lorin-Constantin Mihai (UAIC): One Global Map but Different Worlds: Worldwide Survey of Human Access to Basic Utilities. Max Roser on the short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it. Alejandra Mancilla (Oslo): What the Old Right of Necessity Can Do for the Contemporary Global Poor. Although the Sustainable Development Goals are almost boundless in their ambition, they are easily achievable for a generation that is wealthier and more technologically advanced than any that came before it — the real constraint is not economic scarcity, but political cynicism. Socialism and capitalism work together: Redistribution policies have helped to lift billions of people out of extreme poverty. The first chapter from The Development Dilemma: Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History by Robert H. Bates.
Abel A Kinyondo, Riccardo Pelizzo (REPOA), and Zim Nwokora (Melbourne): Development in Africa. Benedetta Rossi (Birmingham): What “Development” Does to Work. Lukoye Atwoli on how development at all costs just misses the point. Why is India “missing” 63 million women — even though development is roaring? You can download Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Development: Lessons from Latin America, ed. Gilles Carbonnier, Humberto Campodonico, and Sergio Tezanos Vazquez.
