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From Poverty to Power: How Change Happens

Dive into Duncan Green's compelling book exploring the journey from poverty to power, highlighting the critical role of active citizens and effective states in global development. Analyzing major global events and new development paradigms, this book offers fresh insights on poverty, sustainability, and societal well-being. Ordered by Amartya Sen, this engaging read inspires hope and understanding for poverty eradication efforts through organized action. Discover the transformative impacts of citizen engagement, state effectiveness, and the evolving dynamics of global development. Get your copy and join the conversation on www.developmentbookshop.com/fp2p.

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From Poverty to Power: How Change Happens

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  1. From Poverty to Power Duncan Green Swanwick October 2012

  2. 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

  3. Global Financial Crisis

  4. Global food price spike

  5. The Arab Spring

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. New thinking cont’d • Churning Demography • peak child; migration; youth and age bulges; • North->South issues; urbanization • Waves of Technology

  9. And a big rethink on the environment

  10. A safe and just space for humanity

  11. Falling far below the social foundation

  12. ENDING Poverty: no pressure on the planet End income poverty for all: 0.2% of global income End hunger for all: 3% of global food supply Electricity for all: 1% of global CO2 emissions

  13. 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

  14. “In telling us what can be achieved by ordinary people through organised action, this book generates hope even as it enhances understanding of what is involved in the removal of poverty.” Amartya Sen Publication date: 23rd Oct 2012 Pre-order your copy now from www.developmentbookshop.com/fp2p

  15. But blogging is more fun....

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