CIC on Global Development

OWG Joint Session with the Expert Group on Financing: Mobilizing New Resources

OWG Joint Session, Financing: Mobilizing New Resources, Alejandra Kubitschek Bujones

© Petr Kratochvil

While achieving agreement on a set of coherent goals for the post-2015 development framework will not be simple in itself, their implementation will be an even more critical challenge.

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Do Common but Differentiated Responsibilities Belong in the Post-2015 SDGs?

Differentiated Responsibilities, Post-2015 SDGs?, Shelley Ranni

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At the ninth session of the Open Working Group (OWG), a debate emerged, largely between developed and developing countries, on the application of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) to the SDGs. Developing countries posited that CBDR should apply to the post-2015 development agenda. Meanwhile, developed countries responded that the concept is rooted in environmental frameworks and is not applicable to the SDGs.

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Mar 21, 2014
Shelley Ranii
Post 2015 Development
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Quadruple or Quits: Overlapping Multilateral Processes in 2015

Multilateral Processes in 2015, Alex Evans, Global Development

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Last month, CIC Senior Fellow Alex Evans was invited to speak to senior UK government officials about the links and overlaps between four key multilateral processes that will absorb the international community next year:

- The SDGs agenda, which will in September 2015 decide what should follow the Millennium Development Goals, which expire next year;

- The WTO’s next Ministerial summit, in December 2015;

- The crucial UNFCCC climate summit in Paris in the same month; and

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Mar 17, 2014
Ashley Skiles
Post 2015 Development
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

A Big Push for Gender Equality from International Leaders

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Mar 11, 2014
Ashley Skiles
Post 2015 Development
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

The Question of Framing Peace in the Post-2015 Negotiations

Framing Peace, Post-2015 Negotiations, Alejanda Kubitschek Bujones

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When the UN’s 8th Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals met in February to discuss conflict, governance, and the rule of law, it was clear that there were different views on how to frame the links between peace and development in the post-2015 agenda.

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Mar 05, 2014
Alejandra Kubitschek Bujones
Peace Operations, Post 2015 Development
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Advancing Women’s Empowerment in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Women’s Empowerment,Fragile States, Shelley Ranni, Global Development

© Eric Draper

On the topic of gender equality, admirable progress seems to have been made in the Eighth Session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) discussion of “Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment.” As the Co-Chairs’ concluding remarks and

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Feb 25, 2014
Shelley Ranii
Post 2015 Development
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

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