on the path to sustainable development

On the path to sustainable development

Presentation Ms Anne-Isabelle D. BlateauDirector UNDP Seoul Policy Centre

27 April 2012

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On the path to sustainable development

On the path to sustainable development- UNDP- Ms Anne-Isabelle D.Blateau- 27April 2012

• MDGs …will we achieve them by 2015?• Key threats to sustainable development• The “new “ debate on sustainable

development and post 2015• Addressing inequality…at the core

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MDGs…will we achieve them ?

Their choices in life ?

Nepal -Syangboche – 3800 m


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Will the MDGs reach them?

Access to health ?

Access to education ?

How are their voices heard ?On the path to sustainable development- UNDP- Ms Anne-Isabelle D. Blateau- 27April 2012

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MDGs…the picture

very little time left , still quite some work to do.…

Strong call from SG for developed countries to fulfill their commitments to the world’s poorest people, reminding that aid is not charity, but a smart investment in security and prosperity and engine of growth..

UNDP is the custodian of the MDGs responsible for monitoring/ analyzing and pushing forward Produced successive 5 year reports Following the 2010 report : Acceleration frameworks at country level targeting the problematic goals

On the path to sustainable development- UNDP- Ms Anne-Isabelle D. Blateau- 27April 2012

MDGs… the Global picture

On the path to sustainable development- UNDP- Ms Anne-Isabelle D. Blateau- 27April 2012

MDGs…the more detailed picture


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MDGs…the more detailed picture• poverty : Hungry people # rose form 842 Mio -90-92 to 1.02 Bio 2009

some good stories ( Malawi 53% food surplus in 2007 v 43% food deficiency in 2005 through natl input subsidy programme)

• Universal primary education enrolment : gap in primary school enrolment : narrowed to 95/100 but progress for poor girls slow

• Gender :– Women in parliament increased to 19% , with Rwanda in the lead with 50.9% but Korea only at 14.7% - still far from parity– Maternal mortality declined only marginally from 480 to 450 death/100,00 live birth, esp in Sub Saharan Africa

Korea, among the developed countries still has 18 death/100,000 3 x Japan’s rate

• Under 5 Mortality : Rural children More at risk- 2009 :, nearly 1/4 of the children in the developing world were underweight, & poorest children most affected. - Children from the poorest households in the developing world are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday as

children in the richest households.

• Safe water target : on track, but 884 Mio people still use unimproved water sources Sanitation lagging : in 2006 2.5 bio people _ 37% of pop- did not hv access to latrines, toilets or sanitation ( open defecation 1.2 bio people)

• ODA up by 16 % from 2007 to 2008 to 119,8 Bio USD – but value decreased for first year to devaluation of some currencies Duty free Imports from developing countries rose from 54% in 1996 to 79% in 2007; from LDCs from 70% in 2005 to nearly 80% in 2007


Question of post MDGs …new indices? Same indices but more in depth ? ongoing discussionNeed to keep global agenda coherence

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Key threats to sustainable development


Oil crisis

ConflictsDisasters

Climate Change

Food crisis

Financial crisis

New agenda • Resilience • Regionalization• South- south• Environment• New energies• Prevention• New dimensions• Global responsibility

Bio fuels land useOils prices: food prices – transport, fertilizers, etc..Move from agriculture to industryCc

GovernanceSharp export declineStocks collapseLiquidity- loans

Pak : floods Japan: TsunamiHaiti :earthquake

DroughtsFloodsFresh water Pests

Gradual build-upRelocation to poorer countries

Over-abuse of the planet

Globalization : market expansion but increased vulnerabilities

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Where do we go from here ..• Globalization is here to stay and expand• Population is increasing rapidly putting more demands for services

and on resources• Crisis are not going to disappear • Governance institution need to be more reponsible/able to deal

with new challenges• Incresasing demand for participation• Increasing role of emerging economies• Resources are dwindling fast and under major threat• Dramatic urbanization : by 2050 > 70% pop will be urban

need to find more global solutions


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The “new” debate on sustainable development

• Busan: Nov 2011 new development agendaNew aid environment : emerging countrieseveryone responsible and has a roleNeed all the actors on boardCountry driven : sustainable development happens primarily at the country level

• Rio +20 : sustainable development – 3 pillars go hand in hand

Economic growth + Social + environmental sustainability

• Post 2015: moving towards more holistic Sustainable Development Goals -SGDs..what will they cover?


