Tuesday, September 23, 2008
[IWS] EC: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS at MIDPOINT: Where do we stand and where do we need to go? [22 September 2008]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Commission (EC)
European Report on Development
Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand and where do we need to go? [22 September 2008]
François Bourguignon, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Stefan Dercon, Antonio Estache, Jan Willem Gunning, Ravi Kanbur, Stephan Klasen, Simon Maxwell, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Amedeo Spadaro
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_paper_final_20080916_en.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Executive Summary
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_exec_summary_final_en.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
[excerpt from report]
Although this work is a contribution by European academic researchers to the debate, it is not an academic piece. It intends to focus on more practical questions about the implementation of the MDG 'project', taking into account the viewpoint of the main actors of the international development community. From the developed countries' perspective, in particular, we try to identify areas in which development action has to be scaled up. Special emphasis is placed on the European contribution, through, for example, the need to deliver on its promises and the way in which its positive experience with development management could be better internalised and used in the international debate. To elaborate this diagnostic, we focus on some very basic questions:
How much has been achieved?
What worked?
What did not work well enough and why?
What should be done to accelerate progress where needed?
What could Europe do to contribute to the acceleration of the agenda?
The paper is structured as follows: The next section (2) is devoted to a quick review of the evidence available on progress towards the MDGs at global, regional and national levels. Section 3 introduces our conceptual framework, a 'tripod' that leads us to focus on the global economy, on domestic policy in developing countries and on aid. Section 4 focuses on the international environment, as well as on policies in developed countries that may affect developing countries through international markets. Section 5 deals with the financing of development and the MDGs through ODA. Section 6 considers the role of domestic policies. Section 7 examines the road ahead, drawing the lessons learned so far on MDGs, as an instrument to promote, plan and implement development. The last section sets out our recommendations in more detail.
Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................4
2. Where do we stand on the MDGs?...............................................................................6
2.1 Stylized facts on overall MDG progress..........................................................................6
2.2 Country heterogeneity in MDG performance...................................................................7
2.3 Heterogeneity across MDGs...........................................................................................9
3. A framework for assessing MDG achievements..........................................................10
4. MDGs and the global economy.................................................................................12
4.1 Recent relative growth performance of developing countries.........................................12
4.2 North-South financial flows and migration....................................................................14
5. MDGs and official development assistance................................................................17
5.1 Volume, structure and impact of aid: A brief factual review..........................................18
5.2 How to improve aid effectiveness to reach the MDGs....................................................21
6. MDGs and policies in developing countries...............................................................25
6.1 Cross-cutting national policy issues.............................................................................25
6.2 MDGs specific national policies...................................................................................28
7. 'MDG plus': The road ahead.....................................................................................29
7.1 Conceptual foundations of the MDG process...............................................................30
7.2 Is there a case for broadening MDGs for a better monitoring of development?..............32
7.3 Towards a forward-looking integrated view at MDGs and development........................33
8. Conclusions...............................................................................................................34
References.....................................................................................................................38
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission (EC)
European Report on Development
Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand and where do we need to go? [22 September 2008]
François Bourguignon, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Stefan Dercon, Antonio Estache, Jan Willem Gunning, Ravi Kanbur, Stephan Klasen, Simon Maxwell, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Amedeo Spadaro
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_paper_final_20080916_en.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Executive Summary
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_exec_summary_final_en.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
[excerpt from report]
Although this work is a contribution by European academic researchers to the debate, it is not an academic piece. It intends to focus on more practical questions about the implementation of the MDG 'project', taking into account the viewpoint of the main actors of the international development community. From the developed countries' perspective, in particular, we try to identify areas in which development action has to be scaled up. Special emphasis is placed on the European contribution, through, for example, the need to deliver on its promises and the way in which its positive experience with development management could be better internalised and used in the international debate. To elaborate this diagnostic, we focus on some very basic questions:
How much has been achieved?
What worked?
What did not work well enough and why?
What should be done to accelerate progress where needed?
What could Europe do to contribute to the acceleration of the agenda?
The paper is structured as follows: The next section (2) is devoted to a quick review of the evidence available on progress towards the MDGs at global, regional and national levels. Section 3 introduces our conceptual framework, a 'tripod' that leads us to focus on the global economy, on domestic policy in developing countries and on aid. Section 4 focuses on the international environment, as well as on policies in developed countries that may affect developing countries through international markets. Section 5 deals with the financing of development and the MDGs through ODA. Section 6 considers the role of domestic policies. Section 7 examines the road ahead, drawing the lessons learned so far on MDGs, as an instrument to promote, plan and implement development. The last section sets out our recommendations in more detail.
Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................4
2. Where do we stand on the MDGs?...............................................................................6
2.1 Stylized facts on overall MDG progress..........................................................................6
2.2 Country heterogeneity in MDG performance...................................................................7
2.3 Heterogeneity across MDGs...........................................................................................9
3. A framework for assessing MDG achievements..........................................................10
4. MDGs and the global economy.................................................................................12
4.1 Recent relative growth performance of developing countries.........................................12
4.2 North-South financial flows and migration....................................................................14
5. MDGs and official development assistance................................................................17
5.1 Volume, structure and impact of aid: A brief factual review..........................................18
5.2 How to improve aid effectiveness to reach the MDGs....................................................21
6. MDGs and policies in developing countries...............................................................25
6.1 Cross-cutting national policy issues.............................................................................25
6.2 MDGs specific national policies...................................................................................28
7. 'MDG plus': The road ahead.....................................................................................29
7.1 Conceptual foundations of the MDG process...............................................................30
7.2 Is there a case for broadening MDGs for a better monitoring of development?..............32
7.3 Towards a forward-looking integrated view at MDGs and development........................33
8. Conclusions...............................................................................................................34
References.....................................................................................................................38
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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