Economic growth will not be sufficient to end global poverty – New projections
In this paper, we present new projections for a range of global poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically, extreme monetary poverty, undernutrition, stunting, child mortality, maternal mortality, and access to … Continue reading
Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality
Today’s urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather … Continue reading
Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife
In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Waste and the City is a call to action … Continue reading
Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World
This volume brings together a new generation of political economy studies that explore what factors can contribute to creating better local government, and to what effect, blending theoretical insights with … Continue reading
The informational periphery: territory, logistics and people in the margins of a digital age
This paper examines new configurations of the urban periphery in a digital age. It moves beyond current scholarship in urban and regional studies which points to the emergence of suburbia … Continue reading
From Multiple Deprivations to Exploitation: Politicizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index
The overarching point is that, absent a serious consideration of how to go about doing so, there is a risk that interventions targeting particular deprivations or clusters will wind up … Continue reading
Does hotter temperature increase poverty and inequality? Global evidence from subnational data analysis
Despite a vast literature documenting the harmful effects of climate change on various socioeconomic outcomes, little evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty and inequality. Analysis … Continue reading
Citizenship and The Politics of (non)Recognition in Thailand
The legal evidentiary approach to “solving” statelessness can sometimes lead to the issue being framed in terms of certain groups of people not meeting objective citizenship criteria or lacking required … Continue reading
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