Maya Forstater

Well I'm fundamentally asking a question: what is the benefit of putting them together? And apologies but unfortunately the day job means I don't have time to write anything more coherent than 280 characters here and there.

Would be great to have an answer to that. I see no benefit from running the different issues together, and a number of serious disadvantages.

In terms of the book, it doesn't make sense to unpick the UN process. I might have written the SDGs differently but we are where we are. On the substance of having an umbrella term, there are pros and cons...

Politically, the combination approach allowed a mobilisation of policymakers and civil society (especially across Africa) that was broad and powerful - and a big part of the reason for the SDG target.

On the downside, the umbrella term is to a degree responsible for the initial UN system view that a single indicator for 16.4 could do the job - which I think we will be able to get beyond, but hasn't helped the early analysis.

This is a more substantive question, so while I may think the position is absolutely clear, the book offers a platform to exchange differing positions on exactly this sort of question. I very much hope the opportunity will be taken up.