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• Rio +20 : • progress in 6 areas is particularly important: • From MDGs to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): progress

towards attaining the MDGs must be accelerated and sustained, and the post-2015 global development goals must evolve into SDGs.

• Green is not enough. ‘Triple-win’ policies and programming are the way forward.

• Better governance and capacity development matter. • Finance for development must be revisited. • Beyond GDP and the bottom line—new metrics for sustainable

development are needed. • Leveraging knowledge and innovation to deliver results


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Sustainable development: not either or…


“triple wins’ expand the sustainable development ‘sweet spot’ where its strands intertwine (Figure 1). The more we gear policy towards that intersection the more it expands, and the less daunting the trade-offs become

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Linking the 3 pillars…impact on inequality

• Income poverty, gender gaps, unequal access to resources, basic services, and decent work, heightened exposure to disaster and environmental risks—all go together.

• the human costs of environmental degradation and social underdevelopment are born predominantly by the poor, whose livelihoods and welfare are most closely linked to natural resources and social protection, and who are therefore most likely to bear the social costs of unsustainable environmental practices.


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Landless and held by loan sharks• Bad crops prevented them to repay the

loan..they lost everything• They now live on a floating house on

the lake but are held in ongoing poverty by loan sharks for fishing supplies

• Their fish is bought by intermediates who do not give them fair market price

• Kids no longer go to school

They once had a piece of land for their house and to grow crops…

Engaging and empowering them as a community to • Taking turns to get several kids to

school• Selling their fish themselves on

the market getting better prices• Looking at credit alternatives

Vietnam-Tonle SAP


Environment and inequality threats to human development

UNDP Human development report 2011


… and development gaps will be harder to close

UNDP Human development report 2011


Overlapping deprivations

UNDP Human Development Report 2011


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Electricity transforms lives….

Nepal –North west- 2000m+ community built & managed micro hydro

This “Untouchable” has now a thriving metal forging business

Women do not have to carry heavy water buckets

They are now connected ..to beyond the mountain

Kids can learn basic computer skillsOn the path to sustainable development- UNDP- Ms Anne-Isabelle D.Blateau-

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On the way to Rio+20...the messages

• Equity and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand

• Expanding choices of the poor – the route to long term sustainability

• Empowerment, accountability and participation are of both intrinsic and instrumental value in this path-crucially gender equality and women’s empowerment

• Balanced regional growth needed to correct the inequality between the regions

• Decentralization, local and inclusive governance, and social mobilization are needed for empowered citizens to ‘think globally while acting locally’

• Governance: the glue that holds sustainable development together


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On the road to post 2015

• Discussions have already started

• Different proposal are starting to emerge

• Preparing for the Special conference in 2013, the UN is :– Preparing study on lessons learned with recommendations for the Secretary General (May)– Engaging in country level broad, thematic , regional & global consultations– engaging in discussions and dialogues with partners– producing discussion and position papers on the post 2015 development agenda– taking advantage of the opportunities provided by global social networks and mobile

technologies• The UN Secretary General will appoint a High Level Panel

“We must deliver on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) while moving towards Sustainable Development Goals after 2015. The transition process must build on what worked with the MDGs and learn from what did not.”Olav Kjorven Director of the bureau for development policy ( former minister of ……Norway


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The UN & sustainable development

• UNDP & the UN system support national transitions to sustainable development, by:

• Promoting genuinely integrated national development approaches that focuses on “triple-win” policies and programming;

• Supporting governments with policy and technical support, including through innovative development programmes like the Poverty and Environment Initiative, the Green Commodities Facility, and Legal Empowerment of the Poor, which can help them move towards “triple-win” development results;

• Pull the joint effort of UN’s in countries, through UNDP’s stewardship of the Resident Coordinator system;

• Brokering partnerships—including between donors, the private sector, and civil society—to turn national visions of sustainable development into reality


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“We all aspire to reach better living conditions. Yet, this will not be possible by following the current growth model . . . We need a practical twenty-first century development model that connects the dots between the key issues of our time: poverty reduction; job generation; inequality; climate change; environmental stress; water, energy and food security.”

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon .

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