The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how human rights-based approaches can help achieve them. It notes that while some Asian countries are on track to meet the MDGs by 2015, many sub-Saharan African countries are off track. It argues that strong political commitment, increased access to international trade, and greater public investment in infrastructure are needed. The MDGs have been criticized for being incomplete and lacking ambition, but human rights approaches can address these issues by ensuring legal frameworks and community participation. A shared approach between the MDGs and human rights could provide effective tools to focus on the needs of the poor.
by Smita Nakhooda, Senior Policy and Planning Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Katinka Weinberger, Chief, Environment and Development Policy Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Consortium for Agricultural Research and Rehabilitation in Southern Sudan (CA...ILRI
A presentation by Richard Jones at the Workshop on Defining a Strategic Agricultural Research Agenda on Post-Crisis/Post-Shock Recovery in Highly Stressed Systems, Nairobi, May 22-23, 2008.
If you’ve ever wondered how to go about setting up an effective and accountable Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (SAKSS) at a national level, IWMI’s Greenwell Matchaya’s presentation is a must-see. It does a lot of the hard work for you, by succinctly covering all the essentials is getting such a system up and running as efficiently as possible.
This presentation was made by Delphine MORETTI, OECD, at the 10th Annual Meeting of Middle-East and North Africa Senior Budget Officials (MENA-SBO) held in Doha, Qatar, on 6-7 December 2017
by Smita Nakhooda, Senior Policy and Planning Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Katinka Weinberger, Chief, Environment and Development Policy Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Consortium for Agricultural Research and Rehabilitation in Southern Sudan (CA...ILRI
A presentation by Richard Jones at the Workshop on Defining a Strategic Agricultural Research Agenda on Post-Crisis/Post-Shock Recovery in Highly Stressed Systems, Nairobi, May 22-23, 2008.
If you’ve ever wondered how to go about setting up an effective and accountable Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (SAKSS) at a national level, IWMI’s Greenwell Matchaya’s presentation is a must-see. It does a lot of the hard work for you, by succinctly covering all the essentials is getting such a system up and running as efficiently as possible.
This presentation was made by Delphine MORETTI, OECD, at the 10th Annual Meeting of Middle-East and North Africa Senior Budget Officials (MENA-SBO) held in Doha, Qatar, on 6-7 December 2017
by Charlene Mersai, National Environment Coordinator, National Environmental Protection Council, Bureau of Budget and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Palau
Whole of Government Gender Strategy - Carol BAXTER (Ireland)OECD Governance
Presentation given at the OECD Gender Budgeting Experts Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 18-19 June 2018
For more information see http://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting/gender-budgeting-experts-meeting-2018.htm
Research investments in institutional innovations: The case of rangeland gove...ILRI
Presented by Aymen Frija, Mongi Sghaier, Mariem Sghaier, Mondher Fetoui and Boubaker Dhehibi during a webinar series on land and natural resource governance, planning and management held in July 2020.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
by Charlene Mersai, National Environment Coordinator, National Environmental Protection Council, Bureau of Budget and Planning, Ministry of Finance, Palau
Whole of Government Gender Strategy - Carol BAXTER (Ireland)OECD Governance
Presentation given at the OECD Gender Budgeting Experts Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 18-19 June 2018
For more information see http://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting/gender-budgeting-experts-meeting-2018.htm
Research investments in institutional innovations: The case of rangeland gove...ILRI
Presented by Aymen Frija, Mongi Sghaier, Mariem Sghaier, Mondher Fetoui and Boubaker Dhehibi during a webinar series on land and natural resource governance, planning and management held in July 2020.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
The world's second largest economy, China, is slowly recovering. Even more importantly, the latest forecasts by the World Bank suggest that high-income economies appear to be finally turning the corner. We cover this in the section on Global Trends in this month’s issue of Economy Matters.
In the section on Domestic Trends, we discuss the trends emanating out of the recent releases on GDP, IIP, Inflation, trade, and monetary policy.
The Sectoral spotlight for this issue is on Manufacturing, which remains an important sector for realizing the higher growth potential of the economy.
