Delivering ‘Leave No-one Behind’

David HulmeBrooks World Poverty Institute, andEffective States & Inclusive Development CentreUniversity of Manchester

Key Message – It’s up to you• Main lesson of the MDGs is that they were too global and too

focussed on foreign aid• What really makes the difference is reform and action at the

national level – moving from policy promises to implementing programmes

• That needs leadership from political, administrative and business elites

• Parliamentarians are central – they make or break the Post-2015 Agenda at national level

Ensuring National Ownership• The Post-2015 Development Agenda must not/will not be

driven by ‘rich countries’ and foreign aid agencies• When countries develop rapidly (growth and human

development) almost always this is driven by national reforms and action

• High level leadership (political, religious, civil society and coalitions) is essential – ideally with a national vision and/or public debate

Strengthening National Policy, Planning and Implementation

• The MDGs focussed on policy – the Post-2015 Development Agenda must focus on delivery

• Converting global goals into national goals… into national plans…into local/organisational plans…into implementation plans (eg Brazil)

• National governments providing vision and resources • Public sector, local authorities and partners delivering services

and enabling growth

Using Post-2015 to Mobilise Governments and Parliamentarians I

• You are at the centre – promoting a vision; driving the government and public service forward; and, mobilising the people

• Some of this may be easy – speeches, meetings, launching new projects

• Some of it will be very hard – tackling vested interests, persuading people that ‘business as usual’ will be bad for everyone – negotiating…but, that is your speciality

Using Post-2015 to Mobilise Governments and Parliamentarians II

• Leadership – promote a vision of a fair country and locality ; design real world plans

• Pressure to perform – demanding performance from agencies…with fancy data and by listening to poor constituents

• Accountability – ask ‘what has been achieved, what did it cost, how will you do better next year…’. Analyse – personally, comparisons, peer reviews. Demand improvements.

Conclusion• Extreme poverty was acceptable for our parents…they could say

they lived in a poor world• It is morally unacceptable today in an affluent world…all our

national capitals show that affluence• Push forward – especially with demanding that services be

delivered to the poor and that they benefit from economic growth• Sometimes as an idealist…and as a pragmatist