Millennium Development Goals and Post 2015 agenda

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Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 DevelopmentAgenda

Overview

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which rangefrom halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HI!"ID#and providing universal primary education – have $een amilestone in glo$al and national development efforts% Theframewor& has helped to galvani'e development efforts and guideglo$al and national development priorities% hile three of theeight goals have $een achieved prior to the final deadline of *+,progress has $een uneven within and across countries% Thusfurther efforts and a strong glo$al partnership for development areneeded to accelerate progress and reach the goals $y *+,% Tolearn more a$out the wor& of -./#/. and the 0nited 1ations onthe MDGs2 clic& on the panel in the upper3right hand corner%

A global development agenda beyond 2015

The outcome document of the *+* High3level 4lenary Meeting of

the General "ssem$ly on the MDGs re5uested the #ecretary3General to initiate thin&ing on a post3*+, development agendaand include recommendations in his annual report on efforts toaccelerate MDG progress% The outcome of the 6io7*.onference on #ustaina$le Developmentinitiated an inclusiveintergovernmental process to prepare a set of sustaina$ledevelopment goals (#DGs)% There is $road agreement on theneed for close lin&ages $etween the two processes to arrive atone glo$al development agenda for the post3*+, period2 with

sustaina$le development at its centre%

8uilding on its success in reviewing progress on the MDGsthrough the "nnual Ministerial 6eview ("M6)2 the -conomic and#ocial .ouncil will play a ma9or role in the preparations2implementation and follow up of a post3*+, development

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agenda% The -./#/. strengthening process and the .ouncil:smandated role in the integration of the three dimensionsof sustaina$le development should also $olster the .ouncil:s roleas a monitoring platform in the post3*+, era% In addition2

dialogue is $eing initiated through the Development .ooperation;orum (D.;) on the possi$le features of a renewed glo$alpartnership for development2 and characteristics of a monitoringand accounta$ility framewor&% 6epresentatives fromgovernments2 civil society2 philanthropic organi'ations2 academiaand the private sector are $eing engaged in these conversations2which will also examine the $roader implications – fordevelopment cooperation – of a post3*+, development agenda%

The -conomic and #ocial .ouncil will play a ma9or role in thepreparations2 monitoring and implementation of a post3*+,development agenda% This will $uild on the .ouncil:s success inreviewing progress on the MDGs through the "nnual Ministerial6eview ("M6)2 as well as its $roader support to advancing the01 development agenda% Dialogue is $eing initiated throughthe Development .ooperation ;orum (D.;) on the possi$lefeatures of a renewed glo$al partnership for development in the

post3*+, setting2 and characteristics of a monitoring andaccounta$ility framewor&% 6epresentatives from governments2civil society2 philanthropic organi'ations2 academia and the privatesector are $eing engaged in these conversations2 which will alsoexamine the $roader implications – for development cooperation

– of a post3*+, development agenda% The -./#/.strengthening process and the .ouncil:s role coming out of the6io7* .onference in the integration of the three dimensions

of sustaina$le development should further $olster the .ouncil:srole in the post3*+, era%

The #ecretary3General esta$lished the 01 #ystem Tas& Team onthe 4ost3*+, 01 Development "genda% .haired $y theDepartment of -conomic and #ocial "ffairs and the 0nited

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1ations Development 4rogramme2 the team $rings together theefforts of more than


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the 0nited Aingdom% Its B mem$ers include representatives fromthe private sector2 academia2 civil society and local authorities%The 4anel will pu$lish its report in May *+>%

1ational consultations on a post3*+, development agenda areunder way in more than B* countries% The 0nited 1ations

Development Group has organi'ed a set of eleven thematic

consultations2 on conflict and fragilityC educationC environmental

sustaina$ilityC governanceC growth and employmentC healthC

hunger2 food and nutritionC ine5ualitiesC population dynamicsC

energyC and water% " report with the preliminary findings from the

national and thematic consultations was launched in March *+>%

#ustaina$le development goals

/ne of the main outcomes of the 6io7* .onference was theagreement $y mem$er #tates to launch a process to develop a

set of #ustaina$le Development Goals (#DGs)2 which will $uildupon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with thepost *+, development agenda (clic& here for information ondifferent wor& streams)% It was decided esta$lish an in#lu!ive and tran!parent intergovernmental pro#e!! open to all !ta$eholder!%with a view to developing global !u!tainable development goal!to be agreed by the General A!!embly %

