What will be after 2015? Potential, risks and possible shape of a new development agenda succeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?
The deadline of the MDGs is approaching. The international development community is therefore embarking on two parallel processes: 1. evaluating the success of the MDG agenda and 2. discussing possible instruments and targets that will provide a framework for development policy after 2015. This research project investigates in particular whether a new agenda is desirable and possible, which kinds of goals and indicators should be included, how they might be shaped and how the process towards a new agenda might look like.
Project Lead:
Markus Loewe
Nicole Rippin
Project Team:
Markus Loewe
Nicole Rippin
Financing:
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Time frame:
2008 - 2015
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completed
Project description
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn up at the dawn of the 20th century as one of the most far-reaching development agendas ever proposed. The premise was simple, but ambitious: by the year 2015, the world’s governments committed to achieve significant progress in eradicating the worst forms of human deprivation and suffering from the face of the earth. With the deadline fast approaching it is time to ask several questions:
Did the MDGs make any difference? Did they have any effect? Do we need a new international agenda? Are international development goals still the right instrument? And if yes, how should a new goals system be aligned with the changing context of international cooperation, in particular the shift away from traditional aid?
Should a new goals system focus solely on final results as the current MDGs 1-7 do? Or should they as well include instrumental goals like the preservation of global public goods, redistribution, private sector development? Which topics should be covered?
What could possible indicators look like? How can we make sure that we have the data we need to monitor progress towards the goals? And that these data are reliable?
How can the legitimacy of the goal formulation process be guaranteed? What should be done differently compared to the implementation of the MDGs?
Publications
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Post 2015: an opportunity for social and ecological development
Loewe, Markus / Carmen Richerzhagen (2014)
in: Annual Report 2013-2014: 50 years of building bridges between research and practice, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 36-39 -
Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.) (2015)
Discussion Paper 7/2015 -
Die Millenium Developement Goals: 15 Jahre Erfahrung mit einem internationalen Zielsystem
Loewe, Markus (2015)
in: Adrian Amelung / Carina Fugger (Hrsg.), Entwicklungspolitik auf dem Prüfstand: Stellschrauben für Post-2015 Development Goals, Köln: Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität zu Köln, 15-20 -
Millennium Plus or Sustainable Development Goals: how to combine human development objectives with targets for Global Public Goods?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Global Review 2/2014 -
Entscheidende Faktoren für das Wachstum von Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2014)
KFW (Entwicklungspolitik kompakt 5/2014) -
MDGs and SDGs: are the concepts compatible?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Global Compact International Yearbook 2014, 10-15 -
World development agenda after 2015: merging human with sustainable development
Loewe, Markus (2014)
published on The Diplomatist (India) 8/2014 -
千年发展目标与可持续发展目——人类发展目标同全球公共产品目标的结合?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: 国际展望 4/2014 -
Millennium plus or Sustainable Development Goals: how to combine human development objectives with targets for global public goods?
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 201-230 -
How to avoid the silo structure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 253-265 -
Progress, prospects and lessons from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 231-251 -
The Millennium Development Goals: legacy, lessons, lookout
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
in: Public Service without Borders 25 (2), 8-9 -
Stop distributional injustice - do it now!
Rippin, Nicole (2014)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 30 September 2014) -
Sustainability goals – also for Germany!
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 26 September 2013) -
European Report on Development 2013: Post-2015: global action for an inclusive and sustainable future
Mackie, James / Stephan Klingebiel / Pedro Martins (eds.) (2013)
Brussels: European Commission -
Ein Zielkatalog für alle! Die globale Entwicklungsagenda „Post-2015“
Bauer, Steffen / Carmen Richerzhagen (2013)
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 06/2013, 44-47 -
Universal agenda on the multiple dimensions of poverty
Pogge, Thomas / Nicole Rippin (2013)
(Background Research Paper for the Report of the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda) -
Progress, prospects and lessons from the MDGs
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
(Background Research Paper for the Report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda) -
Towards renewal or oblivion? Prospects for post–2020 cooperation between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group
Negre, Mario / Niels Keijzer / Brecht Lein / Nicola Tissi (2013)
Discussion Paper 9/2013 -
More is not always better: reflections on the Post 2015 Agenda
Loewe, Markus (2013)
published on The Broker Online 8 October 2013 -
Post 2015: what can be learnt from the impact of health performance on donor policies for health assistance?
Stepping, Katharina M.K. (2013)
Briefing Paper 1/2013 -
Nach 2015: die Ziele nachhaltiger Entwicklung überdenken; ist die Umwelt nur eine Dimension?
