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Overview and background

The MDGs took 10 years to formulate and agree on a global stage; at least some of the MDGs will not be met in some countries by the deadline; and a recent study demonstrates that people in the developing world tend to think it is important to have a global international development framework.

Before the September 2012 UN MDG summit, the world was unwilling to spend time thinking about what would happen beyond 2015, preferring instead to focus on achieving the goals. Yet the summit was something of a watershed. Governments realised the importance of planning for post-2015, and this was reflected in the summit's outcome document, which requested the UN secretary general to report annually on the MDGs' progress and to "make recommendations in his annual reports, as appropriate, for further steps to advance the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015"

The UN's economic and social council's committee for development policy examined the post-2015 question in March 2012. This was the start of a research initiative to strengthen the UN development agenda beyond 2015 by considering emerging alternative development models that could contribute to improving human wellbeing.

To see a Mapping of post-2015 initiatives click here.

See also

• Millennium Development Goals
• Beyond 2015 – the future of development goals

External links

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