MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework

The Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015, were a global agreement to promote human development and reduce poverty. But they did not create a legalized institutional regime, in which precise obligations would be delegated to specific actors, nor were they, in many respects, compatible w...

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Main Author:	Gauri, Varun
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	accountability aid benchmark benchmarks civil servants civil society civil society organizations Comprehensive Development Comprehensive Development Framework confidence corruption Crime debt democratic governance development aid development assistance development cooperation Development Goals development issues development models development objectives development plans development policy development process Development Research donor agencies economic growth educational attainment ethics extreme poverty extrinsic incentives fair trade financial sector GDP good governance human rights human rights violation humanitarian intervention infant mortality international development international law investigation Justice legal procedures local governments marginal costs national development overseas development assistance Parliament parliamentary involvement patronage policy issues poverty reduction priorities property rights Public Opinion Public Services remedies repression resource allocation sanctions state governments sustainability Sustainable Development tariff barriers transparency voters wealth
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spelling	okr-10986-163372021-04-23T14:03:28Z MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework Gauri, Varun accountability aid benchmark benchmarks civil servants civil society civil society organizations Comprehensive Development Comprehensive Development Framework confidence corruption Crime debt democratic governance development aid development assistance development cooperation Development Goals development issues development models development objectives development plans development policy development process Development Research donor agencies economic growth educational attainment ethics extreme poverty extrinsic incentives fair trade financial sector GDP good governance human rights human rights violation humanitarian intervention infant mortality international development international law investigation Justice legal procedures local governments marginal costs national development overseas development assistance Parliament parliamentary involvement patronage policy issues poverty reduction priorities property rights Public Opinion Public Services remedies repression resource allocation sanctions state governments sustainability Sustainable Development tariff barriers transparency voters wealth The Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015, were a global agreement to promote human development and reduce poverty. But they did not create a legalized institutional regime, in which precise obligations would be delegated to specific actors, nor were they, in many respects, compatible with the incentives of the countries whose heads of state endorsed them. They most resembled international human rights treaties, which are also not legally coercive, and which achieve their effects largely through their role in social and political mobilization. But unlike human rights treaties, the Millennium Development Goals' targets and goals were not psychologically, morally, and politically salient. The goals and targets for the proposed second round of Millennium Development Goals should be easier to grasp and embed within them a causal narrative about the causes and remedies of global poverty. Their formulation and implementation should also draw on national institutions and processes, which most people find more persuasive than discussions at the international level. The paper develops these ideas and presents examples for how post-2015 development goals and targets might be presented in ways that are more compelling. 2013-12-02T20:26:21Z 2013-12-02T20:26:21Z 2012-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16337 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.6282 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	accountability aid benchmark benchmarks civil servants civil society civil society organizations Comprehensive Development Comprehensive Development Framework confidence corruption Crime debt democratic governance development aid development assistance development cooperation Development Goals development issues development models development objectives development plans development policy development process Development Research donor agencies economic growth educational attainment ethics extreme poverty extrinsic incentives fair trade financial sector GDP good governance human rights human rights violation humanitarian intervention infant mortality international development international law investigation Justice legal procedures local governments marginal costs national development overseas development assistance Parliament parliamentary involvement patronage policy issues poverty reduction priorities property rights Public Opinion Public Services remedies repression resource allocation sanctions state governments sustainability Sustainable Development tariff barriers transparency voters wealth
spellingShingle	accountability aid benchmark benchmarks civil servants civil society civil society organizations Comprehensive Development Comprehensive Development Framework confidence corruption Crime debt democratic governance development aid development assistance development cooperation Development Goals development issues development models development objectives development plans development policy development process Development Research donor agencies economic growth educational attainment ethics extreme poverty extrinsic incentives fair trade financial sector GDP good governance human rights human rights violation humanitarian intervention infant mortality international development international law investigation Justice legal procedures local governments marginal costs national development overseas development assistance Parliament parliamentary involvement patronage policy issues poverty reduction priorities property rights Public Opinion Public Services remedies repression resource allocation sanctions state governments sustainability Sustainable Development tariff barriers transparency voters wealth Gauri, Varun MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework
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description	The Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015, were a global agreement to promote human development and reduce poverty. But they did not create a legalized institutional regime, in which precise obligations would be delegated to specific actors, nor were they, in many respects, compatible with the incentives of the countries whose heads of state endorsed them. They most resembled international human rights treaties, which are also not legally coercive, and which achieve their effects largely through their role in social and political mobilization. But unlike human rights treaties, the Millennium Development Goals' targets and goals were not psychologically, morally, and politically salient. The goals and targets for the proposed second round of Millennium Development Goals should be easier to grasp and embed within them a causal narrative about the causes and remedies of global poverty. Their formulation and implementation should also draw on national institutions and processes, which most people find more persuasive than discussions at the international level. The paper develops these ideas and presents examples for how post-2015 development goals and targets might be presented in ways that are more compelling.
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title	MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework
title_short	MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework
title_full	MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework
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MDGs That Nudge : The Millennium Development Goals, Popular Mobilization, and the Post-2015 Development Framework

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