In the 6io7* outcome document2 mem$er #tates agreed that

sustaina$le development goals (#DGs) mustE

+% 8e $ased on "genda + and the ?ohannes$urg 4lan ofImplementation%

% ;ully respect all the 6io 4rinciples%

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>% 8e consistent with international law%

F% 8uild upon commitments already made%

,% .ontri$ute to the full implementation of the outcomes of allma9or summits in the economic2 social and environmentalfields%


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• 0niversally applica$le to all countries while ta&ing into

account different national realities2 capacities and levels ofdevelopment and respecting national policies and priorities%

The outcome document further specifies that the development of

#DGs shouldE

• 8e useful for pursuing focused and coherent action on

sustaina$le development

• .ontri$ute to the achievement of sustaina$le development

• #erve as a driver for implementation and mainstreaming of

sustaina$le development in the 01 system as a whole

• "ddress and $e focused on priority areas for the

achievement of sustaina$le developmentThe 6io7* outcome document &he Future We Want resolved to

esta$lish an inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process

on #DGs that is open to all sta&eholders with a view to developing

glo$al sustaina$le development goals to $e agreed $y the 01G"%

The outcome document mandated the creation of an inter3governmental /pen or&ing Group2 that will su$mit a report to

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Integrated Action Plan to Develop Tribal and backward Districts

in LWE Areas


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Introduction

At the time of presentation of the budget for the year 2010-11, the

Government had announced its decision to introduce a special scheme toaddress the development of 33 Left Wing !tremism "LW# affected

districts$ %t &as inter-alia, stated that the 'lanning (ommission &ould

prepare an %ntegrated Action 'lan "%A'# for the affected areas and that

ade)uate funds &ould be made available to support the action plan$ *he

33 districts "later e!panded to 3+# referred to in the inance inister.s

announcement &ere a sub-set of the /3 LW affected districts identified

by the inistry of ome Affairs for coverage under its ecurity elated

!penditure "# cheme$ *his sub-set consisted of those districts&here more than 20 of the 'olice tations e!perienced some incidents

of na!al violence$ ubse)uently, West edinipur district of West

4engal &as added to the list due to the situation prevailing there, ta5ing

the total to 36 districts$

Implementation of IAP

%A' &as formulated as an additional central assistance schemeon 100 grant basis in 7ovember 2010$ *o begin &ith, the %ntegrated

Action 'lan "%A'# for 80 tribal and bac5&ard districts &as to be

implemented &ith a bloc5 grant of s$26 crore and s$30 crore per

district during 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively for &hich the funds

&ere to be placed at the disposal of the (ommittee headed by the

9istrict (ollector and consisting of the uperintendent of 'olice of the

district and the 9istrict orest :fficer$

*he district level committee &ill have fle!ibility to spend the

amount for development schemes according to need, as assessed by

it$ *he (ommittee &ould dra& up a 'lan consisting of concrete

proposals for public infrastructure and services such

as chool 4uildings, Angan&adi (entres, 'rimary ealth (entres,

9rin5ing Water upply, ;illage oads, lectric Lights in public places


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such as '(s and chools etc$ *he concerned 9evelopment

(ommissioner< e)uivalent officer in charge of development in the tate

shall be responsible for scrutiny of e!penditure and monitoring of %A'$

*he 'lanning (ommission &ill underta5e macro level monitoringof the scheme and implementation of the scheme &ill be revie&ed and

suitable decisions ta5en on the modalities for implementation of the

scheme as a part of the 12th ive =ear 'lan$

Salient features of the scheme

*he salient features of the guidelines are>

"i# *he district level committee should dra& up a plan

consisting of concrete proposals for public infrastructure and

services such as school buildings, Angan&adi centres, 9rin5ing

Water supply, ;illage oads, electric lights in public places

such as '(s and schools etc$ *he schemes so selected should

sho& results in the short term$

"ii# A suitable form of consultation is to be ensured &ith the

local embers of 'arliament on the schemes to be ta5en up theunder the %A'$

"iii# *he e!penditure on the pro?ects should be over and above

the e!penditure being incurred for the regular

tate


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Achievements Under IAP

*he implementation of the scheme commenced in the year

2010-11 and s$26 crore per district i$e$ total s$1600 crore for the year

2010-11 &as released in 9ecember, 2010$ *he districts immediatelyfinali@ed the &or5s to be ta5en up, completed the tender processes

