Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Assistant Director General at the Economic and Social Development Department of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
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Commentaries by Jomo Kwame Sundaram
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The Mismeasure of Poverty
ROME – In early 2012, outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced that the Millennium Development Goal of halving the global pov…
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Innovation in Development Finance
ROME – More than four decades ago, the world’s wealthiest countries pledged that at least 0.7% of their GDP would be devoted to official dev…
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Anti-Poverty 2.0
ROME – Global leaders have touted the apparent success of achieving in 2010 – well ahead of the 2015 target – the Millennium Development Goa…
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Smart Taxation
ROME – An effective tax policy that ensures adequate domestic revenue is a crucial determinant of a country’s ability to pursue development …
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Mixed Hope for Clear Goals
NEW YORK – Last month, the United Nations announced that the world had met some important targets of the Millennium Development Goals ahead …
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Together in Recovery
NEW YORK – The United Nations’ recently released World Economic Situation and Prospects mid-year report warns that the global economy is at …
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A Global New Deal
NEW YORK – Recent political developments, including the defeat of incumbent governments in France and Greece, suggest that the public’s tole…
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Development Cooperation under Siege
NEW YORK – Protracted economic stagnation in rich countries continues to threaten the development prospects of poorer countries. Globalizati…
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The Bogey of Fiscal Stimulus
NEW YORK – After the economic disaster of 2008-2009, people are understandably wary of the devastation that yet another financial crisis can…
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Food Fears Return
ROME – Lack of food is rarely the reason that people go hungry. The world today produces enough food to feed everyone. The problem is that m…
The Mismeasure of Poverty
pingfan hong: PPP is theoretically sound but practically flawed. The examples used in this article seem to indicate that the number of people living under poverty are actually fewer than the World Bank estimated…
The Mismeasure of Poverty
Olanrewaju Kamil-Muhammed OSENI: How can you measure poverty with all these indices. Can you truly measure poverty when the people ,measuring poverty have never been poor and never know what it means to be poor. How can you study wha…