From simple-minded MDGs to muddle-headed SDGsFootnote^*

* Co-architect of the MDGs and critical friend of the SDGs. The article is based on an inaugural lecture at the Belgian Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences. A different version was published in the Bulletin des Séances/Mededelingen der Zittingen, 2016, 62 (1) under the title ‘Are The SDGs Fit For Purpose?’ The author is grateful to anonymous peer reviewers for useful comments and valuable observations.

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