John McArthur
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From one to many: Cash transfer debates in ending extreme poverty
If the world is to succeed in ending extreme poverty by 2030, there is a good chance that cash transfers will play a role in the final stretch. → Read More
Lessons From an Age of Progress
Despite how disordered the world feels in 2017, the potential for renewed progress at any given moment is greater than most people think possible. With committed political leadership and innovations in science and business, the world can replicate the unprecedented gains in global health and development made between 2000 and 2015. → Read More
What does “agriculture” mean today? Assessing old questions with new evidence.
Given the centrality of agriculture in many crucial global challenges, including the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals recently established for 2030, John McArthur discusses what the term "agriculture" actually means today. → Read More
Bringing Canada “back” for the long haul
This week Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lead a delegation to Washington with great fanfare. Margaret Biggs and John W. McArthur offer eight practical recommendations for Canada’s global engagement and long-term success. → Read More
No girl or woman left behind: A global imperative for 2030
This Tuesday, March 8, marks the first International Women’s Day since world leaders agreed to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. In his latest blog, John McArthur explains that the push for gender equality marks one of the SDGs’ most important improvements compared to their predecessor Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). → Read More
Canada’s new team for global affairs
John McArthur reflects on the recent Canadian election, won by the Liberal Party’s Justin Trudeau, and what it means for Canada’s involvement in international affairs. → Read More
Can we end rural hunger and reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Homi Kharas and John McArthur discuss their Ending Rural Hunger project, designed to help the world achieve one important facet of the “No Hunger” Sustainable Development Goal. “[P]robably about ¾ of the [food insecurity] problem that we’re dealing with globally is actually in rural areas,” Kharas says in this podcast. McArthur explains, “I think the first thing to note is that the world is… → Read More
Can we end rural hunger and reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Homi Kharas and John McArthur discuss their Ending Rural Hunger project, designed to help the world achieve one important facet of the “No Hunger” Sustainable Development Goal. “[P]robably about ¾ of the [food insecurity] problem that we’re dealing with globally is actually in rural areas,” Kharas says in this podcast. McArthur explains, “I think the first thing to note is that the world is… → Read More
Dispatch from Italy: Ending Rural Hunger
From Rome, Homi Kharas and John McArthur discuss their research on ending rural hunger, and why eliminating it by 2030 will be a challenging but feasible goal. → Read More
Who pays attention to global development goals?
John W McArthur and Christine Zhang look at references to the Millennium Development Goals across a range of English-language print media, academic journals, and policy research papers of multilateral development banks. → Read More
15 million success stories under the Millennium Development Goals
Of the 15 million success stories under the Millennium Development Goals, will any of them help to inform the new global goals? John McArthur weighs in. → Read More
Who talked (and thought) about the Millennium Development Goals?
John McArthur and Christine Zhang take stock of the recent history of MDG-focused public conversations and how they might inform opportunities for the SDGs. → Read More
Agriculture's role in ending extreme poverty
In this chapter of the "The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty," John McArthur examines how agriculture will continue to play a pivotal role in eliminating extreme poverty. → Read More
Tackle These Three Issues and Extreme Poverty Will Be History
One beauty of the new global goals is that they set a common reference for debate. In the coming years, we will likely discover new roadblocks alongside opportunities to jump forward. These should prompt ongoing course corrections as the world veers toward success. → Read More
What happened at the Addis financing for development conference?
John McArthur recaps last week's United Nations’ major financing for development (FFD) conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, highlighting the concepts, constraints, and conquests. → Read More
An apology to support global development
Ahead of the development financing conference scheduled for July 13-16 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, John McArthur argues that timetables and delivery targets will be neccessary to reboot the global development conversation in 2015. → Read More
What does the past tell us about the future? Possibilities for child survival in 2030
In response to a recent "bet" by Bill and Melinda Gates, John McArthur explores the possibility of reducing the global child death rate by half in 2030. → Read More
Seeds of a ‘green revolution’ in Africa?
In 2013, Cote d’Ivoire was the first mainland sub-Saharan African country (excluding South Africa) to have cereal yields over three tons per hectare. John McArthur examines the implications of this for a potential African green revolution. → Read More