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
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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
IEG's World Bank Project Ratings Database disclosed
IEG independently validates all completion reports that World Bank staff prepares for projects. For a subset of completed projects, IEG performs a more in-depth project evaluation that includes extensive primary research and field work. The corresponding Reviews and Project Performance Assessment Reports codify IEG’s assessments using Likert-scale project performance indicators. This Project Performance Ratings database… Continue reading IEG's World Bank Project Ratings Database disclosed
IEG’s World Bank Project Ratings Database disclosed
IEG independently validates all completion reports that World Bank staff prepares for projects. For a subset of completed projects, IEG performs a more in-depth project evaluation that includes extensive primary research and field work. The corresponding Reviews and Project Performance Assessment Reports codify IEG’s assessments using Likert-scale project performance indicators. This Project Performance Ratings database… Continue reading IEG’s World Bank Project Ratings Database disclosed
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication for more than 200 countries. UNESCO Institute for Statistics:.
3ie’s new Working Paper on Oxfam GB’s approach to evaluating its effectiveness
Non Governmental Organisations often struggle with how they can access useful and reliable evidence on whether their interventions are actually making an impact. In the new working paper ‘Can we obtain the required rigour without randomisation?’ , authors Karl Hughes and Claire Hutchings describe some of the challenges NGOs face in accessing credible feedback on… Continue reading 3ie’s new Working Paper on Oxfam GB’s approach to evaluating its effectiveness
OECD launches Your Better Life Index
OECD – Wikiprogress.org. The OECD Better Life Initiative includes an interactive tool, Your Better Life Index, which enables users to rate their country according to the things they feel make for a better life. The index allows users to compare well-being across 34 countries, based on 11 dimensions identified by the OECD as crucial. The… Continue reading OECD launches Your Better Life Index
Growth. Building Jobs and Prosperity in Developing Countries
UK DFID research on Growth. Building Jobs and Prosperity in Developing Countries Growth can generate virtuous circles of prosperity and opportunity. Strong growth and employment opportunities improve incentives for parents to invest in their children’s education by sending them to school. This may lead to the emergence of a strong and growing group of entrepreneurs,… Continue reading Growth. Building Jobs and Prosperity in Developing Countries
