs on the post-2015 agenda
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Measuring success
– by Hans Dembowski

Counting statistics

Why the World Bank is right to call for improved statistics
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Sustainability
– by Gerd Müller

"The chancellor is with us"

Gerd Müller, Germany's federal minister for economic cooperation and development, says the Charter for the Future will be about sustainability
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Environment
– by Christoph Suess

Urgent need for action

IPCC says that climate change can be mitigated, and warns that action must be taken fast
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Inequality
– by Hans Dembowski

Self-serving middle classes

Hopes that rising incomes automatically lead to more activism for good governance are probably exaggerated
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Post-2015 process
– by Gaspar Frontini

Core concerns

EU considers the post-2015 process an opportunity to improve the provision of global public goods
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Post-2015 debate
– by Dirk Messner

Promising foundation

Poverty and inequality are two huge challenges in post-2015 world
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International civil society
– by Hans Dembowski

Five principles

Civil-society organisations from around the world demand UN development agenda with more bite
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Social inclusion
– by Theresa Krinninger

Develop capacities

CBM: The concerns of people with disabilities belong on the SDG agenda
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