From Poverty to Power

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....