Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

How “Middle Class” Are the New Middle Classes in Developing Countries?

Andy Sumner – Middle-income countries are now home to most of the world’s extreme poor, the billion people living on less than $1.25 a day and a further billion people … Continue reading

Wednesday, 19 December 2012 · Leave a comment

Center for Health Market Innovations 2012 Highlights

In Highlights: 2012, the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) identifies a number of new trends in solutions that aim to improve the quality, affordability and accessibility of health care … Continue reading

Wednesday, 19 December 2012 · Leave a comment

Increase in global child trafficking – UNODC

27 per cent of all victims of human trafficking officially detected globally between 2007 and 2010 are children, up 7 per cent from the period 2003 to 2006. Girls now … Continue reading

Thursday, 13 December 2012 · Leave a comment

Freedom & Diversity

Timothy Garton Ash – Painful though this will be to those who have expended their academic careers on multiculturalism, the term should be consigned to the conceptual dustbin of history. How, … Continue reading

Tuesday, 11 December 2012 · Leave a comment

Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy

Mineral wealth is not a curse but an economic opportunity. UNRISD research suggests that when countries carefully balance productive and redistributive goals, mineral wealth can be harnessed for equitable and … Continue reading

Monday, 10 December 2012 · Leave a comment

Preventing  displacement

Preventing displacement is obviously a worthwhile objective. Being displaced puts people at a higher risk of being both impoverished and unable to enjoy their human rights. Such a situation is … Continue reading

Monday, 10 December 2012 · 1 Comment