A Hundred Key Questions for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

摘要: With a new development framework under way and an increasingly urgent need to address political, socioeconomic environmental issues on global scale, this is critical moment for the international agenda. Almost 15 years after Millennium Declaration, phase about begin and, with it, comes opportunity critically assess how goals milestones are likely be shaped delivered. This paper assumes that greater understanding of needs practices can better sustain agenda change, key step in process identify priorities based both long-standing knowledge gaps, help orient decision-making processes funding allocation academia beyond. This present results consultative participatory exercise addresses articulate align research interests academics practitioners working post-2015 framework. The was organized around two-stage consultation shortlisting process. A four-months open conducted, offering stakeholders individuals submit their questions. People were invited questions related some thematic guided “World We Want” campaign—a stakeholder conducted by UN between 2010 2014 involving governments, civil society lay citizens. In first phase, 705 from 109 organizations 34 countries involved formulation 704 then discussed shortlisted during two-day workshop academic representing different world regions areas expertise, among whom also authors paper. After final shortlisting, regrouped into nine macro-thematic sections: governance, participation rights; sustainability; food security, land agriculture; energy natural resources; conflict, population dynamics urbanization; economic growth, employment private sector; social inequalities; health education; policies, institutions. The 100 varied combination problems have hindered decades as well challenges emerging broader socioeconomic, political changes. Well-established concerns rights women, vulnerable groups such poor workers, small-scale farmers, people disabilities, children ethnic minorities feature alongside issues, including role business protecting human rights, information communication technologies tools empowerment integration. Similarly, traditional linked rural livelihoods, tenure agricultural production presented together sustainability, resource extraction, urbanization, climate change adaptation mitigation. While marginalized populations recognized development, actors sector, powers middle-income donors partners heavily shortlist. reflect mainstreaming gender perspectives wide range areas, helping cement view should considered central future initiatives. large number submitted (102) specifically addressed politics, institutions. outcome, combined fact these included shortlist, highlights there deeper collective reflection relationships impact contemporary scenarios will agenda. We envision our list contributing inform development-related international, governmental non-governmental organizations. But, perhaps more centrally, we believe act starting points debate, collaboration academics, policy makers. value exercises one rely ability variety reach consensus set put forward anyone willing engage co-production out here, debate discussion stakeholders, essential successfully effectively tackling ahead