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In the article published by the Express Tribune of the International New York Times, Dr. Pervez Tahir gives a brief history on development policy. Although, the Millennium Development Goals are seen as a great success and allowed for the UN to take the “Drivers Seat” in regard to...

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The World Economic Forum has published a recent op-ed by Bjorn Lomborg – “Is ending malnutrition unrealistic?” In this article Bjorn gives an introduction to some of the targets now being proposed by the UN and proves why the work of the Post-2015 project is so important. “...

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While in Washington DC to testify for two US senate committees in regard to “The Costs of Inaction: The Economic and Budgetary Consequences of Climate Change, Bjorn Lomborg took full advantage of his trip to D.C. During this trip Bjorn met with numerous individuals from development agencies, state...

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July 30th, 2014 was a busy day for Bjorn Lomborg. In addition to meeting with leadership from numerous NGOs during his trip to Washington DC, Bjorn led two talks on the Post-2015 project and how benefit-cost analysis can better inform the selection of Post-2015 targets. Ultimately, assisting in the...

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In November 2013, Dr Lomborg presented the strong economic evidence and high benefit-costs for nutrition interventions for small children to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences working group during their Bread and Brain, Education and Poverty workshop in the Vatican State. The conference was hosted...

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The Wall Street Journal’s weekend review featured a two page spread on the work of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, the Post-2015 consensus and founder Bjorn Lomborg. In the article, Matt Ridley author of “The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves” and a member of the British...

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@Post2015_CCC tweets and updates on Post-2015 Consensus

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Napi Gazdaság, published a recent article by Bjorn Lomborg in which he discusses the SDGs and the Post-2015 Consensus project’s work to provide a cost-benefit analysis of prospective targets. Click here to read the PDF (in Hungarian)...

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Berlingske, Denmark's paper of record, published a two page interview on Post-2015 Development targets with Center President Bjorn Lomborg. The piece is available on Berlingske's website. Click here to read (in Danish)...

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Le Monde , France's paper of record, published a story on the United Nation's work in setting the next round of development goals. The piece notes the "buzz" created by the Copenhagen Consensus Center's P r eliminary Benefit-Cost Assessment for 12th Session OWG Goals report...

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