Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny?
Béné et al. – Resilience is becoming influential in development and vulnerability reduction sectors such as social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Policy makers, donors and international development … Continue reading
The political economy of global commitments
Green at al. – What are the lessons of the Millennium Development Goals process? What has been their impact on aid and on decision making by national governments? This discussion … Continue reading
Inequalities and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Rheem Al-Adhami & Shahra Razavi – This brief argues that reducing inequality should be seen as a goal in itself. It should also be reflected in other goals. Targets could be … 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
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
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
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
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive … Continue reading
Innovation for development: demystifying the buzzword
Giulio Quaggiotto – So is innovation just the latest buzzword (fad?) in the development discourse (hold off clicking on the yes button, skeptics out there), or is it something we … Continue reading
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