Inter Press Service: Hold the Rich Accountable in New U.N. Development Goals, Say NGOs
“…[W]hen the World Social Forum (WSF), created in response to [the World Economic Forum (WEF)], holds its annual meeting in Tunis later this week, the primary focus will be on the growing inequalities in present day society. The Civil Society Reflection Group (CSRG) on Global Development Perspectives will be releasing a new study which calls for both goals and commitments — this time particularly by the rich — if the U.N.’s 17 proposed new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the post-2015 development agenda are to succeed… (Deen, 3/23).