Christian Science Monitor: In new U.N. goals, an evolving vision of how to change the world
“…Out is the view of development as a technical enterprise largely funded by the world’s wealthy powers and other outsiders. In is seeing development as a political process involving a wide range of actors — well beyond technocrats and politicians — in which foreign aid and global development institutions take a back seat. The priority is on leveraging local communities and investment…” (LaFranchi, 9/1).