The Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights

1. Introduction: situating the debate Malcolm Langford, Andy Sumner and Alicia Ely Yamin; Part I. Perspectives: 2. Goals and rights: working together? James W. Nickel; 3. The limits of human rights: the role of the MDGs Jan Vandemoortele; 4. Master or servant? Development goals and human rights Mac Darrow; 5. The political within the depoliticised: poverty measurement and implicit agendas in the MDGs Andrew M. Fischer; 6. The economics of human rights and MDGs Milan Brahmbhatt and Otaviano Canuto; 7. International development actors and human rights Siobhán McInerney-Lankford; Part II. Synergies and Conflicts in Different Goals: 8. Poverty, hunger and statistical progress Thomas Pogge; 9. Sexual and reproductive health, rights and MDG 5: taking stock; looking forward Alicia Ely Yamin; 10. The struggle against HIV/AIDS: rights, economics and global responsibility Gorik Ooms, Rachel Hammonds and Gregg Gonsalves; 11. Education and HIV/AIDS: disability rights and inclusive development Michael Ashley Stein, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo and Janet E. Lord; 12. 'Slum' upgrading or 'slum' eradication? The mixed message of the MDGs Marie Huchzermeyer; 13. International cooperation, MDG 8 and human rights Aldo Caliari and Mac Darrow; Part III. Framing the Post-2015 Agenda: 14. What issues will (re)define the post-2015 debate? Andy Sumner and Meera Tiwari; 15. Beyond the romantic violence of the MDGs: development, aid and human rights Charles Gore; 16. Integrating human rights and equality: a development agenda for the future Dan Seymour; 17. Global norms and national politics: the case of social protection Armando Barrientos and David Hulme; 18. Monitoring MDGs: a human rights critique and alternative Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Joshua Greenstein; 19. Rethinking the metrics of progress: the case of water and sanitation Malcolm Langford; 20. Goals, rights and political economy: daring to break out of the liberal ideological box! Fantu Cheru; Part IV. Concluding Perspective: 21. Back to the future: reconciling paradigms or development as usual? Malcolm Langford, Alicia Ely Yamin and Andy Sumner.