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From Poverty to Power. Duncan Green Swanwick October 2012. Why 5 years?. From Poverty to Power 2008 Active Citizens and Effective States can change the world ‘How change happens’ as key theme The nightmare of authorship Three big shocks. Global Financial Crisis. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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From Poverty to Power
Duncan GreenSwanwick
October 2012
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Why 5 years?
• From Poverty to Power 2008 • Active Citizens and Effective States can change
the world• ‘How change happens’ as key theme• The nightmare of authorship• Three big shocks
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Global Financial Crisis
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Global food price spike
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The Arab Spring
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New thinking on development• The location of poverty: – LICs (external: aid, poverty)– MICs (internal: equity, social contract)– Fragile and Conflict Affected States
• Women for Development v Development for Women
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New thinking cont’d
• The nature of poverty– Volatility, vulnerability and risk– Wellbeing and social harmony– Chronic v transitory poverty
• Political context – Multipolar World > the G20– Reaffirmation of the National
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New thinking cont’d• Churning Demography – peak child; migration; youth and age bulges; – North->South issues; urbanization
• Waves of Technology
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And a big rethink on the environment
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A SAFE AND JUST SPACE FOR HUMANITY
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FALLING FAR BELOW THE SOCIAL FOUNDATION
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End hunger for all: 3% of global food supply
Electricity for all: 1% of global CO2 emissions
End income poverty for all:0.2% of global income
ENDING POVERTY: NO PRESSURE ON THE PLANET
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So what did FP2P get right/wrong?• Active citizens and effective states • ‘The national’ > global, but......– Climate change/boundaries a game changer
(and a present not future threat)– Financial system remains a huge threat
• History happens faster than you expect• How change happens is next book
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Publication date: 23rd Oct 2012
Pre-order your copy now from www.developmentbookshop.com/fp2p
“In telling us what can be achieved byordinary people through organised
action, this book generates hope even as it enhances understanding of what
is involved in the removal of poverty.”Amartya Sen
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But blogging is more fun....