Lauren Rawlings is an “international development” professional writing in her personal capacity. This article does not represent the views of her employer, colleagues, or clients.
Call to Action to the International Development Community: Make Economic Justice the Objective of Market Development and Private Sector Engagement
Economic growth is not enough. Eliminating poverty requires a focus on economic justice. And for that workers, consumers, and communities need power, resources, and structures to advance their interests on equal footing with private companies and investors.
Achieving USAID’s stated mission of reducing poverty (not to mention attaining SDG 1: eliminating poverty) will require development policymakers and practitioners shift their focus from economic growth to economic justice. Chasing growth without intentionally pursuing economic justice[1] risks…
Lauren Rawlings is an “international development” professional writing in her personal capacity. This article does not represent the views of her employer, colleagues, or clients.
Remaking Development: Notes for a New Administration
Promoting economic justice would serve US interests and values. The new administration has started aligning the right people, purpose, policies, and practices to promote this agenda. It must keep going.
Incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken has written that US international engagement should help shape “a more peaceful, prosperous, and democratic world.”[1] These are welcome words for those of us in the international development community impatient to move away from the zero-sum approach of the…
Lauren Rawlings
Towards economic justice
