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Development As Power, Alison Brysk
Development As Power, Alison Brysk
Human Rights & Human Welfare
While material progress towards the Millennium Development Goals is laudable, and pledges of new resources are necessary, we can never fully address poverty without talking about power. As Amartya Sen pointed out, true development depends on freedom.
The Misnomer Of Mdgs? When Goals Are Rights, Erin Mooney
The Misnomer Of Mdgs? When Goals Are Rights, Erin Mooney
Human Rights & Human Welfare
That much more must be done to meet the Millennium Development Goals is evident. The proposals put forth by Douste-Blazy and the new pledges announced at the recent UN MDG Summit are steps in the right direction. More fundamentally, what is required is to recognize that the MDGs are not merely “goals” to aim for, hitting or missing as the case may be. Rather, they are about realizing rights which governments, individually and collectively, have pre-existing legal obligations to uphold and ensure.
Mdg: Reinvigoration Or Mourning?, Marc Alexander C. Gionet
Mdg: Reinvigoration Or Mourning?, Marc Alexander C. Gionet
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit got underway on September 20th in New York. Opening speeches seemed to be a roster of who’s – who of contributors towards global poverty with the IMF and WTO leading the pack. As speeches progressed, a disturbing trend developed which romanticized the pre-recessionary period of progress towards MDG achievement and reducing world poverty.
October Roundtable: Mdgs And Human Rights Introduction
October Roundtable: Mdgs And Human Rights Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“The UN millennium development goals can be put back on track” by Philippe Douste-Blazy. The Guardian. September 5, 2010.
The Mdgs And The (New) International Economic Order, Par Engstrom
The Mdgs And The (New) International Economic Order, Par Engstrom
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The current economic crisis has indeed had far-reaching consequences beyond the “developed world” where the crisis originated. Yet, significantly, the impact of the crisis on the “developing world” has varied quite considerably. While parts of sub-Saharan Africa may have suffered as a consequence of rising food prices and reduced aid flows, other regions have fared considerably better. It is too early to talk about the decoupling of “frontier markets” (to use investment analyst jargon) from developed markets. Yet the solid performance of most Latin American and Asian economies in recent years raises interesting questions regarding the international economic system and …