Out Today: IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report 2017 IFPRI released today the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, an evidence-based analysis of the latest developments in food policy across the developing world. With rapid urbanization dramatically shifting demographics in the developing countries in recent years, this year’s report examines how urbanization is changing food systems, health,… Continue reading Urbanization is changing food systems, health, and development
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New ‘nexus’ approach needed to tackle productivity and inequality challenges, says OECD report
31/05/2016 – Declining productivity growth and rising inequality are two of the biggest obstacles to improved economic performance, according to a new OECD report. The Productivity-Inclusiveness Nexus explores the root causes behind each of these challenges, examining the extent to which they are connected, and at how to take a coherent policy response. In particular, it… Continue reading New ‘nexus’ approach needed to tackle productivity and inequality challenges, says OECD report
Poverty in USA: Then and Now
Many things contribute to the poverty rate in America: education, minimum wage and housing, just to name a few. The first reliable poverty rate was documented in 1959. How much have things changed since the 1960s? Source: SocialWorkDegreeCenter.com More at http://www.socialworkdegreecenter.com
Responsible Development in a Polycentric World: Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes #ResponsibleDev| EADI General Conference, 23 – 26 June 2014, Bonn, Germany
As a member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), I’m registered for the 14th EADI General Conference, 23 – 26 June 2014, in Bonn, Germany and will tweet using #ResponsibleDev The EADI General Conference is a major European event devoted to a topical theme which attracts more than 400 researchers… Continue reading Responsible Development in a Polycentric World: Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes #ResponsibleDev| EADI General Conference, 23 – 26 June 2014, Bonn, Germany
Asia-Pacific countries stress ‘leave no-one behind’ as critical for the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015
Bangkok 28 August 2013 – Ministers and high-level representatives from Asia and the Pacific have adopted the ‘Bangkok Declaration of the Asia-Pacific region on the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015’ as the key outcome document of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue: From the Millennium Development Goals to the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015, convened… Continue reading Asia-Pacific countries stress ‘leave no-one behind’ as critical for the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015
International Youth Day: See some inspirational young people moving development forward
To celebrate International Youth Day on 12 August 2013, we’re shining a spotlight on just some of the young people who are refusing to inherit a world where extreme poverty and inequality exist. I hear so many people dismiss the issue of global poverty with the words ‘It’s just how the world is. There will… Continue reading International Youth Day: See some inspirational young people moving development forward
Top Concerns in Asia's Unfinished Development Agenda for the Post-MDG Era
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Asia and the Pacific face a daunting unfinished development agenda when the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) expire in 2015. The focus in this fast growing region should be on the glaring gaps in its MDG achievements: eradicating extreme poverty and making better progress on human development, especially reducing infant deaths and improving… Continue reading Top Concerns in Asia's Unfinished Development Agenda for the Post-MDG Era
Top Concerns in Asia’s Unfinished Development Agenda for the Post-MDG Era
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Asia and the Pacific face a daunting unfinished development agenda when the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) expire in 2015. The focus in this fast growing region should be on the glaring gaps in its MDG achievements: eradicating extreme poverty and making better progress on human development, especially reducing infant deaths and improving… Continue reading Top Concerns in Asia’s Unfinished Development Agenda for the Post-MDG Era
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A generation at risk | ILO Report
Thie ILO Global Employment Trends 2013 Report examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends. Download the report (Full report 161 pages – pdf 5.6 MB) Executive Summary… Continue reading Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A generation at risk | ILO Report
Transforming Education into Better Jobs and Better Lives
This blog post also appears in NORRAG NEWS 48, 2012: The Year of Global Reports on TVET, Skills & Jobs Consensus or diversity? (April 2013), available free online at http://www.norrag.org
Aid to poor countries slips further as governments tighten budgets | OECD Study
Development aid fell by 4% in real terms in 2012, following a 2% fall in 2011. The continuing financial crisis and euro zone turmoil has led several governments to tighten their budgets, which has had a direct impact on aid to poor countries. There is also a noticeable shift in aid away from the poorest… Continue reading Aid to poor countries slips further as governments tighten budgets | OECD Study
From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
This week the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) published thirteen outcome stories. “Islands of success” in the middle of an ambitious “ocean of change”. For instance, in Cambodia, the story of drip irrigation farming linked to market opportunities demonstrates how improved water efficiency, primarily in the form of irrigation drip-kits, resulted in… Continue reading From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
