It's time to focus on poor people – not poor countries
A new approach to reducing poverty is needed in 2011 if people are not to be left behind while their countries get steadily richerOne little noticed story of 2010 was that five more developing...
View ArticleWhy give aid to middle-income countries? | Andy Sumner and Ravi Kanbur
Most of the world's poor live in middle-income countries, which is why donors should continue to work in places like India and BrazilOver the past few years a large number of once-poor countries have...
View ArticleWho are Africa's middle class? And will they help to reduce poverty? | Andy...
A report says a third of Africans are now middle class. Their interests coincide with the interests of the poor and should help to bring about changeOne in three Africans are middle class. Or are they?...
View ArticleVaccines need to reach the poor in middle-income countries too
Gavi's funds should also be targeted at middle-income countries because that's where the majority of unvaccinated children liveThe world's top aid donors met on Monday in London to replenish the Global...
View ArticleHow 28 poor countries escaped the poverty trap
Zambia and Ghana are the 27th and 28th countries the World Bank has reclassified as middle-income since the year 2000Remember the poverty trap? Countries stuck in destitution because of weak...
View ArticleAid cuts to middle-income countries worsen global poverty and ill-health |...
Donors must adjust to the reality that countries seemingly on an upward trajectory are often the worst hit by poverty and diseaseWhat do the EU, the Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria, and the World...
View ArticleInternational aid, but not as we know it | Andy Sumner and Richard Mallett
In an extract from a new book, a fresh approach to international aid is suggested to deal with the changing dynamics of low- and middle-income countriesThere is a radically different context for...
View ArticleAid should be seen as foreign public investment, not just charity
As new players from the emerging economies enter the aid arena, the thinking that underpins much development cooperation needs to changeInternational development has reached a crucial moment in its...
View ArticleTop incomes drive inequality – so why does the inequality target ignore them?
Time is running out for a global target on national income inequality. The current proposal actually allows for greater income concentration at the top of the chainThe final terms of the new global...
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