Why Poverty? in the 21st century was discussed under 4 headlines:
1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH AID?
• Owen Barder, Director Europe at the Center for Global Development
• Christian Friis Bach, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation
• Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics, Director UNU-WIDER, Helsinki
• Henrik Skovby, Executive Chairman, Dalberg, Global Development Advisors
2. POVERTY & WOMEN
• Meagan Carnahan, Senior Advisor, Barefoot College
• Linda Polman, Journalist & Writer
• Frans Mikael Jansen, Secretary General, Action Aid, Denmark
3. NEW PLAYERS IN THE THIRD WORLD!
• Alastair Fraser, Lecture in African Politics at University of Cambridge
• Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment
• Holger Bernt Hansen, Professor, Emeritus, Center for African Studies
• Dr Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute
4. WHY POVERTY IN THE RICH WORLD?
• Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School
• Dr. Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute
• Julio Boltvinik, Professor at El Colegio de México