Outsights was retained by the UK's Department for International Development to develop a number of Scenarios for the Future of the Very Poorest, to stimulate new thinking and to look for ways in which the future can be changed. An implicit assumption behind the focus on the very poorest is that even if the Millennium Development Goals are reached by 2015, many of the poorest will miss out entirely or remain in serious poverty. A wide and varied group of 70 stakeholders from 10 countries participated in the project.

Following its publication, Outsights Partners Tim Bolderson and Richard O'Brien were invited to present the Scenarios at the World Bank and discuss the high level implications for the future of the aid industry with senior officials at the Bank.

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