- What are key factors in ensuring national flexibility and policy space to address poverty? What are successful strategies for preserving this policy and fiscal space in the context of economic, social or environmental shocks?
- What are some ways in which the SDGs and 2030 Agenda may contribute towards strengthening the international enabling environment for poverty reduction in key priority areas, such as decent work, social protection floors, globalization and trade, infrastructure, post-conflict reconstruction and climate change, including through development cooperation and multistakeholder partnerships?
- Is a “level playing field” in international trade, debt, technology and knowledge possible through global partnerships for poverty eradication? If so, how? If not, why not?
- What are best practices in implementing policy frameworks and rights-based and gender-sensitive approaches in eradicating poverty?
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Summary of Week 3 and 4 (3 – 17 April 2017)
Dear Participants,
Thank you for continued contributions in sharing valuable comments, recommendations and practical knowledge from your unique local perspectives. These insights will provide a useful contribution to the 2017 ECOSOC session. Below is a summary of week 3 and 4 of the e-discussion (3 -17 April 2017).
1. What are key factors in ensuring national flexibility and policy space to address poverty? What are successful strategies for preserving this policy and fiscal space in the context of economic, social or environmental shocks?
2. What are some ways in which the SDGs and 2030 Agenda may contribute towards strengthening the international enabling environment for poverty reduction in key priority areas, such as decent work, social protection floors, globalization and trade, infrastructure, post-conflict reconstruction and climate change, including through development cooperation and multistakeholder partnerships?
3. Is a “level playing field” in international trade, debt, technology and knowledge possible through global partnerships for poverty eradication? If so, how? If not, why not?
4. What are best practices in implementing policy frameworks and rights-based and gender-sensitive approaches in eradicating poverty?