With a new development framework under way and an increasingly urgent need to address political, socioeconomic and environmental issues on a global scale, this is a critical moment for the international development agenda. Almost 15 years after the Millennium Declaration, a new phase for...

The joint UNRISD-UNESCO series of Occasional Papers on Culture and Development is a first step in facilitating and catalyzing an international debate on culture and development based on high-quality research. The present paper inaugurates the series by presenting a summary of discussions at the...

This Discussion Paper analyses the experiences of several countries (and one state within a federated country) where social achievements have aroused much interest and debate: Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Kerala, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. Particular attention is given to the political...