These experiences also give some indication of the main characteristics of successful social interventions as well as the limitations. During the last two decades, social policy in the context of development has been relegated to a residual safety-net approach. The focus of international development and aid, supported in part by the MDGs, has been on meeting the basic needs of the poorest of the poor, assuming that poverty elimination could be achieved without addressing issues of equity, social inclusion or development strategies that benefit all social groups.34 Social policy in the post-2105 development framework should be an enabling element for transformative change.