Global Development Goals: If At All, Why, When and How?

Oct 23

Written By SCEPA

WORKING PAPER

(574 KB)

We raise some basic conceptual questions regarding global development goals: Why have them at all? What function, if any, might they serve, and under what conditions could they do so successfully?

Despite these failings, higher-level goals may play a useful role if the practical approach to them is embedded in a holistic and integrated vision of a better world. Focusing on goals rather than targets opens needed space for flexibility, innovation, and fuller democratic accountability.

working paper

SCEPA

Global Development Goals: If At All, Why, When and How?

Fastest Growing Cities Have Higher than Average Unemployment for Older Workers

Unemployment Rate for Workers 55-64 Underestimates Slack in Labor Market

SCEPA is part of the Economics Department at The New School for Social Research