&herever re)uired and the &or5s on the ground commenced

immediately in all the 80 districts$ (urrently, the implementation of %A'

in the districts is in full s&ing$ *he total funds released so far for the

year 2011-12 is s$100 crore and the total funds released so far since

the commencement of the cheme is s$260 crore$ Against the total

amount of s$260 crores released so far to the tates, the e!penditure

as on 2B$12$2011 is s$1+8/$/3 crore i$e$ 68$B1 of the funds released$

Cnder the %A', so far 8232B pro?ects for an amount of

s$ 3230$02 crore have been ta5en up in the tates$ *hese include

construction of chool 4uildings


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While formulating the scheme, the 'lanning (ommission

considered that the scheme should not be limited only to the severely

LW affected districts$ %t &as proposed by them that the scheme should

cover other tribal and bac5&ard districts also and the follo&ing criteria

&as adopted to identify districts for inclusion in the scheme>

"a# Whether the district is included in the list of /3

districts identified by the inistry of ome AffairsF

"b# Whether the tribal population e!ceeds 26F

"c# Whether the forest area e!ceeds 30F

"d# Whether the poverty ratio in the district e!ceeds 60F

and

"e# Whether the district is covered under the 4ac5&ardegions Grant und "4G#$

9istricts meeting four of the above-mentioned five criteria and

forming a contiguous bloc5 &ere selected for coverage under the

proposed scheme$ *hus, &ith this criteria, a total of 80 districts &ere

selected for coverage under the scheme$

Districts Covered

*he 80 districts comprised +/ districts covered under the

scheme and 12 other districts not falling under the scheme$ *he 80

districts thus selected are > Adiliabad and hammam "2 districts# in

Andhra 'radeshF Ar&al, Aurangabad, Gaya, Eamui, Eehanabad, 7a&ada

and ohtas "B districts#, in 4iharF 4astar, 4i?apur, 9ante&ada, Eashpur,

an5er, a&ardha, oriya, 7arayanpur, a?nandgaon and urgu?a "10

districts# of (hhattisgarhF 4o5aro, (hatra, Gar&ha, Gumla, a@aribagh,

odarma, Latehar, Lohardaga, 'aschim inghbhum, 'alamu, 'urbi

inghbhum, amgarh, arai5ela and imdega "1+ districts# of

Ehar5handF Anuppur, 4alagahat, 9indori, andla, eoni, hahdol, idhi

and Cmaria "/ districts# in adhya 'radeshF Gadchiroli and Gondiya "2

districts#F 4alangir, 9ebagarh


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ayurbhan?, 7abrangpur, 7uapada, ayagada, ambalpur, onapur and

undargarh "16 districts# of :rissaF onbhadra "1 district#, Cttar

'radeshF 'aschim edinipur "1 district# in West 4engal$

Monitoring

*he 9evelopment (ommissioner of the tate


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implementation of various development programmes and flagship

schemes in consultation &ith the inistries


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G-33 COUNTRIES

The G33 is a group of developing countries thatcoordinate on trade and economic issues% It was createdin order to help a group of countries that were all facingsimilar pro$lems%

The G>> has proposed special rules for developingcountries at T/ negotiations2 li&e allowing them tocontinue to restrict access to their agricultural mar&ets%

Mem$ersedit

Despite the name2 there are currently#itation needed F<mem$er nations%

• "ntigua and 8ar$uda

• 8ar$ados

• 8eli'e

• 8enin

• 8otswana

• .hina

• .ote dJIvoire

• .u$a

• Democratic 6epu$lic of the .ongo

• Madagascar

• Mongolia

• Mo'am$i5ue

• 1icaragua

• 1igeria

• 4a&istan

• 4anama

• 4eru

• 4hilippines

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• Dominican 6epu$lic

• -l #alvador

• Grenada

• Guyana

• Guatemala

• Haiti

• Honduras

• India

• Indonesia

• ?amaica

• Aenya

• @aos

• Mauritius

• #aint Aitts a

• #aint @ucia

• #aint incen

• #enegal

• #ri @an&a

• #uriname

• Tan'ania

• Trinidad and

• Tur&ey

• 0ganda

• ene'uela

• Kam$ia

• Kim$a$we

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The G-33 group of developing countries has tabled anew proposal on farm trade and food security, trade

sources say, in a bid to fast-track elements of the draft

Doha accord ahead of the WTOs ministerial meeting ne!t

year"

The group, which includes #hina, $ndia, and other

countries with a si%eable share of smallholder farmers,would like trade ministers to support more fle!ible rules

for farm subsidies in the WTOs &green bo!' - those that

are e!empt from any ceiling or reduction commitments

on the grounds that they cause not more than minimal

trade distortion"

