We focus on an issue that appears particularly relevant for fragile states and which has received little attention: social institutions related to gender inequality, defined as societal practices and legal norms that frame gender roles and the distribution of power between men and women in the...

Broad-based global economic growth in 2006, and more generally since 2000, provides grounds for optimism about progress in advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The 2007 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) takes stock of this progress and assesses the contributions of developing...

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...