Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for …, and their information base with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate … measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes …

Most Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries have accepted, in principle at least, the 50-year …-old commitment of contributing 0.7 per cent of gross national income to supporting the development of countries in the Global South …. But what if all countries made a universal development commitment, meaning a scaled contribution? We propose a new …

I argue that the economic success of Botswana can be explained by the historical development of its institutions which … using simple orthodox well-understood policies. The second is that successful development in Africa will be helped by a … focus on the development of state institutions. Though Botswana inherited different institutions from elsewhere, it also …