Japan’s Secret Demographic Weapon
Bremmer and Schwab – Japan’s political leaders have three options: find some way to raise the country’s birthrate dramatically, open a long-insular society to a wave of immigrants, or finally … Continue reading
The Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Reducing Poverty: A Failed Promise
Aneel Karnani – The movement emphasizing free markets to reduce poverty has found strong expression in the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ approach in recent years. It views the poor as “resilient … Continue reading
Oil and Water do Mix: Citizen Struggles in Energy and Water
Susan Spronk – Social movements have been successful in beating back the tide of water privatization that swept the world in the 1990s, forcing the retreat of water multinational companies … Continue reading
Inequalities and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Rheem Al-Adhami, Shahra Razavi – Income inequalities between and within countries have worsened in recent decades. Gender inequalities are narrowing at a snail’s pace. Citizenship and location continue to determine life chances, despite … Continue reading
Beyond Low and Middle Income Countries
Tezanos, S. and Sumner, A. – Many have challenged the use of income per capita as the primary proxy for development. This paper continues this tradition with a twist. The … Continue reading
A response to WDR2012: Gender Equality and Development
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development – An Opportunity Both Welcome and Missed Shahra Razavi – That the World Bank has devoted its 2012 flagship publication to the topic … Continue reading
Safety for the urban poor: the complex taxonomy of security provision in cities
Jaideep Gupte – How the urban poor get access to security – for themselves, their families and communities and their assets – is however a neglected question. We know relatively little … Continue reading
The Third Billion
As growing numbers of women enter the economic mainstream, they will have a profound effect on global business. A huge and fast-growing group of people are poised to take their … Continue reading
The (not so) easy task of translating research into policy and practice
Lindsey Jones – How can research feed into development policy and support positive change? This question remains critical to the development research community, and attempts to answer it often rest … Continue reading
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