African development and good governance have been at the root of the MDG which was planned for 15 years starting 2001. With the first 15 years coming to an end, the need to plan for the next 15 years and beyond with a view to correcting factors that engendered failure in some areas was organised. Called post-2015 agenda, it hosted discussions at the continental and global levels which revealed some pitfalls which the new agenda will work to correct. Ahamefula Ogbu, who was at the week-long forum reports.
With the first phase of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) getting to an end, an evaluation of the effort with a view to reviewing and making the programme better held in Midrand, headquarters of the Pan African Parliament in South Africa and was co-organised by the parliament and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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