Global governance, development and human security: exploring the links

This article draws attention to the convergence of the global development a nd security agendas at the beginning of the new millennium. It explore the links between global governance, development and human security. It argues that material sufficiency lies at the core of human security. Hence, the pr oblems of poverty and deepening inequality are central concerns, and the un folding of these problems in the 1980s and 1990s is highlighted. During the closing decades of th 20th century, a neoliberal vision dominated the glob al development policy agenda, while these problems of inequality deepened. The policy was developed, championed and implemented by a range of global g overnance institutions, working through state governments. The idea and the institutions of global governance are examined critically, with a review t o establishing in whose interest global governance and its associated devel opment policies may be operating, and whether this is in support of human s ecurity.