REFLECTION The New Wine in Old Wine Skin The habit of business corporations of spoiling initiatives for the well-being of people and the planet can be seen again in the outcome of the so-called "Addis Ababa Action Agenda". This was a meeting held in...
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REFLECTION The New Wine in Old Wine Skin The habit of business corporations of spoiling initiatives for the well-being of people and the planet can be seen again in the outcome of the so-called "Addis Ababa Action Agenda". This was a meeting held in Ethiopia in July on Financing for Development (FfD). The AAAA was far from ambitious in its plan to transform the structures of poverty into structures of life for humans and the earth. The international community had hoped that an ambitious outcome would be a major driver for the realization of post-2015 SDGs and a pointer to the COP21 in Paris. The failure to produce an ambitious strategy is an indication that the UN is presenting her new wine in old wine skin and your guess as to what will happen to the post-2015 SDGs is as good as mine. The cabal of the business world has once again asserted its power. It has to be said, though, that the outcome did not come as a surprise to the NGOs because the heart of the business corporations was pu
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