[18 September 2010] PARIS – On September 20-22, world leaders gather in New York to encourage progress towards meeting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

The summit’s purpose is to take stock of successes and failures, and to move towards “concrete strategies for action.” But according to the UN Special Rapporteur, this summit would do the entire world a great service by acknowledging what has gone so wrong with the MDGs, and choosing a radically different approach.

Read his op-ed published on The Project Syndicate: "Democratizing the Millennium Development Goals"