With the deadline for the millennium development goals (MDGs) looming, diplomats and activists from around the world are attempting to set the post-2015 agenda. Have the MDGs achieved everything that was hoped for? And if a new set of goals are agreed, is that really the best way to achieve sustainable development?
This month's podcast considers three big ideas on how to build a better world, covering sustainability, gender, and the challenge of income inequality.
Hugh Muir is joined in London by Alex Cobham, research fellow at the Centre for Global Development, and Barbara Crowther, director of policy and public affairs for the Fairtrade Foundation. Joining them on the line from New York are Liz Ford, deputy editor of global development at the Guardian, and Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, president of the Global Fund for Women.
