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    Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs: November 2013
    Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs: November 2013
    Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs: November 2013
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    Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs: November 2013

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    This issue of Development Asia discusses the post-2015 development agenda and its implications for Asia and the Pacific. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have served humanity well. They galvanized global attention for helping the world's poor and vulnerable. In less than 3 years, a new development agenda will take up the challenge of delivering a sustainable future for humanity. The successor goals will benefit from the MDG's focus. But they must accomplish much more in a world that has changed dramatically since the MDGs were conceived. A global conversation is underway to frame the new goals. It's early days, but the vision is bold: a world without acute poverty, where the marginalized lead productive lives, and where economic growth doesn't strain the planet to breaking point. The goals will likely be universal, measurable, few in number, and easily understood. The developing world's strong voice in the consultation process is likely to result in goals that are both emphatic and far-reaching. The post-2015 development agenda, and the goals that will drive it, will be a moment of truth for the world. This issue of Development Asia goes further into these pivotal issues and their implications for Asia and the Pacific.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9789292574468
    Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs: November 2013

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      Development Asia—Beyond the MDGs - Asian Development Bank

      Beyond the MDGs

      What will the global development agenda look like after 2015?

      PUBLISHER

      Satinder Bindra

      MANAGING EDITOR

      Andrew Perrin

      SENIOR EDITOR

      John Larkin

      EDITORIAL ADVISOR

      Nessim Ahmad

      ASSOCIATE EDITOR

      Jenina Alli

      PRODUCTION MANAGER

      Miguel Paulino

      COPY EDITOR

      Leo Magno

      DESIGN

      Cleone Baradas

      COVER PHOTOS: AFP

      Development Asia features development issues important to Asia and the Pacific.

      It is published twice a year by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The views expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and do not reflect the views and policies of ADB. Use of the term country does not imply any judgment by the authors or ADB as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity.

      Advertising of any specific commercial product, process, service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, in this publication does not constitute or imply ADB’s endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of the product or the entity thereof.

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      Material published in Development Asia and on www.development.asia, including articles, photos, graphics, and other content, is copyrighted. Material may not be reproduced, republished, or redistributed without written permission of Development Asia. For reprint permission, please contact editor@development.asia. Photographs not owned by ADB require permission from the copyright holder for reprinting.

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      Note: In this publication, $ refers to US dollars

      © 2013 Asian Development Bank

      ISSN 1998-7528

      Inside

      SPECIAL REPORT : BEYOND THE MDGs

      Setting the Agenda

      Cover Illustration: Michael Morgenstern

      DEPARTMENTS

      The post-2015 development agenda is not to maintain the status quo but to drive the world forward.

      —Ban Ki-moon

      PHOTO: CORBIS (BAN KI-MOON)

      18

      Q&A

      The UN Secretary-General discusses his vision for the new development goals

      24

      More Ebb Than Flow

      Easing Asia’s water woes

      PHOTO: AFP (BIILL GATES)

      35

      FEATURES

      The Right Stuff

      One man’s journey to a skilled job illustrates Asia’s retraining challenge

      41

      Unstable Staples

      Rising food prices hit the poor

      48

      Black & White

      PUBLISHER’S

      NOTE      

      MOMENT OF TRUTH

      THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT Goals (MDGs) have served humanity well. They galvanized global attention for helping the world’s poor and vulnerable. In less than 3 years, a new development agenda will take up the challenge of delivering a sustainable future for humanity. The successor goals will benefit from the MDG’s focus. But they must accomplish much more in a world that has changed dramatically since the MDGs were conceived.

      A global conversation is underway to frame the new goals. It’s early days, but the vision is bold: a world without acute poverty, where the marginalized lead productive lives, and where economic growth doesn’t strain the planet to breaking point. The goals will likely be universal, measurable, few in number, and easily understood.

      The developing world’s strong voice in the consultation process is likely to result in goals that are both emphatic and far-reaching. A key player in this process is United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who provides an exclusive glimpse into his post-2015 vision in a conversation with Development Asia. We’re also thrilled to have Bill Gates explaining how better development data can energize the next agenda.

      The post-2015 development agenda, and the goals that will drive it, will be a moment of truth for the world. I’m delighted that one of my first public actions as ADB’s new publisher and principal director of external relations is to introduce Development Asia’s special report on these pivotal issues, and their implications for Asia and the Pacific.

      Satinder Bindra

      PUBLISHER

      CONTRIBUTORS

      BILL GATES

      is cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which supports initiatives in education, global health, and poverty reduction. He cofounded global software leader Microsoft after leaving Harvard University in his junior year. In 2000 he and wife Melinda created the foundation, which works to expand opportunities for the poor and underprivileged by collaborating with grant recipients and other partners. Find his opinion piece about development data on p. 32.

      JOHN LARKIN

      is senior editor of Development Asia. He has lived in Asia for nearly 15 years, mostly as a foreign correspondent in the Republic of Korea, and in India where he was a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. John has also written for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, and the Sydney Morning Herald, and won two awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia for his coverage of the region. In this issue he writes about technology transfer on p. 27 and remittances on p. 38.

      PALANI MOHAN

      is a Madras-born Australian photographer who has lived in Asia since 1999. His work has been published in many leading magazines and newspapers including National Geographic, Time, and the New York Times. Palani has won awards from World Press Photo, the National Press Photographers Association, and American Photo and Communication Arts. He has published four books of documentary photography. His work appears on p. 48.

      The International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. The Centre devotes its every effort to

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