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<p>Cross-sector partnerships are the ‘development approach of our time’. Multi-stakeholder partnerships are expected to play an increasingly important role in the implementation of the 2030 Development Agenda, which has 17 inter-linked and universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. These partnerships between Governments, NGOs, Corporates and multilateral organisations help to pool core competencies, share [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have paved the way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the world will strive to achieve over the next fifteen years (2015-2030). Much has been accomplished already, but a key criticism of the MDGs was that there was insufficient attention paid to generating profound data to measure development progress. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The social development sector today is seeing a global shift towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global development agenda developed by the United Nations. Contextualizing the SDGs Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 17 SDGs with 169 associated targets depict a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I can safely say that the journey from that initial jolt of culture shock that one experiences from stepping on the field for that very first time, to the final peace that a researcher makes with the fact, that obstacles are an intrinsic part of fieldwork is neither long, nor arduous when taken with the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To streamline philanthropic activities and ensure more accountability and transparency, the Government of India made it mandatory for companies to undertake Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities under the Companies Act, 2013. These CSR obligations intent to help remediate poverty and social problems in India. Companies are subject to the CSR requirements if they have, for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Participating in fieldwork was very exciting for me. Not only because I got to know another part of Gujarat and got insights into the living and working conditions in the Special Economic Zone of Mundra, but also because I see this as a complementary part of my work at 4th wheel.   Being in an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a job market that is tougher than it has ever been in generations, differently-abled people often face even greater hurdles into employment – access and mobility coupled often with prejudice and ignorance. The truth is that despite some political actions like the Rehabilitation Council of India Act (1992) or the Persons with Disability Act [&hellip;]</p>