Rigon, A; (2013) Setting the post-2015 development compass: voices from the ground. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD): London, UK.

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In 2015 global leaders will take decisions affecting the lives of millions of people as they agree the framework to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs have shaped development policy and political agendas for the last 12 years. Some of the issues they focused on have seen real improvements, from reducing the number of people living on very low incomes to increasing people’s access to medicines for HIV. Policy-makers have a responsibility to include those whose lives are most difficult and to make their interests a priority. The COMPASS 2015 research project was born out of CAFOD’s determination to ensure that the perspectives of those living in poverty are included in the post-2015 policy process. This in-depth participatory research is grounded in our partners’ work with people who are marginalised or living in poverty, having collected the views of 1,420 participants in 56 communities affected by poverty in four low and middle income countries (Bolivia, Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe). COMPASS 2015, as part of the global Participate initiative, explored people’s experience of change over the last 15 years.1 It aims to identify the priorities, challenges, visions and aspirations of poor or marginalised people. As the rate of global change accelerates, this report provides an updated understanding of people’s experiences of poverty and sheds light on how change happens. The fresh perspectives from participants offer unexpected insights and challenge assumptions about what policies work, and for whom. The research is unique because it combines a genuine participatory process with addressing key issues in the post-2015 policy discussion. This evidence complements quantitative studies by exploring in-depth the complex interconnections of different issues and processes that affect the poorest people, exploring how they are experienced in the daily lives of people in different contexts. In writing this report, the actual voices of the participants have been prioritised and celebrated, rather than combined to produce a single linear narrative. Its relevance for policy-making processes was planned from the start through using key questions developed by policy-makers as a foundation of discussion. The participatory nature of the research empowers participants to articulate the messages they want policymakers to hear.

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