Contents:
Chapters;
Overview International cooperation at a crossroads: aid, trade and security in an unequal world 1;
Chapter 1 The state of human development 15;
Progress and setbacks in human development 18;
Advances in human development—a global snapshot 19;
Progress viewed through the human development index 21;
The limits to human development 24;
The end of convergence? 25;
Inequality and poor countries’ share of increased global wealth 36;
Scenario 2015—prospects for the Millennium Development Goals 39;
Scenario 2015—projections not predictions 40;
Changing course and getting on track 45;
Chapter 2 Inequality and human development 49;
Why inequality matters 52;
Social justice and morality 52;
Putting the poor first 53;
Growth and efficiency 53;
Political legitimacy 53;
Public policy goals 54;
Counter-arguments—countered 54;
Chains of disadvantage—inequality within countries 55;
Layers of inequality constrain life choices 59;
Unequal chances—health inequalities and the MDGs 61;
The human development potential of pro-poor growth 64;
Improving the distribution of growth 64;
Achieving pro-poor growth 69;
Chapter 3 Aid for the 21st century 73;
Rethinking the case for aid 77;
Aid as moral imperative and enlightened self-interest 77;
Aid and human development 79;
Financing aid—the record, the problems, the challenge 83;
Aid quantity 84;
Aid and the MDGs: can rich countries afford them? 92;
Can more aid be absorbed? 96;
Weakness in the quality and effectiveness of aid 98;
The volatility and unpredictability of aid 98;
Conditionality and country ownership 99;
Too many donors—too little coordination 100;
Inefficient resource transfers: tied aid 102;
Project support rather than national budget support 103;
Rethinking aid governance 105;
Bilateral aid—some lessons from Africa 105;
Multilateral initiatives 107;
Changing aid 108;
Chapter 4 International trade—unlocking the potential for human development 111;
An interdependent world 114;
Trade and global living standards 114;
The limits to convergence 116;
Trade and human development 119;
Unfair rules: how the trading system favours developed countries 126;
Access to markets 126;
Agricultural trade 129;
Closing down the space for development policies 133;
Beyond the rules: commodities, the new gatekeepers and capacity building 139;
The commodity crisis 139;
The role of market gatekeepers 142;
Lack of capacity 143;
Turning Doha into a development round 146;
Rethinking WTO governance 146;
How trade could deliver for the MDGs 147;
Chapter 5 Violent conflict—bringing the real threat into focus 149;
Violent conflict at the start of the twenty-first century 153;
Security risks have shifted towards poor countries 153;
Human development costs of conflict 154;
The challenge of conflict-prone states 162;
Horizontal inequalities 163;
Natural resource management 165;
Beyond borders 167;
The international response 168;
Improving aid 169;
Managing natural resources and tackling small arms 171;
Building regional capacity 174;
Challenges for reconstruction 175;
Transitions from war to peace and from peace to security 177;
Redefining security and building collective security 179;;
Notes 183;
Bibliographic note 186;
Bibliography 188.