Boltz, Frederick / Will R. Turner / Frank Wugt Larsen / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarin (2013)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2013 -
Post 2015: why is the water-energy-land nexus important for the future development agenda?
Brandi, Clara / Carmen Richerzhagen / Katharina M.K. Stepping (2013)
Briefing Paper 3/2013 -
Post 2015: reconsidering sustainable development goals; is the environment merely a dimension?
Boltz, Frederick / Will R. Turner / Frank Wugt Larsen / Imme Scholz / Alejandro Guarin (2013)
Briefing Paper 4/2013 -
Post-2015: warum ist der Wasser-Energie-Land-Nexus für die künftige Entwicklungsagenda wichtig?
Brandi, Clara / Carmen Richerzhagen / Katharina M.K. Stepping (2013)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2013 -
Post 2015: special event on Post-2015 – stuck in the process?
Rippin, Nicole (2013)
Briefing Paper 19/2013 -
Towards a post-2015 development framework: contribution of DIE to the public consultation of the European Commission
Loewe, Markus / Steffen Bauer / Clara Brandi / Michael Brüntrup / Mark Furness / Alejandro Guarín / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Svea Koch / Timo Mahn / Nicole Rippin / Imme Scholz / Peter Wolff (2012)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) -
Ensuring sustainable development globally: EU follow-up to Rio+20
Bauer, Steffen/ Carmen Richerzhagen / Clara Brandi /Florence Dafe / Mark Furness / Christian von Haldenwang / Annabelle Houdret / Heiner Janus / Oliver Johnson / Markus Loewe / Pieter Pauw / Anna Pegels / Isabel van de Sand / Waltina Scheumann / Imme Scho (2012)
Contribution of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) to the EU Public Consultation -
Nach 2015: wie lassen sich die Millennium Development Goals mit den in Rio beschlossenen Sustainable Development Goals verbinden?
Loewe, Markus (2012)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2012 -
Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele: Plenartagung auf hoher Ebene der Generalversammlung 2010
Loewe, Markus / Silke Weinlich (2011)
in: Vereinte Nationen 59 (1), 29-31 -
Konzeptionelle Stärken und Schwächen der Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Loewe, Markus (2011)
in: Markus Loewe u.a. (Hrsg.), Die Vereinten Nationen zehn Jahre nach dem Millenniumsgipfel 2000: eine Bilanz, Potsdam: Universitätsverl. (Potsdamer UNO-Konferenzen 9), 7-26 -
Die Vereinten Nationen zehn Jahre nach dem Millenniumsgipfel 2000: eine Bilanz; 10. Potsdamer UNO-Konferenz am 26. Juni 2010
Loewe, Markus / Ingo Winkelmann / Helmut Volger / Norman Weiß / Otto Lampe (2011)
Potsdam: Universitätsverl. -
Afrikanische Entwicklungstrends: auch Subsahara-Afrika könnte die Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) erreichen
Loewe, Markus (2010)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2010 -
What can one do with a bag of hot air? – Consequences of the UN Summit in New York for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Loewe, Markus (2010)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The current column of 27 September 2010) -
Entwicklungspolitik, Armutsbekämpfung und Millennium Dvelopment Goals
Loewe, Markus (2010)
in: Jörg Faust / Susanne Neubert (Hrsg.), Wirksamere Entwicklungspolitik: Befunde, Reformen, Instrumente (Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik 8), Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 101–135 -
The Millenium Development Goals: chances and risks
Loewe, Markus (2008)
Discussion Paper 6/2008 -
Weltentwicklungsbericht 2006: Weltbank mutig und innovativ
Loewe, Markus / Thomas Fues / Matthias Krause (2006)
in: Zeitschrift Entwicklungspolitik 19/2005, 8 -
Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals: implications for German development co-operation
Loewe, Markus (2006)
Studies 19 -
Zwischen Frustration und Zuversicht: die entwicklungspolitische Bilanz des Millennium+5-Gipfels
Loewe, Markus / Thomas Fues (2005)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2005 -
Between frustration and optimism: the development outcome of the Millennium+5 Summit
Loewe, Markus / Thomas Fues (2005)
Briefing Paper 7/2005 -
Relevanz der Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) für die Länder des Nahen Ostens und Nordafrikas sowie für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit mit dieser Region
Loewe, Markus (2005)
Studies 9 -
Noch ist kein Kurswechsel in Sicht: der Stand des Millenniumsprozesses in der arabischen Welt; Konsequenzen für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Loewe, Markus (2005)
in: Zeitschrift Entwicklungspolitik 12-13, 47-49 -
Die Millennium Development Goals: Hintergrund, Bedeutung und Bewertung aus Sicht der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Loewe, Markus (2005)
Discussion Paper 12/2005