Post 2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future

for an Eu position to be agreed ahead of the un
General assembly. It recognises the benefits of the
mDG framework, but also acknowledges that more
needs to be achieved. In particular it stresses the
importance of bringing the development and the
environmental agendas together in a post-2015
framework.
there will be a need for a new European
understanding about the role of oDa in reducing
and eventually eradicating global poverty. more
developing countries are becoming sufficiently
wealthy to address their own poverty in financial
terms, and yet may still require other kinds of
support for tackling development challenges such
as setting up taxation systems, promoting domestic
accountability and resolving internal conflicts
and forms of social exclusion. the peru case study
prepared for this report (barrantes and berdegué,
2012) highlights the value of the Eu sharing
its knowledge on social protection. the recent
economic growth experienced by many developing
countries may indicate that only a few poor and
fragile countries will remain the focus of national
poverty-reduction programmes. nevertheless, the
more complex geographies of power, wealth, poverty
and the increasing range of global challenges mean
that national wealth alone does not determine a
country’s ability to address development challenges
(Koch, 2012). as the peru case study (barrantes and
berdegué, 2012) also underlines, mIcs are still not
developed countries and often exhibit persistent
patterns of severe inequality. While there are strong
arguments for ending or reducing bilateral aid to
mIcs, there are also strong arguments for using
oDa to help underwrite the provision of public
goods and address in-country pockets of poverty
(Howes, 2011). thinking about the role of aid
beyond the reduction of extreme poverty will entail
grappling with difficult issues, such as strategies
for cooperation on key GpG issues and assisting
partners in confronting socioeconomic inequality
(Furness and makhan, 2011). In order to succeed, the
Eu will need to be selective about what issues it can
realistically tackle, set clear priorities and commit
the necessary resources to implement emerging
strategies. Its agenda for change has already initiated
this discussion with its call for ‘differentiation’ in
development cooperation. this reflection needs to
be taken further and integrated into a new global
development framework (see part III).
the changes taking place in the global community
outlined in this chapter point both to the need for a
new post-2015 framework for development and the
greater complexity involved in negotiating one. as
more actors with more influence become involved
in this discussion the need for a transparent and
participative process becomes paramount. this is all
the more important as the scale of global collective
action required for implementing an agenda that is
in any way ambitious will be substantial and it is
only with ownership that these diverse actors will
be willing to support a framework materially as well
as politically.
poSt-2015: Global actIon For an IncluSIvE anD SuStaInablE FuturE
More developing
countries are
becoming
sufficiently
wealthy to address
their own poverty
in financial terms,
and yet may still
require other
kinds of support
for tackling
development
challenges such
as setting up
taxation systems,
promoting
domestic
accountability
and resolving
internal conflicts
and forms of
social exclusion.
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