Introduction. The unequal world. -- Power and politics. The political roots of development ; I have rights, therefore I am ; How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia's Chiquitano people ; I believe, therefore I am ; I read, therefore I am ; I surf, therefore I am ; We organise, therefore we are ; How change happens: Winning women's rights in Morocco ; I own, therefore I am ; I vote, therefore I am ; I steal, therefore I am: Natural resources, corruption, and development ; I rule, therefore I am ; From poverty to power. -- Poverty and wealth. An economics for the twenty-first century ; Living off the land ; How change happens: The fishing communities of Tikamgarh ; The changing world of work ; Private sector, public interest ; Going for growth ; How change happens: Two African success stories (Botswana and Mauritius) ; Sustainable markets. -- Human security. Living with risk ; Social protection ; How change happens: India's campaign for a national rural employment guarantee ; Finance and vulnerability ; Hunger and famine ; HIV, AIDS, and other health risks ; How change happens: South Africa's treatment action campaign ; The risk of natural disaster ; Climate change: Mitigation, adaptation, organization ; Living on the edge: Africa's pastoralists ; Violence and conflict ; Shocks and change. -- The international system. Who rules the world? ; The international financial system ; The international trading system ; The international aid system ; How change happens: The 2005 Gleneagles Agreements ; International rules and norms ; The international system for humanitarian relief and peace ; How change happens: Landmines, an arms control success story ; Climate change ; Global governance in the twenty-first century. -- The food and financial crises of 2008-11. The food and financial crises of 2008-11 ; The global financial crisis ; Living on a spike: The food price crises of 2008 and 2011. -- Conclusion. A new deal for a new century.