Cecil Sagoe – E-International Relations — E-International Relations

Author profile: Cecil Sagoe

Cecil is Deputy Features Editor of e-IR. He is due to commence a PhD in Urban Geography at UCL in September 2013. His research will focus on the social impacts of urban development in London. He has also recently had an article published on openDemocracy titled “Squeezing the poor out of London.”

Can ‘Just Giving Money to the Poor’ Reduce Poverty?

Cecil Sagoe • Sep 10 2012 • Essays

Whilst giving money to the poor is necessary to alleviate certain aspects of poverty, this social protection method in itself is not sufficient to reduce the multifarious aspects of poverty.

The Neo-Colonialism of Development Programs

Cecil Sagoe • Aug 12 2012 • Essays

A theoretical examination of North-South and South-South development projects shows how these programs reinforce global systems of economic dependence and strucures of inequality.

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