ABSTRACT
This chapter examines five contemporary areas of development concern that have become major drivers of global transformation since the turn of the millennium: the plight of fragile states; the emergence of new powers and new development funds in a changing aid landscape; the need for developing countries to manage the growing resources at their disposal; encroachments on the political sovereignty of states; and new global challenges that demand global action, including climate change, migration, and food security. It is about the search by the UN for a new agenda to guide all of its development activities, but especially its technical assistance operations, in a world of change. The chapter outlines how the world is changing with reference to five clusters of development challenges of growing importance. It describes how the UN has been going about its search for a new development agenda. The chapter concludes with an answer to the question posed in the title.
