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P18


Planning for sustainable development goals: new thinking and emerging practices 
Convenors:
David Hulme (University of Manchester)
Admos Chimhowu (University of Manchester)
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Location:
F34 (Richmond building)
Start time:
8 September, 2017 at
Time zone: Europe/London
Session slots:
1

Short Abstract:

The papers look at how countries in the Global South craft national development plans to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. They focus on the rationalities underpinning this ‘New National Development Planning’ and the sets of processes, policies and practices that come with it.

Long Abstract:

On 25 September 2015, all 193 UN member states committed themselves to a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unlike the largely ‘top-down’ Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs are to be implemented through locally driven plans that reflect the priorities and contexts of individual UN member states. However, many DAC-list countries will struggle to achieve the SDGs unless they come up with ambitious, credible and fundable plans for growing their economies in ways that are inclusive and environmentally responsible. Following the (often) formalistic national planning approaches of the early development decades, the 1980s and 1990s saw the very idea of producing national development plans become unfashionable. In many countries planning units were down-sized or eliminated. While the 2000s saw the return of something approaching a comprehensive policy framework for development in the form of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), there is evidence that in the last five years, national development planning has firmly come back into vogue. This panel invites papers looking at how countries in the Global South have begun to craft plans to achieve the SDGs. Papers will look at the rationalities that underpin this ‘New’ National Development Planning and the sets of processes, policies and practices that come with it. We would like papers that address the challenges faced by developing country governments as they craft and implement plans.

Accepted papers:

Session 1