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.

Foreword by: Timothy Shaw
Contributions by: Alireza Saniei-Pour, Jason McFarlane, Andrew Sheng, Kelly Levin, Brian Lipinski, Betsy Otto, Richard Waite, Tim Searchinger, Craig Hanson, Sofia Samper, Mohamed Evren Tok, Badye Essid, Manmohan Agarwal, Olabanji Akinola, Saleh Ahmed, Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran, Laura Agosta, Alireza Saniei-Pour, Sarah Hoesch, Bineta Diop, Joshua Castellino, Sarah Bradshaw, Deborah Levison, Ragui Assaad, Jeff Grischow, Cristina D'Alessandro, Samuel Vincent, Clare Lockhart, Armando Barrientos