The changing external environment

1. The changing external environment Global context • Shifting demographics (e.g., aging, urbanization) • Shift of power (economic, political) in the world of emerging economies • Declining poverty but not inequality • Uneven progress in MDGs: many laggards are fragile • Technology revolution (including “big data” and social media) • Increasing centrality of (competition for) natural resources, including as a result of climate change • Persistence of conflict, fragility and insecurity • New forms of cooperation, partners and capital flows (e.g., South-South) • Plateauing of ODA Our world Plethora of processes • Our supporters not in the strongest positions, including financially (e.g., women’s movement) • Need to defend our ground, particularly on rights: backsliding in some key areas • Push for increased engagement with private sector • Tyranny of results (pushes towards measureable service delivery) • ICPD beyond 2014 • Post-2015 development agenda • Follow-up to Rio+20 • QCPR • UN Reform, delivering as one