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From poverty to power - Oxfam-Québec

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CONTENTSList of figures, tables, and boxesList of acronymsAcknowledgementsForeword: Amartya SenviiviiixixiiiPART 1 INTRODUCTION 1The unequal world 2PART 2 POWER AND POLITICS 17The political roots of development 18I have rights, therefore I am 23How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia’s Chiquitano people 31I believe, therefore I am 34I read, therefore I am 40I surf, therefore I am 52We organise, therefore we are 58How change happens: Winning women’s rights in Morocco 67I own, therefore I am 70I vote, therefore I am 79I steal, therefore I am 86I rule, therefore I am 90<strong>From</strong> <strong>poverty</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>power</strong> 104PART 3 POVERTY AND WEALTH 107An economics for the twenty-first century 108Living off the land 119How change happens: The fishing communities of Tikamgarh 146The changing world of work 148Private sec<strong>to</strong>r, public interest 168Going for growth 179How change happens: Botswana and Mauritius: Two Africansuccess s<strong>to</strong>ries 192Sustainable markets 195v

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