{"id":885,"date":"2025-10-02T03:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/woolcock-michael\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:58:23","slug":"woolcock-michael","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/woolcock-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolcock Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Woolcock<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/woolcock-michael\/143978-1-eng-gb\/woolcock-michael_author.jpg\" alt=\"Woolcock Michael\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPersonal profile at Governance for Development blog (World Bank)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b>Michael Woolcock<\/b> is Professor of Social Science and Development Policy, and Research Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Woolcock Michael\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/after-20152\/michael-woolcock-the-mdgs-after-2015-some-thoughts-and-reflections\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Michael Woolcock: The MDGs After 2015: Some thoughts and reflections\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/after-20152\/michael-woolcock-the-mdgs-after-2015-some-thoughts-and-reflections\/\">Michael Woolcock: The MDGs After 2015: Some thoughts and reflections<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/woolcock-michael\/\">Michael Woolcock<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe MDGs have come to play an important symbolic and substantive role in current development debates and strategy. 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