(egotiators told )ridges that the proposal has been

circulated in advance of an informal meeting this *riday

of the WTOs agriculture negotiations committee" The

meeting was initially called to discuss two separate

proposals from the G-+ developing country group, which


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favours reform of developed country farm policies" .ee

)ridges Weekly, 3 October 2012/

0owever, some officials warned that the G-33 proposal

might be less likely to garner consensus than the G-+s

initiative" &$t might be seen as a slightly different beast,'

one negotiator cautioned"

“Low-income, resource-poor” farmers

The G-33 proposal, a copy of which has been seen by

)ridges, calls for new rules on public stockholding forfood security purposes and on domestic food aid" The

group says that if a developing country government

purchases food for its stocks at administered prices in

order to support &low-income, resource-poor producers,'

they should not have to count this towards the aggregate

measure of support they provide - an amount referred to

as the 12. by trade negotiators, and capped for eachcountry under WTO rules"

.imilarly, if developing country governments ac4uire food

for domestic food aid at subsidised prices, they should

not have to count these towards their 2. ceiling, so

long as the food was &procured generally' from low-

income or resource-poor producers in developingcountries"

The group also proposes that several kinds of developing

country farm programmes should be e!empt from any

ceiling on subsidies by classing them with other green

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bo! programmes at the WTO" 5olicies and services

related to farmer settlement, land reform programmes,

rural development, and rural livelihood security in

developing countries should be among them, the groupsaid"

The three clauses are all taken unchanged from a part of

the draft Doha agriculture te!t that members have

tended to see as being close to consensus, sub6ect to

progress in the talks as a whole" 0owever, the draft te!t

itself has now been unchanged for four years as a resultof the broader impasse in the talks"

2bsent from the G-33 proposal were two elements -

agricultural state trading enterprises, and international

food aid - that had been included in an earlier draft

prepared by $ndia, which has taken the lead in pushing

for the initiative at the WTO"

Market price support

.ome delegates told )ridges that they e!pected the

proposal to be controversial amongst the broader

membership"

&Would countries be well served to open up the way to

market price support in the green bo!7' asked another,

who feared the proposal could &de-rail the whole build-up

for #89 - negotiators shorthand for the upcoming ninth

WTO ministerial conference ne!t year"


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Others suggested that, with the e!ception of some of the

larger developing countries, many simply lacked the

resources to support farmers in this way"

5roposals to e!pand significantly the current provision of

subsidised food in $ndia under the countrys *ood

.ecurity )ill had some negotiators particularly worried,

while others e!pressed concern that surplus foodstocks

were being e!ported" .ee )ridges Weekly, 18 Jul

2012/

0owever, another negotiator from the group re6ected this

assessment" &(obody is going to be hurt' by the

proposal, the source said"

! problem of "e#nition$

(egotiators observed that the term &low income or

resource poor' producers has not been defined, eventhough it appears in both the WTOs current 2greement

on 2griculture and the draft Doha accord"

0owever, one delegate pointed out that $ndias most

recent official farm subsidy notification to the WTO states

that 8:"8; percent of farm holdings fell into this category"

.ee )ridges Weekly, 1% June 2011/ 2 previous

notification, for marketing year , put the figure at

;8"= percent, and defined low-income resource-poor

producers as those with operational land holdings of ten

hectares or less"

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$n response to a 4uestion on the sub6ect from the ?.,

$ndia also told a .eptember meeting of the WTOs

committee on agriculture that farmers are not allowed to

have more than ten hectares of irrigated land"

)ra%ilian delegates told the same meeting that low

income or resource poor farmers produce ++"8 percent of

the value of agricultural production in their own country"

One negotiator e!pressed concern about the broader

implications of the proposal" &0ow does this affect other

countries7' the source asked"

! bump roa" to &ali

Trade officials have recently discussed whether the )ali

ministerial could deliver a deal on easing customs

administration and cutting time at border crossings -

known as 1trade facilitation - perhaps accompanied by anagreement on the administration of import 4uotas for

farm goods, as the G-+ have suggested"

$n comments to )ridges, a G-33 official nonetheless

argued that these two areas &are not seen as being

enough' for a )ali package"

One developing country negotiator told )ridges that somecountries did not want a )ali deal to include trade

facilitation" &This is why they are bringing issues that

wont succeed,' claimed the source"


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Others supported the view that the G-+ proposals were

more likely to gain traction 4uickly among the broader

WTO membership"

The G-33 proposal &will present a difficult challenge,' one

source cautiously observed"

$#T.D reporting"

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