Andy Sumner
Website: Personal profile at IDS
Andy Sumner, is a cross-disciplinary Economist. His research relates to poverty, inequality and well-being and in particular child poverty, and MDG/post-MDG debates.
His work has included recent collaborations with UNICEF and UNDP. He has also conducted work for Google and the World Bank. He is a council member of the Development Studies Association (DSA) and the European Association of Development Institutes (EADI).
He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and five books and is series editor for Palgrave MacMillan's 'Rethinking International Development'.
Twitter: twitter.com/andypsumner
The new bottom billion
Andy Sumner | December 06, 2010
The new bottom billion has reshaped the demographics of poverty. This calls for a renewed development narrative, one that focuses on inequality and shared responsibility.
Reimagining the MDGs to 2015 and beyond: Time for a new storyline?
Andy Sumner | 19 September 2010
The big issue for the MDG summit, the 'big push' to 2015 and even the post-2015 debates (there's a newly agreed UN summit due in Sept 2013) should really be a focus on equity and on the poorest. Why? Because nearly three-quarters of the world's po...
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Andy Sumner: After 2015: children, champions and commissions
Andy Sumner | 20 June 2009
I finished my blog posting yesterday with a promise to say something about the 'what next?' question. Well, I’m always thinking about a book academics generally can’t stand but I love – that’s Gladwell’s Tipping point (Chip and Dan Heath’s Made to...
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Andy Sumner: Why 'After 2015'?
Andy Sumner | 19 June 2009
I’d like to blog on the ‘After 2015’ theme from the point of view of having co-led the 23 June with colleagues and friends at IDS, The Broker, ActionAid, DSA, and EADI.Looking for key emergent themes I’ve also just re-read the special policy brief...
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Beyond 2015
Andy Sumner | May 26, 2009
The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) isn’t until 2015. But it is time to begin thinking about the ‘MDG-plus’ agenda. But what, if anything, should replace the MDGs as a policy focus or new development paradigm?