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July 22, 2026
Blog by Tom Mensah

Between Rhetoric and Reality: Hopes and Fears of the 2nd World Social Development Summit

This post echoes the ideas of discussants during the GETSPA webinar titled, “Advancing transformative social policy in Africa – towards an agenda for the second world summit for social development”.   – By Audrey Gyamfi   As we prepare for the Second World Summit for Social Development, one of the important questions we need to ask is whether there is a […]
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July 22, 2026
Blog by Tom Mensah

The Silence on Macroeconomics: A Critical Miss for WSSD II

Mayada Hassanain The Second World Summit on Social Development, held in Doha from 4 to 6 November, was significant, marking thirty years since the first summit in Copenhagen. Yet its importance was undercut by a key omission: the discussions paid little attention to the macroeconomic frameworks that continue to constrain social development. Conservative macro policies […]
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