P. Mosley – författare

Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics.

The contributors to this collection examine the progress and impact of the "new poverty strategies" which have governed the policies of development agencies since the 1990s. While in some areas progress has been impressive, in others it has been hampered by persisting inequalities, civil conflict, institutional gaps and turbulence in the international financial system. In light of this, "The New Poverty Strategies" proposes a range of new policies and donor initiatives designed to achieve greater success in poverty reduction in the new century.