The MDGs tend to disregard processes of change and the transformative power of that change. However, it is precisely that transformative power that is at the core of development issues, the primary goal of most development cooperation and the difference between a technical and a political approach to development.

Tegen de achtergrond van een bijzonder laag niveau van publieke discussie over ontwikkelingssamenwerking in de afgelopen jaren, is het rapport ‘Minder pretentie, meer ambitie’ inderdaad zeer welkom.