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The Second World Summit on Social Development, held in Doha from 4 to 6 November, was significant, marking thirty years since the first summit in Copenhagen. Yet its importance was undercut by a key omission: the discussions paid little attention to the macroeconomic frameworks that continue to constrain social development. Conservative macro policies central to understanding...


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The organisers of the recently concluded Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha decided to focus on solutions to social development, not the problems. This approach to development is fast becoming a template for a range of actors. For example, a 2018 book by the Brookings Institution edited by Raj M. Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W. McArthur, with the...


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A team from the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), the Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Africa Project and Network (GETSPA) and the Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) participated in the World Summit for Social Development (W...


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The United States’ military assault on Venezuelan territory and the abduction of President Maduro mark a decisive turning point in Washington’s hemispheric strategy—with likely global repercussions, of course. While the operation signals a return to direct interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean—reviving methods many assumed consigned to the past—it should hardly com...


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Authors: Prabhat Patnaik and Utsa PatnaikYear: 2024Edition: Third

A brief theory of historical and modern impe...


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