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1. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

   For a People Centered Development Agenda?

   By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

   Series: Global Institutions

   Millennium Development Goals (MDG) constitute one of the most important global institutions today because of their origins, their ambitions and their effective role in shaping international development efforts. In developing this argument, Sakiko Fukada-Parr analyzes: whether the goals are...

   To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Human Rights and the Capabilities Approach

   An Interdisciplinary Dialogue

   Edited by Diane Elson, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Polly Vizard

   Among several contesting views about the purpose of development and how progress should be evaluated, human rights and capabilities (or human development) stand out as two approaches that are concerned first and foremost with the well-being of individuals, their freedom, dignity and empowerment....

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
3. The Gene Revolution

   GM Crops and Unequal Development

   Edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

   Whether or not to embrace GM technologies is a fundamental and politically charged question facing humanity in the 21st century, particularly in light of rapidly growing populations and the unknown future impacts of climate change. The Gene Revolution is the first book to bridge the gap between...

   Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge
4. Capacity for Development

   New Solutions to Old Problems

   By Carlos Lopes, Khalid Malik, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

   'The United Nations system was a pioneer in the field of technical cooperation, and capacity development is its central mandate. UNDP has long played an important leadership role in both, as a source of technical cooperation funds and advisory services and as the home of innovative intellectual...

   Published May 31st 2002 by Routledge