Our Perspectives
Our perspectives in 2015
30 Dec 2015 by Karen Cirillo, Web Editor and Margaret Egbula, Web Editor
Focusing development efforts around the MDGs was not always easy
28 Dec 2015 by Sheila Marnie, Programme Advisor, Sustainable Development Cluster, Istanbul Regional Hub, UNDPI remember meeting with partners in the Cabinet of Ministers in 2002-3, working as a poverty reduction consultant. I was advised not to bring up the topic of Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) with government officials, as it would be insulting for them to compare their country with other developing countries. The Government officials were very proud of Uzbekistan’s well-developed health, education, and social protection systems and would not want to be associated with hunger and starving, unprotected children. … Read more
Financing development through better domestic resource mobilization
22 Dec 2015 by Gail Hurley, specialist on Development Finance and Nergis Gülasan, specialist on Strategic Policy
Post-Paris: paving the way for zero carbon growth
18 Dec 2015 by - Jo Scheuer, Director of Climate Change and DRR, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP
What does the COP21 Paris Agreement mean for Africa?
17 Dec 2015