Why Poverty? in the 21st century was discussed under 4 headlines: 1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH AID? • Owen Barder, Director Europe at the Center for Global Development • Christian Friis Bach, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation • Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics, Director UNU-WIDER, Helsinki • Henrik Skovby, Executive Chairman, Dalberg, Global Development Advisors 2. POVERTY & WOMEN • Meagan Carnahan, Senior Advisor, Barefoot College • Linda Polman, Journalist & Writer • Frans Mikael Jansen, Secretary General, Action Aid, Denmark 3. NEW PLAYERS IN THE THIRD WORLD! • Alastair Fraser, Lecture in African Politics at University of Cambridge • Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment • Holger Bernt Hansen, Professor, Emeritus, Center for African Studies • Dr Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute 4. WHY POVERTY IN THE RICH WORLD? • Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School • Dr. Tim Evans, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute • Julio Boltvinik, Professor at El Colegio de México