Willem Fourie is Associate Professor in Social Ethics at the University of Pretoria and founder and co-ordinator of the South African Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub (www.sasdkh.org). He is a member of the Africa Working Group on Development Effectiveness, and works closely with the African Union’s NEPAD Agency on issues related to leadership and development. He has contributed to numerous regional and continental activities of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. As Alexander von Humboldt fellow he engages in multidisciplinary research, focusing on the social requirements of sustainable and inclusive development.