We read with interest the article by the GBD 2016 SDG Collaborators1 (Sept 16, p 1423), which presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential ...

Any success achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – relies on sustainable systems for food production and sound agricultural ...

Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had ...

Information provided by insiders can contribute to the goal of reducing illicit capital flight from developing countries. It helps address one of the ...

Meaningful and equitable progress on reducing maternal mortality and meeting Millennium Development Goal 5 calls for the adoption of a human rights-based ...

The current lack of transparency in clinical trials threatens progress on the Sustainable Development Goals' health objectives. Unreported and misreported ...

Taking its cue from the poverty-reduction thrust of the Millennium Development Goals, this paper proposes an analytical framework for answering the fundamental ...

Poverty reduction is the overarching goal of Norwegian development assistance, as expressed in the "Government Plan of Action for Combating Poverty in ...

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) have become a high profile issue in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals include a target (16.4: significantly ...

The purpose of this review is to assist Norwegian People's Aid in adapting its Angola programme to reach the objectives it has set for the period from ...

Millennium Development Goal number 5 (MDG 5) aims to reduce maternal mortality. In this brief we argue that, in the current global context more rigorous ...

Foreign aid is of critical importance for achieving the goal of providing basic social services to all mankind by 2015. If strategies for funding health ...

As the Millennium Development Goals are coming to an end, international actors have started working on a new set of development goals for the global community. Last time around, the majority of the inputs came from institutions in the North. Will the voice of Southern actors be heard this time?

Only 800 days remain to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The overarching goals of fighting poverty and eradicating hunger have framed many of ...

Corruption in its various guises is well established as an impediment both to aid effectiveness and broader development goals: this is why anti-corruption ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been criticised for being too broad and vague. What are the chances of success?

The gaps between approved budgets and the realisation of policy and development goals stand among key governance challenges in many developing countries. ...

The convener of the Southern Voice on Post-MDGs, Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, discusses post MDSs priorities from a Southern perspective.

Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist and academic who is Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. In the Chr. Michelsen lecture he will discuss the normative properties of shared prosperity and the implications for actual policymaking, especially in the presence of globalization.

It is a central political goal to secure disabled individuals the same opportunities as others to pursue their conception of a good life. This goal reflects ...