Presentations by John Y. Jones (IGNIS), Antonio Tujan, (Ibon, The Philippines) and Alejandro Bendaña (ISGN and CEI), made at the IGNIS-Conference "Whose governance? Obstacles to the MDGs", in Oslo in September 2004.
- The path to a global compact for eradicating poverty
"I will concentrate my hour here by talking about the time before the launch of the MDG; try to identify some crucial actors and their likely motivation for action, and look at in what way this has formed the UN development goals that were presented in September 2000". Presentation by John Y. Jones.
- The Millennium Development Goals: Reducing poverty or deodorizing neoliberal globalization?
"Furthermore, there remain serious differences in the apprehension of the problem of poverty, the analysis and understanding of the causes and conditions of poverty, and strategies for poverty eradication. These differences affect the evaluation of the implementation of MDGs and evaluation of achievements, as well as defining priorities for action". Presentation by Antonio Tujan.
- "Good Governance” and the MDGs: contradictory or complementary?
"In much of the development debate today, the notion of governance has been presented as the missing link to successful growth and economic “reform” including the attainment of the MDGs. But governance has diverse understandings. There is one that is people-centered and there is another—unfortunately predominant--which in our opinion takes us away from democracy and the possibilities of genuine development (including the attainment of the MDGs). In essence, a faulty notion of “good governance” is taking us away from the goals because it entails placing the state and society at the service of the market, under the presumption that economic growth alone will deliver development". Presentation by Alejandro Bendaña.
