A ZEN Approach to Post-2015: Addressing the Range of Perspectives across Asia and the Pacific

Douglas H. Brooks, Kaushal Joshi, John McArthur, Changyong Rhee and Guanghua Wan
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Douglas H. Brooks: Asian Development Bank
Kaushal Joshi: Asian Development Bank
Changyong Rhee: Asian Development Bank

No 327, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: The paper discusses key challenges faced throughout the Asia and the Pacific region as a number of its developing economies graduate from low-income status to middle-income status at the same time as the region remains home to the majority of the world's poor people and a number of fragile states. The region is gaining increased influence in the world economy but is still grappling to overcome interrelated challenges of poverty and sustainable development, so its priorities will be of significant importance in informing the contents of any post- 2015 global development framework. Drawing from the ongoing lessons of the Millennium Development Goal process, this paper suggests a conceptual framework for setting a new generation of goals and, informed by these concepts, proposes an intergovernmental approach to implementation. The “ZEN” framework stresses the distinct challenges of achieving zero extreme poverty (Z), setting country-specific “Epsilon” benchmarks for broader development challenges (E), and promoting environmental sustainability both within and across borders (N).

Keywords: Development Goals; poverty; post 2015 agenda; ZEN; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O20 O21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2013-01-31
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