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FROM POVERTY TO POWER303, 304, 305, 309–10, 316–17; internationaltrade 319, 321–5, 322–3, 324–5;migration 334–5, 425; natural disasters246, 252–3b; and patents 175, 236, 320,327, 328–9, 330, 331, 343; private sectorinvolvement 123–5, 164, 177–8, 313;public services 41, 43, 44–6, 51, 93;remittances benefit 334–5, 336b; andtechnology 14, 53, 56, 57, 170, 175, 176,326–7, 331, 335, 419; and trade liberalisation186, 297; and transnationalcorporations 172, 173t, 174, 175–6, 342,345–6, 347, 351; war and conflict 278,393development:active citizenship and 12, 13, 60, 429; andcorruption 87, 89, 93; and democracy80–3; economic growth and 13, 14, 25,87, 104, 179, 182, 189; economic policyand 109, 110, 112, 115–18, 195, 429;effective states and 12, 13, 21, 90, 429;employment and 153, 157, 167; globalgovernance and 15, 196, 293, 352, 425;human rights 25–6, 27, 104; internationaltrade 318, 320, 321, 325; and propertyrights 71–3; public services’ role 40–2;religion and 36–9; rights-based approach25, 27–8, 29, 217, 372; role of state 13, 19,90–3; and technology 27, 35, 55, 326–7,419, 443; war and conflict 21, 286;well-being 104, 115, 117–18; see alsosustainable developmentdiamond industry 88, 101, 176, 192, 193,282, 400 see also ‘blood diamonds’ underwar and conflictdisabled people 10, 21, 40, 42, 200, 203, 210,278discrimination:and HIV and AIDS 53, 232, 235, 236;immigrants 337–8, 339, 398; indigenouspeople 10, 20; racial 27, 36; againstwomen see gender inequalitydisease:AIDS see HIV and AIDS; avian flu 232,237; climate change and 259, 260; indeveloping countries 9, 10, 237, 326–7,330; HIV see HIV and AIDS; malaria 9,232, 238, 240, 259, 260, 316, 353, 355t;poverty and 2–3, 9, 232; property rightsand 74, 78; as a risk issue 199, 200, 205,206f, 231–2, 238 see also HIV and AIDS;SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)232, 237–8b; and technology 55–6;tuberculosis (TB) 232, 237, 238, 240, 316,353; water and sanitation 9, 45, 47–8East Asia 11, 74, 93, 94b, 95, 98, 193, 303Easterly, William 359–62b, 374–5Eastern Europe 60, 79–80, 96Economic Community of West AfricanStates (ECOWAS) 400economic growth:active citizenship and 160, 191, 196;agriculture and 121–3, 183; climatechange and 109, 195, 407, 412–13, 419,422; and comparative advantage theory187–8b; democracy and 82–3, 87, 192,193; in developing countries 8, 43, 181–4,187–8b, 189; development and 13, 14, 25,87, 104, 179, 182, 189; and effective states12, 19, 92–3, 179, 182–4, 191, 193, 196;environment 113–15, 117, 190, 195; andgender inequality 190; and inequality 5,6, 11, 40, 179–80, 189, 190, 195, 429; andinternational financial institutions 181,190, 302; international trade 185–6, 196;natural resources 88–9, 93, 109, 113, 114;for poverty reduction 110, 180, 204, 429;poverty and 5, 6, 10, 179–81, 189–90,191, 195–6; and the private sector 14,163, 169–70, 196; sustainability 109,189–91; and trade liberalisation 181–2,186–7, 194; well-being and 181, 190, 195economics:development and 109, 110, 112, 115–18,195, 429; and the environment 110,113–15; ‘full cost accounting’ (FCA)113–14, 118; gender inequality and 65,110, 111–12; Keynesian 109, 115;neo-classical 109–10, 115, 117–18, 180,195; unpaid work and 110, 111–12;well-being and 82, 112, 115, 117–18, 195,220Ecuador 123, 125, 309, 335education:civil society activism 43, 46; democracyrelationship 44, 81; education for allcampaigns 12, 366; elites’ role 51; highereducation 43, 57; as a human right 25,42; inequality and 2, 3–4, 42–3; internationalaid and 41, 366, 369; migrants’remittances and 335, 336b; and poverty9, 10, 11, 40–1, 42–4; well-being and 42,112; of women and girls 2, 42–3510