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George Okello
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 15:08:55 -0500
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Subject: Why migration should be a pillar of the post-2015 development agenda
| To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add info@devex.com to your address book. |  QUOTABLE | | "It seems that the global consensus against the use of chemical weapons is stronger than the global consensus against other forms of harm to civilians, even when the impacts are just as deadly." |  - George Graham, head of conflict and humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children UK
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| | | DEVELOPMENT BUZZ |
 This week, on the heels of its annual meeting, the U.N. General Assembly will convene the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
Both meetings focus in large part on the post-2015 development agenda — the global development blueprint that will follow the soon-to-expire Millennium Development Goals.
They also examine the contribution of the world's 232 million international migrants to the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. And they address the need to protect the human rights of migrants, too many of whom still suffer from exploitation, abuse of their human rights and discrimination.
As the global lead agency in the field of migration, the International Organization for Migration has been asked by its 151 member states and the U.N. General Assembly to contribute its thinking on these issues to the HLD, in close collaboration with 15 U.N. partner agencies belonging to the Global Migration Group.
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this task.
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| | | Post-2015: How to grade progress on development goals |  Renowned economist José Antonio Ocampo has noted the lack of muscle by the United Nations to keep countries accountable for their commitments on development. What mechanism does he recommend to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of development goals, particularly beyond 2015?
To find out, watch this video of his presentation at last week's Kapuscinski Development Lecture in New York on "Effective Poverty Reduction Beyond MDGs," which also featured renowned economist Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| | | 3 QUESTIONS FOR... |  The use of contraceptives has increased significantly over the past few decades. So what's going to be the next big innovation in family planning, and how will it affect the aid community? Will new Catholic leadership usher in a new era of partnership between the church and family planning advocates?
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