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The MDGs and Beyond

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Book cover After 2015: International Development Policy at a Crossroads

Part of the book series: Rethinking International Development Series ((RID))

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‘Development’ has come to mean the MDGs for many — policy-makers in particular. In this chapter we look at the evolution of the meaning of development and its relationship with the MDGs.1 We draw on recent conceptual discussions regarding the evolving notion of ‘well-being’ (as opposed to poverty, deprivation and ‘ill-being’) and ask what it adds and what it might contribute to a post-2015 future.

If development means good change, questions arise about what is good and what sort of change matters... Any development agenda is value-laden (Chambers, 2004:1).

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    Andy Sumner (Research Fellow)

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    Meera Tiwari (Head of International Development Studies)

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Sumner, A., Tiwari, M. (2009). The MDGs and Beyond. In: After 2015: International Development Policy at a Crossroads. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234680_3

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