Post 2015: growth and the new sustainable development agenda

In the first of the Africa at LSE, IGC and South Asia at LSE cross-blog series on the Sustainable Development Goals, Paul Collier and Upaasna Kaul argue that achieving the new UN Global Goals will require governments to refocus policy agendas on growth. Substantial poverty reduction will only be achieved through inclusive and sustainable growth. The challenge is not simply to create more jobs, but to also develop market structures, public institutions, and urban infrastructures to support the creation of higher value, more productive jobs.