Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity. Alicia Ely Yamin

faced different limitations on her choices than Gabriela did in Mexico, which in turn was different from the ways in which Redit’s choices were restricted in rural Ethiopia after her mother died.

      The UN General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration in September 2000, which attempted to unify the global development agenda around the idea of “people-centered development” and the eradication of extreme poverty. The next year, the UN Secretary General released the “Road Map,” a plan for implementing the Millennium Declaration that included the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which subsequently became the blueprint for global development for the next fourteen years.