Publication: Reaching Effective Consensus : Monterrey and the Development Agenda
Date
2003-11
ISSN
Published
2003-11
Author(s)
Page, John
Pugatch, Todd
Abstract
Recent international conferences have
reflected a renewed interest in development. Among the most
notable have been the 2001 Ministerial Conference of the
World Trade Organization in Doha, Qatar, which launched the
"development round" of talks on trade
liberalization; the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg, South Africa; and the 2002
International Conference on Financing for Development in
Monterrey, Mexico, which resulted in the Monterrey Consensus
on the international agenda for development. The Monterrey
Consensus focuses on increasing international cooperation to
reduce poverty in developing countries by: Improving
policies and outcomes in these countries. Delivering
more-and more effective-aid from donor countries. Improving
market access for exports from developing to industrial
countries. Advocates of the consensus see it as evidence of
a stronger voice for developing countries in issues related
to their development and of a renewed commitment by
industrial countries to increase aid and market access. But
critics claim that the Monterrey Consensus is little more
than artifice-and that deep rifts between rich and poor
countries prevent tangible progress.
Citation
“Page, John; Pugatch, Todd. 2003. Reaching Effective Consensus : Monterrey and the Development Agenda. PREM Notes; No. 82. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/44489a6a-71a2-5eb2-ba2c-b833d6b94856 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”