Zur Jahrhundertwende riefen die auf dem UN-Millennium-Gipfel versammelten Staats- und Regierungschefs aus aller Welt einen "Krieg gegen die Armut" aus. Ihr ehrgeiziges Kernziel: Halbierung der extremen Armut in der Welt bis zum Jahr 2015. Ist die zunehmende Kritik an den...

This paper reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for MDG (Millennium Development Goals) achievement. We first demonstrate that average MDG progress is likely to be too slow to meet the education and health sector targets in a number of developing countries. We also...

Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia,...