Global Changes and Challengesand their Implications for Development Policy Simon Maxwell23 September 2013

An argument in four stepsThe glass is half full not half emptyAs a result, the pendulum is swinging from the national to the globalAnd international development faces new challenges:What to do about MICs?Global collective action and the challenge of multilateralismThe competences of development agencies and their place in GovernmentMaking the case and securing pubic support

Post-2015: leading global change

The glass is half full, not half empty

Time to be optimistic?Under 5 mortality

The pendulum is swinging from the national to the global

The drivers of developmentGPGs or things we need to fix

Well-beingIncomeHealthEducationInclusionParticipationFavourable national policy environmentFavourable international policy environment

Public expenditureRegulatory environmentABCEFGHIJKLM

The left-hand side: a national perspectiveFocused on aid for poverty reduction and MDGsDriven by the search for results (often 1.0 not 2.0)Highlighting openness and transparencyFavouring vertical initiatives (e.g. GAVI)Prioritising growth (incl agriculture, energy)Seeking new ways of working with the private sectorPaying more attention to resilienceRediscovering governance and conditionalityPreferring bilateral over multilateralWorking closely with Gates and other philanthropistsBringing all this together under the umbrella of aid effectiveness (most recently at Busan)

The right-hand side: things we need to fix globallyClimate changeTrade rulesEnergy securityHealth pandemicsKnowledgeConflictFinancial stabilityFood securityFisheriesMigrationInclusive globalisationNatural resource nexus

Global Public Goods

http://www.wbgu.de/fileadmin/templates/dateien/veroeffentlichungen/hauptgutachten/jg2011/wbgu_jg2011_en.pdfAn example: climate change

The impact of climate change on coffe in Uganda

The new challenges of international development

Development cooperation in the future

LessMore Poverty Global public goods Poor countries Poor and middle income countries Aid Policy Aid departments International development departments Single ministries Whole of Government Bilateral Multilateral Government-to-Government PPPs and civil society partnerships Aid effectiveness Entitlement and Partnership

What to do about MICs?

LICs and MICsSource: Glennie, J, 2011, The Role of Aid to MICs, ODI WP 331, June

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Global Collective Action and the Challenge of Multilateralism

Delivering global solutions:Keep the core group smallBuild trustUse the same group for multiple decisionsUse social pressure to deliver network closureChoose the right issuesDeploy positive incentivesDeploy negative incentivesBuild the institutions for repeated interaction

Sweden: Participation in international organisations

The competences of development agencies and their place in Government

Development Cooperation is being re-engineered

The competences of development agencies?(a) Spring(b) Spigot(c) Spoon(d) Spanner

Making the case and securing public support

Post 2015: Leading Change

Universal

Linking development and environment

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