Jean-Michel Sévérino, the former head of both the French development agency as well as Regional Director of the World Bank, sat down with The Global Journal to discuss the future of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Nominated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as one of the 27 members of the High-Level Panel to advise on the global development framework beyond 2015, Sévérino favors a restructuring of aid disbursement and advocates for a global and thematic, rather than bilateral, approach to development assistance.