Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?

Foreword ~ Timothy M Shaw;


Introduction: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko and Hany Besada;


Part One: Global Challenges;


Antipoverty Transfers and Zero Extreme Poverty Targets ~ Armando Barrientos;


Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations and the post-2015 Development Agenda ~ Clare Lockhart and Samuel Vincent;


The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Millennium Development Goal Attainment in Africa ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko;


Resource Geographies in Urban Spaces: Insights from Developing Countries in the Post-2015 Era ~ Cristina D'Alessandro;


Part Two: Minority Groups;


The Millennium Development Goals, Disability Rights and Special Needs Education in Ethiopia: A Case Study of the Oromiya Region ~ Jeff Grischow;


Facing the Global Challenge of Youth Employment ~ Ragui Assaad and Deborah Levison;


Women's Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints ~ Sarah Bradshaw with Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop;


Marginalised Minorities in Conflict: Women and Millennium Development Goals ~ Sarah Hoesch and Alireza Saniei-Pour;


Part Three: Micro Challenges


Ideas from Early Childhood Development Approaches to Contribute to Millennium Development Goals' Achievements in Latin America ~ Laura Agosta;


Exploring the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) as a micro-Millennium Development Goals' Framework in Nigeria ~ Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran;


Developmental Crises affecting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievements in Bangladesh: A Critical Perspective ~ Saleh Ahmed;


Between Progress, Stasis and Reversals: An Analysis of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria ~ Olabanji Akinola;


North Africa and Middle East: Economic Performance and Social Progress ~ Manmohan Argarwal and Badye Essid;


Part Four: Looking Forward;


United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) and the Arab Spring: Shedding Light on the Preludes? ~ M. Evren Tok, Nancy Elbassiouny, Sofia Samper and Mohammed Sayeed Showkath;


Food Security, Inclusive Growth, Sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Agenda ~ Craig Hanson with contributions from Tim Searchinger, Richard Waite, Betsy Otto, Brian Lipinski and Kelly Levin;


Outlook for Global Development Finance - Excess or Shortage? ~ Andrew Sheng;


Conclusion ~ Jason McFarlane, Hany Besada, Kathryn Anne Brunton and Alireza Saniei-Pour.