Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?

Introduction: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons ~ Leah McMillan Polonenko, Hany Besada, Annie Bruntion, Alireza Saniei-Pour; Part one: Global challenges; Antipoverty transfers and zero extreme poverty targets ~ Amando Barrientos; Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations and the post-2015 Development Agenda ~ Clare Lockhart, Sam Vincent; The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on MDG 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, Deborah Levison; Women's Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints ~ Sarah Bradshaw, Joshua Castellino, Bineto Diop; Minorities in Conflict - Defining Women as Minorities ~ Sarah Hoesch, Alireza Saniei-Pour; Part three: Micro challenges; How can innovations in early childhood development contribute to MDGs achievements in Latin America? ~ Laura Agosta; Exploring the NEEDS as a micro-MDGs' framework in Nigeria ~ Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran; Developmental crises impacting United Nations Millennium Development Goals achievement in Bangladesh: A critical review ~ 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, Badye Essid; Economic Performance and Social Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Effect of Least Developed and fragile States ~ Manmohan Argarwal, Natasha Pirzada; Part four: Looking forward; United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) and the Arab Spring: Shedding Light on the Preludes? ~ M. Evren Tok, M. Sayeed Showkath, Nancy Elbassiouny, Sofia Samper; Food Security, Inclusive Growth, Sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Agenda ~ Craig Hanson; Outlook for Global Development Finance - Excess or Shortage? ~ Andrew Sheng; Conclusion ~ Jason McFarlane, Hany Besada, Annie Brunton, Alireza Saniei-Pour.