This week the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) published thirteen outcome stories. “Islands of success” in the middle of an ambitious “ocean of change”. For instance, in Cambodia, the story of drip irrigation farming linked to market opportunities demonstrates how improved water efficiency, primarily in the form of irrigation drip-kits, resulted in… Continue reading From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects
Brookings Global Working Papers | No. 50 | January 2013 Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2) By: Arntraud Hartmann, Homi Kharas, Richard Kohl, Johannes F. Linn, Barbara Massler and Cheikh Sourang http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/ifad-rural-poor-kharas-linn The challenge of rural poverty and food insecurity in the developing world remains daunting. Recent… Continue reading Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects
Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects
Brookings Global Working Papers | No. 50 | January 2013 Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2) By: Arntraud Hartmann, Homi Kharas, Richard Kohl, Johannes F. Linn, Barbara Massler and Cheikh Sourang http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/ifad-rural-poor-kharas-linn The challenge of rural poverty and food insecurity in the developing world remains daunting. Recent… Continue reading Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects
International aid projects come under the microscope | Nature
Not long ago, ‘research’ was a dirty word in international-development circles. The prevailing view was that the time and money available should be spent implementing aid projects rather than analysing their effects in detail. For most projects, assessment was limited to tracking how much they spent and whether they reached their end points. That is… Continue reading International aid projects come under the microscope | Nature
International aid projects come under the microscope | Nature
Not long ago, ‘research’ was a dirty word in international-development circles. The prevailing view was that the time and money available should be spent implementing aid projects rather than analysing their effects in detail. For most projects, assessment was limited to tracking how much they spent and whether they reached their end points. That is… Continue reading International aid projects come under the microscope | Nature
World DataBank: New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more
You’ll find a large amount of data available through the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative: for time-series alone, there are some 8,000 indicators for around 200 countries. http://databank.worldbank.org/data/databases.aspx Available are six topics so far: poverty, gender, jobs, health, financial inclusion, and the policy and institutional framework in African countries. World Development Indicators (WDI) is the… Continue reading World DataBank: New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more
Poor Us: an animated history – Why Poverty? Trailer
The poor may always have been with us, but attitudes towards them have changed. Beginning in the Neolithic Age, Ben Lewis’s film takes us through the changing world of poverty. You go to sleep, you dream, you become poor through the ages. And when you awake, what can you say about poverty now? There are… Continue reading Poor Us: an animated history – Why Poverty? Trailer
Inter-American Development Bank calls for solutions for financial inclusion of people with disabilities
Most voted projects may receive up to $50,000 in grants The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced a call for innovative ideas to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities as financial sector clients and workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The competition organized by the IDB’s Innovation Lab is open to public and private… Continue reading Inter-American Development Bank calls for solutions for financial inclusion of people with disabilities
The End of Poverty?
Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies — in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries. Renowned actor and activist, Martin Sheen,… Continue reading The End of Poverty?
Do development indicators deceive us? Here is a better approach | Global Dashboard – Blog covering International affairs and global risks
What would these indicators look like? The new assessment criteria would seek to answer questions such as: 1) How great are group-based (ethnic, religious, caste, clan, etc.) economic, political, and cultural horizontal inequities? 2) How equitable is public spending? 3) How equitable are markets? 4) How equitable is the rule of law? Do elites or… Continue reading Do development indicators deceive us? Here is a better approach | Global Dashboard – Blog covering International affairs and global risks
Do development indicators deceive us? Here is a better approach | Global Dashboard – Blog covering International affairs and global risks
What would these indicators look like? The new assessment criteria would seek to answer questions such as: 1) How great are group-based (ethnic, religious, caste, clan, etc.) economic, political, and cultural horizontal inequities? 2) How equitable is public spending? 3) How equitable are markets? 4) How equitable is the rule of law? Do elites or… Continue reading Do development indicators deceive us? Here is a better approach | Global Dashboard – Blog covering International affairs and global risks
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EDD12
The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris , where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger.… Continue reading International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EDD12
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