Do we need new development goals?
December 17, 2012
In 2015 the current global run out. 2012 has seen the process of replacing them start in earnest with the Rio+20 summit and its proposal for sustainable development goals, and the appointment of the UN High Level Panel on post-2015. More recently, there has been a wave of sectoral and overall consultations that are ongoing …
What can we learn from the past 50 years of education-for-development in Africa for the Beyond 2015 debate?
September 21, 2012
In all the talk about international development targets beyond 2015, I am particularly concerned about two things. First, that the voices of educationalists regarding the nature of education and its role in development are being reduced to simple soundbites based on overstatement of certain effects of education. Second, that the discussion on what works is …
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