It is increasingly clear that dominant patterns of development and growth are unsustainable in economic, social and environmental terms. They have led to increasingly precarious livelihoods, with 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty (United Nations,2013a) and many more without access to basic services and social protections. Current patterns of growth have coincided with rising inequalities in wealth, income and capabilities worldwide, across and between nations. Although some developing countries with rising incomes are catching up with developed countries, incomes in the latter are still much higher than those in the converging countries. The poorest 5 per cent of the population in a high-income developed country tends to be richer than two thirds of the population in a low-income developing country. Income still “depends on citizenship and location”