As the twilight sets in on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with their 2015 deadline fast approaching, efforts are now underway to usher in another dawn for a global impact for tackling the persisting and emerging development challenges facing the global community being stepped up.

These are being carried out in the context of what is now dubbed as ‘the Post 2015 Consultations’ aimed at shaping the new development agenda for the world and its implementation and monitoring mechanisms for another 15 years after the expiry of the MDGs.