From Poverty to Power

by Green, Duncan

• ISBN13: 9781853397400
• ISBN10: 1853397407
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-30
• Publisher: Practical Action Pub

Summary

Seismic events have convulsed global markets since 2008, when this book was first published, and world news has been full of stories reflecting a profound sense of uncertainty about global futures. In response, this new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises.From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. The forces driving this transformation are active citizens and effective states.Why active citizens? Because people living in poverty must have a voice in deciding their own destiny and holding the state and the private sector to account. Why effective states? Because history shows that no country has prospered without a state structure than can actively manage the development process.There is now an added urgency: climate change. We need to build a secure, fair, and sustainable world within the limits set by scarce resources and ecological realities.

Table of Contents

List of figures, tables, and boxes	p. vii
About the author	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
List of acronyms	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The unequal world	p. 3
Power and Politics	p. 15
The political roots of development	p. 17
I have rights, therefore I am	p. 21
How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia's Chiquitano people	p. 27
I believe, therefore I am	p. 29
I read, therefore I am	p. 34
I surf, therefore I am	p. 43
We organise, therefore we are	p. 48
How change happens: Winning women's rights in Morocco	p. 55
I own, therefore I am	p. 57
I vote, therefore I am	p. 64
I steal, therefore I am: Natural resources, corruption, and development	p. 69
I rule, therefore I am	p. 73
From poverty to power	p. 84
Poverty and Wealth	p. 85
An economics for the twenty-first century	p. 87
Living off the land	p. 98
How change happens: The fishing communities of Tikamgarh	p. 120
The changing world of work	p. 122
Private sector, public interest	p. 138
Going for growth	p. 148
How change happens: Two African success stories (Botswana and Mauritius)	p. 159
Sustainable markets	p. 161
Human Security	p. 163
Living with risk	p. 165
Social protection	p. 173
How change happens: India's campaign for a National Rural Employment Guarantee	p. 180
Finance and vulnerability	p. 182
Hunger and famine	p. 186
HIV, AIDS, and other health risks	p. 191
How change happens: South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign	p. 200
The risk of natural disaster	p. 202
Climate change: Mitigation, adaptation, organisation	p. 212
Living on the edge: Africa's pastoralists	p. 221
Violence and conflict	p. 225
Shocks and change	p. 236
The International System	p. 239
Who rules the world?	p. 241
The international financial system	p. 244
The international trading system	p. 260
The international aid system	p. 289
How change happens: The 2005 Gleneagles Agreements	p. 311
International rules and norms	p. 313
The international system for humanitarian relief and peace	p. 317
How change happens: Landmines, an arms control success story	p. 333
Climate change	p. 335
Global governance in the twenty-first century	p. 351
The Food and Financial Crises of 2008-11	p. 353
The food and financial crises of 2008-11	p. 355
The global financial crisis	p. 356
Living on a spike: The food price crises of 2008 and 2011	p. 362
Conclusion	p. 367
A new deal for a new century	p. 369
Notes	p. 371
Bibliography	p. 409
Background papers and case studies	p. 447
Glossary	p. 451
Index	p. 457
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