Policy space and global governance: Issues at stake

The discussions now under way on a post-2015 development agenda are aiming for an ambitious narrative that goes beyond “business as usual” to establish a more universal, transformative and sustainable approach than the one advanced through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (United Nations, 2012). As such, it will play a key role in setting new goals and targets for policymakers, both at the national and international levels. The 17 goals (and related targets) agreed to at the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development point to a level of ambition and complexity well beyond the MDGs (United Nations, 2014). The international community faces three principal challenges in fashioning this new approach.

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