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Are the Sustainable Development Goals the world’s biggest promise…. or the world’s biggest lie?

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In New York the finishing touches are being made to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  which are due to replace the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Here David Hulme explores what they might mean. With 17 goals, 167 targets and perhaps more than 1,000 indicators those finishing touches remain a large task. The idea behind […]

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Why all the doom and gloom when things are getting better?

David Hulme By Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted:

David Hulme takes the media to task over the way it covers the developing world. Bangladesh makes the headlines with stories of factory fires, exploited garment workers, political violence, or bombings. Yet, Bangladesh has shown remarkable economic growth and achieved rapid social development – progress that is rarely reported. In many ways, the country is […]

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