International Symposium

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL SOUTH: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development Goals
Date: 28–29 April 2014, New Delhi
Venue: Kamla Devi Complex, IIC, New Delhi

The new development framework that would replace the existing set of eight Millennium Development Goals in 2015 is presently a major international development discourse. In order to strengthen the recommendations for a Southern-led, Southern-focused post-2015 development agenda globally, momentum needs to be built around shaping the agenda by engaging a diverse set of stakeholders, and in this regard, the academic community and civil society play a critical role as a key voice.

The Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, a research institute working on human development issues, and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA), a coalition of over 4000 civil society organizations in India, have jointly initiated a dialogue on the post-MDG 2015 development perspective involving the leading academic scholars and experts from the global South. As a key activity under this partnership, it is envisaged to bring together perspectives from leading development researchers, through a set of papers and commentaries, at a High-level international symposium on Human Development in Global South: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development Goals to be held in New Delhi during April 28-29, 2014. The UN-ESCAP is also collaborating in organising this Symposium.