By Kees Biekart, Laura Camfield, Uma Kothari, Henning Melber
Our world is in shambles. And what is widely understood as Development has been a contributing factor. While ‘fixers’ are quick to offer new recipes for Development, re-building or re-constructing societies destroyed, they often offer more of the same. This provokes the question, as to whether life on earth might have been much better off without Development.
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Par Basile Boulay, Emma Tyrou, Diana Prelorenzo et Jordie Blanc
Dans un contexte d’urgence écologique et démocratique, la notion de résilience a-t-elle encore un sens ? Et si oui, par qui et comment est-elle mobilisée ? Que peuvent nous apprendre les cas du Brésil, du Maroc et de la Bretagne sur cette notion contestée ? Ce billet de blog se propose de restituer les échanges d’une plénière, à l’occasion des deuxièmes journées doctorales Regards critiques sur le développement, qui se sont tenues à Aubervilliers (Campus Condorcet) en octobre 2023.
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By Roseanna Avento, Kelly Brito and Susanne von Itter / New Rhythms of Development blog series
We are time overdue for an examination of global development using different lenses and engaging more diverse voices. Institutions in global development must shift and broaden their horizons to recognise that global inequalities, exclusion and injustices also affect academic development work. In this spirit, EADI and the Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID) are involved in an ongoing dialogue and reflection process on the structural changes that are needed to enable a shift towards more responsible and equitable academic partnerships between the Global North and Global South.
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By Arief Anshory Yusuf, Zuzy Anna, Ahmad Komarulzaman and Andy Sumner
Two days ago was the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (you already knew that, right?). In new analysis for UNU-WIDER, we assess progress towards the global poverty-related SDGs, specifically monetary poverty, undernutrition, child and maternal mortality, and access to clean water and basic sanitation. Our analysis then looks forward, making projections on the state of global progress over the coming years, up to the 2030 deadline for meeting the SDGs.
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By Keetie Roelen and Vidya Diwakar
‘Decent Work and Social Protection: Putting Dignity in Practice for All’ is the theme of this year’s UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty held on 17 October. Enabling these outcomes and practices is more pertinent than ever. According to recent reports, the world is currently off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 on ending extreme poverty by 2030. The Covid-19 pandemic, rising food and fuel prices, debt and other intersecting crises including climate change and conflict are making lives more precarious and creating new poverty traps.
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