Did the Millennium Development Goals work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons

With the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) behind us, this book asks did they work? And what happens next? Arguing that to effectively look forward, we must first look back, the editors of this insightful book gather leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions to provide an in-depth exploration of the MDG project and its impact.

Contributors use region-specific case studies to explore the effectiveness of the MDGs in addressing the root causes of poverty, including resource geographies, early childhood development and education, women’s rights and disability rights as well as the impact of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring on MDG attainment.

Providing a critical assessment that seeks to inform future policy decisions, the book will be valuable to those working in the development community as well as to academics and students of international development, international relations and development economics.

Timothy M. Shaw is Adjunct Professor at Carleton and Ottawa Universities, Ottawa, Canada.

Australian National University

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Professor Manmohan Agarwal teaches at the Centre of International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has also worked at the World Bank and the IMF.

Joshua Castellino is Co-Executive Director at the Minority Rights Group International and Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Derby. He is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe Natolin and at Oxford University.