The MDGs in Myanmar: relevant or redundant?

Ware, Anthony

doi:10.1080/13547860.2011.610889

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“…At the same time, several studies point to the gap between national priorities and the MDGs as a major factor that constrained national implementation (Elkins et al, 2018; Haug & Hella, 2013; Hoxhaj et al, 2014; Hulme, 2010; Ware, 2011). Countries with discriminatory laws against women or other societal groups were less willing to implement measures promoting gender equality and to enact laws or adopt policies for equal opportunities (Christie, 2015; Sika, 2011).…”

Section: Results: Success Factors For the Implementation Of The Mdgsmentioning

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Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals

Hickmann

Biermann

Spinazzola

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were an important precursor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, identifying the conditions that made the MDGs successful enhances our understanding of global goal-setting and informs the global endeavour to achieve the SDGs. Drawing on a comprehensive review of 316 articles published between 2009 and 2018, we identify six factors that have enabled or hindered MDG implementation. Our analysis stresses the importance of path dependencies and shows that the MDGs catalysed changes only for those countries with sufficient resource availability, administrative capacity and economic development, as well as adequate support from external donors. National ownership and NGO pressure bolstered efforts to implement the MDGs. These findings suggest that globally agreed goals do not easily trickle down from the global to the national level. Thus, this article adopts a forward-looking perspective and draws key lessons for the current implementation of the SDGs in developing countries.

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Section: Results: Success Factors For the Implementation Of The Mdgsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals

Hickmann

Biermann

Spinazzola

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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“…While the Myanmar Government-produced MDG reports of 2005 and 2006 suggest progress in a number of areas, it has performed poorly across most of the MDG targets (GoUM, 2005(GoUM, , 2006Ware, 2011). In part, this reflects the macroeconomic, state-centric development focus of the Government.…”

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The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia

Howe

2013

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“…As Mieno (2013) observes, that Myanmar was nominated as chair for the ASEAN’s general meeting held in 2014 is a clear indication of the country’s return to the global community. Researchers have also noted that the new Myanmar government is much more open to a collaborative approach to reaching global targets of alleviating poverty, engendering human rights and prioritising social agendas such as education and ECCD (Pedersen, 2013; Ware, 2011). As Ware (2011) highlights, there is a discernible desire by the Myanmar government to bring about growth and development in the country.…”

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“…Researchers have suggested that Myanmar’s gradual return to democracy continues to be marked by a complex and somewhat precarious transition towards the prioritisation of public services, social justice and human rights agenda, and the search for more equality in society (Cheesman, 2003; Mieno, 2013; Pedersen, 2013; Ware, 2011). However, the country’s journey towards achieving these humanitarian and social goals is far from straightforward.…”

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Conceptualising early childhood care and development in fragile states: Understanding children and childhood in Myanmar

Ang¹,

Wong²

2015

Global Studies of Childhood

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Accelerating political and economic reforms in Myanmar are shaping the country considerably. In a fast-changing national landscape, Myanmar is a developing country in East Asia with a rapidly evolving early childhood sector. Although empirical research on early childhood in Myanmar is generally limited, it is likely that current reforms in the country and internationally will significantly influence the way children and childhood are defined and understood. This article will offer a critical discussion of constructions of childhood and the critical issues and debates pertaining to children's care and education. The article argues that competing national agendas, particularly in the context of fragile, developing nations with complex political and socio-economic conditions, present new challenges in shaping children's care and education. It contends that an inherent paradox remains in that while early childhood is increasingly recognised by governments as a 'public good', the early childhood sector, its governance and infrastructures face considerable challenges in a largely resource-limited environment, thus highlighting the stark disparity between aspirational policies and social reality. The article also presents an insight into an on-going longitudinal preschool teacher training project that began in 2003, developed collaboratively between the Myanmar government and a group of volunteer early childhood care and development specialists and organisations, as an illustration of how early care and education is being conceptualised in the country. In a wider global context, the discussion will also explore the ways in which international advocacy for children's rights, as reflected, for instance, through the Millennium Development Goals, is shifting the way children and childhood are perceived nationally and globally.

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The MDGs in Myanmar: relevant or redundant?

Cited by 12 publications

References 12 publications

Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals

Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals

The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia

Conceptualising early childhood care and development in fragile states: Understanding children and childhood in Myanmar

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