Proceedings of the DFID-DSA-EADI-ActionAid Policy Forum

摘要

The main conclusions from the plenary sessions of the Policy Forum can be summarised as folloyjs: focus must still remain on achieving the MDGs; developing country ownership of the new framework is essential and the approach must therefore be Southern-led; the obligations of the developed countries towards the achievement of the MDGs need clarification; international income and wealth redistribution should be a 'right' ('automatic' rather than discretionary), including international redistributive taxes and international inequality and its reduction should be given more emphasis; ethical and moral perspectives need emphasising within a global social justice, rather than a purely Indicator-driven, approach; 'fragile' states and global uncertainty need special treatment; the 'quality' of MDG achievements, rather than 'quantity', needs emphasising; the science and technology capacity of developing countries is critically important; processes which deliver the quantitative Indicators (MDGs) require more emphasis. Serious research is needed to ensure the debate is well informed.