The section on Taxation dwells on BEPS and carries an interview with Mr. Akhilesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India on some critical international taxation issues.
In the Special Article, we provide a snapshot of Central Government’s fiscal health along with a detailed Q&A of Mr. R. Seshasayee, Past President & Chairman Economic Policy Council, CII, on the subject.
The section on Special Feature carries an article titled “The Tradeoffs for Policy Makers in India Today”, by Dr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, National Statistical Commission, Government of India.
The workshop on ‘Global Governance by Indicators-Measuring Governance and Stateness’ will bring together scholars and policy-makers to promote mutual understanding and learning about the role of indicators in evaluating the quality of governance and stateness. The workshop will address three fundamental questions:
• What do governance and stateness indicators measure?
• How are particular metrics created and further developed over time?
• How do they impact on decision- and policy-making?
First, the workshop aims to debate what is meant and measured by ‘governance’ and ‘stateness’. The discussion will attempt to map how several normative quests have shaped the manner in which indicators have been developed over time.
Second, the workshop will approach the technicality of ‘measuring the unmeasurable’, exploring the methodological and conceptual uncertainties faced by some of the most important metrics of governance and stateness.
And third, the workshop will debate the implications and use of governance indicators as the basis for political action and instruments capable of influencing policy-making.
Presentation by Jan Vanheukelom and Anna Knoll on the findings of the European Report on Development 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 24 April 2013
1. Written by: Guido Schmidt-Traub
Published online: 22 Jan 2009.
Reviewed by
Shree Prasad Devkota
Second semester,Development Studies
School of Education,Kathmandu
University
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An Article Review on “The Millennium
Development Goals and human rights-based
approaches: moving towards a shared
approach”
2. Outline of the Presentation
• Introduction
• Off-track to achieve the MDGs
• Way to achieve the MDGs
• Criticism of the MDGs
• Complementarity of human rights and the
MDGs
• HRBAs in support of the MDGs and
reflection
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3. Introduction
• The Millennium Declaration – MDGs on
September 2000
• The Goals as a shared framework-
(UN system, governments, private corporations, civil society
organizations)
• Mid-point to achieve MDGs-2015
• Tremendous progress in Asian countries
• Sub-Saharan African countries are out of track
• Links between human rights and development
communities
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Way to
achieve
the MDGs
Strong political
commitment
Improve access
to international
trade for long
term economic
development
Increased public
investment and
environmental
management
infrastructure
Way to achieve the MDGs
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Criticism of
the MDGs
MDGs are
incomplete
goals with no
reference(socia
l, economic
rights, reprodu
ctive health)
Accused of
lacking ambition
to halve poverty
by 2015
Focusing on
aggregate
quantitative
objectives
Sometimes
considered as
“technocratic” and
“top-down”
Criticism of the MDGs
7. • Relationship between explicit MDGs and
norms(economic, social and cultural rights)
• Integrated goals map for development needs
• Operational, financial and legal issues can be
addressed
• Effective tool, focuses on need of poor
• MDGs and human rights focuses on
principles, standards and obligations
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Complementarity of human rights and
the MDGs
8. HRBAs in support of the MDGs
• Overt recognition and relevance of human rights
obligations
• Ensuring an appropriate legal framework
• Encouraging community participation in realistic
and targeted way
• Promoting MDG accountability mechanisms
• Providing goods and services privately/publicly
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9. Steps to meet MDGs
• Interventions to address goods and services for human
rights obligations
• Governments define and concretise targets as per
country's needs
- Interventions and coverage targets as per the
need(gender, ethnicity)
• Government need to quantify human
resources, infrastructure and financing
• Governments prioritize and sequence interventions
• Preparing MDGs based national development
strategies
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10. Reflection
• Needs of MDGs(only presented table) and
table is not clear
• Not provide the reason of progress
• Forget Sen
• MDGs and HRBS cover diversity ?what after
2015?
• Shared approach, not analyzed in article
• Critical reflection and conclusion
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