This Poverty in Focus reviews the experience of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to date and asks what we can do to accelerate MDG progress in the years 2010?2015 and beyond. Longer versions of each article herein are available in IDS Bulletin 41 (1) from the Institute of Development...

Some major ?game changers? beyond the recent economic crisis and food/fuel crisis will have an impact on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to 2015 and beyond, such as climate change, technological change and urbanization. Scenarios?multiple coherent and plausible futures?serve as a vehicle...

Some major ?game changers? beyond the recent economic crisis and food/fuel crisis will have an impact on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to 2015 and afterwards. ?Future-proofing? the MDGs is about thinking how future(s) might impact the Goals, MDG gains, costs, strategies and...

Debate about national and international poverty measurement continued to evolve (see for example Abu-Ismail et al., 2012). The international poverty lines of US$1.25 and US$2/day are, respectively, the average of the national poverty lines for the poorest 15 countries and the average for all...

Debate about national and international poverty measurement continued to evolve (see for example, Abu-Ismail et al., 2012). The basic question of how many poor people there are in the world generally assumes that poverty is measured according to international poverty lines (IPLs). Yet, an...

Onde Vivem os Pobres? Em 1990, 93 por cento das pessoas pobres do mundo viviam em países pobres, ou seja, Países de Baixa Renda (PBR). No período 2007?2008, as estimativas sugerem três coisas. Primeiro: três quartos dos pobres do mundo?ou quase 1 bilhão de pessoas pobres?vivem agora em...

Alguns dos ?temas cruciais? que perpassam as recentes crises econômica e de alimentos/combustíveis terão um impacto sobre os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio (ODM) até 2015 e além, tais como as mudanças climáticas, a evolução tecnológica e a urbanização. Cenários ? vários...

This book is an exploration of what it is to `do` development studies as a distinct discipline. It introduces and addresses the fundamental questions that everyone engaged with development - whether student, researcher, or practitioner. Accessibly written, with extensive use of case study...