ASAP is supporting ID100, a collaborative project to identify the 100 most important questions for development after the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. Led by the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), ID100 aims to contribute to the discussion of the post-2015 development agenda.

Members sent in 40 questions to be considered for inclusion in ASAP\’s submission to ID100. A committee of ASAP global Board members, chapter heads, and staff voted for the five best questions. Here are the winners:

• What are successful business models or partnership models for providing access to clean water? (Submitted by Regina Schönberger)
• What are the socially and morally most desirable interventions to reduce inequalities in income? (Submitted by Regina Schönberger)
• What are the best methods for ensuring that people benefit from the exploitation of the natural resources found on their lands? (Submitted by Jérémie Gilbert)
• How can companies and financial actors be held accountable to pay fair taxes? (Submitted by Jérémie Gilbert)
• What are the most effective policy interventions to address some of the persistent silences affecting the success of MDG 5: girls\’ and women\’s lack of control over sexuality, fertility and family planning, and access to safe abortion? (Submitted by Colleen O\’Manique and Pieter Fourie)

Regina Schönberger works for GIZ in Jakarta in the Responsible and Inclusive Business Hub. Jérémie Gilbert is Reader in Law at the School of Law & Social Sciences, University of East London. Colleen O\’Manique is Associate Professor of International Development Studies and Gender & Women\’s Studies at Trent University. Pieter Fourie is Associate Professor of Politics at Stellenbosch University.

Thanks to all who submitted questions!

ASAP is supporting ID100, a collaborative project to identify the 100 most important questions for development after the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. Led by the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), ID100 aims to contribute to the discussion of the post-2015 development agenda. ASAP plans to submit up to 5 questions from members to ID100. Submit your question(s) by Tuesday, May 27, to be considered for inclusion in the list. (More details here)

ASAP is supporting ID100, a collaborative project to identify the 100 most important questions for development after the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. Led by the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), ID100 aims to contribute to the discussion of the post-2015 development agenda. ASAP plans to submit up to 5 questions from members to ID100. Submit your question(s) by Thursday, May 29 at 12 noon EDT to be considered for inclusion in the list.

To be considered for inclusion in ASAP\’s submission, questions should be relevant to international development and adhere to the following criteria:

• Must be answerable through a realistic research design
• Must be of a spatial and temporal scope that reasonably could be addressed by a research team
• Must not be formulated as a general topic area
• Must have a factual answer and must not be answerable with \’it all depends\’
• Except if questioning a precise statement (e.g. \’does the earth go around the sun?\’), should not be answerable with \’yes\’ or \’no\’
• If related to impact and interventions, must contain a subject, an intervention, and a measurable outcome

Example questions:

• \”What are the most effective interventions for reducing the social gap in educational outcomes?\”
• \”What are the positive and negative impacts of digital technologies on poverty?\”
• \”What are the direct and indirect impacts of armed conflict on biodiversity?\”

If possible, please assign one of the 11 themes identified by the \’World We Want\’ campaign to your question: education, water, growth and employment, governance, inequalities, food security, energy, population dynamics, environmental sustainability, health, or conflict and fragility.

You may submit up to five questions for consideration. You will receive acknowledgment as the author of the question, although all questions will be submitted on behalf of ASAP.

The top five questions will be selected by a committee of ASAP global Board members, officers, chapter heads, and staff.

Submit all questions by e-mail to Rachel Payne at rachel@academicsstand.org by Thursday, May 29, at 12 noon EDT.

Learn more about ID100 and SIID at the ID100 website.