NANAK KAKWANI is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney, Australia. He was the Principal Researcher (January 2005-November 2006) and Director/Chief Economist (January 2003-January 2006) at the UNDP's International Poverty Centre, Brazil. Before joining IPC, he had been Professor for 30 years at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research areas include poverty, inequality, pro-poor growth, taxation, public policies and human development (MDG). He has published more than 100 articles in international journals and two books. He was elected as Fellow of the