Here is a list of networks active in poverty reduction and poverty research. Most of them are open for researchers and practitioners willing to interchange knowledge on poverty issues. The Poverty Research Archive covers them all. If your network is missing here, please let me know. Eldis Poverty Resource Guide http://www.eldis.org/poverty The aim of Eldis… Continue reading Poverty Alleviation Networks
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ELLA – Evidence and Lessons from Latin America
ELLA – Evidence and Lessons from Latin America ella.practicalaction.org Recently launched, ELLA is a knowledge sharing and learning platform on selected economic, environmental and governance issues, funded by the UK Department for International Development. ELLA represents an opportunity for learning, sharing and networking. • It shares knowledge of recent Latin American experiences tailored for African… Continue reading ELLA – Evidence and Lessons from Latin America
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change. APDEv is an African-led and owned physical and virtual multi-stakeholder platform and organizing mechanism for mobilizing African policy makers and practitioners towards achieving sustainable development results. The Platform focuses on 3 inter-related themes of Aid Effectiveness and South-South Cooperation with Capacity Development as a core driver… Continue reading Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change. APDEv is an African-led and owned physical and virtual multi-stakeholder platform and organizing mechanism for mobilizing African policy makers and practitioners towards achieving sustainable development results. The Platform focuses on 3 inter-related themes of Aid Effectiveness and South-South Cooperation with Capacity Development as a core driver… Continue reading Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change. APDEv is an African-led and owned physical and virtual multi-stakeholder platform and organizing mechanism for mobilizing African policy makers and practitioners towards achieving sustainable development results. The Platform focuses on 3 inter-related themes of Aid Effectiveness and South-South Cooperation with Capacity Development as a core driver… Continue reading Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev) | Inspiring Change
Crowd Sourcing: How to be a good evaluator
Crowd Sourcing: How to be a good evaluator: Do This, Not That| weitzenegger.de. How to be a good evaluator? (A new crowd sourcing exercise) Results-based management in international development cooperation seems to require super heroes to evaluate it. How can you perform as a good evaluator and live on happily? Can you give us some… Continue reading Crowd Sourcing: How to be a good evaluator
How Matters | Aid effectiveness is not about what we do, but HOW we do it.
How-matters.org explores the skills and knowledge needed by all international “do-gooders” (professional and amateur alike) to truly raise the level of human dignity within international assistance and to put real resources behind local means of overcoming obstacles. via How Matters / Aid effectiveness is not about what we do, but HOW we do it..
The Call — The Turin 2011 Learning Link
The Call — Learning Link. The Turin 2011 Learning Link is based on the principle of collaborative contributions. This call is addressed to all organizations that are willing to share their knowledge and experiences in a participatory learning setting from April 11-15 at the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin, Italy. Themes South-South… Continue reading The Call — The Turin 2011 Learning Link
Upcoming Development Cooperation Training and Events
Training and Events | more on http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/training.html Distance Learning for Development Course Portal | DL4D http://www.dl4d.ac.uk DL4D provides high-quality postgraduate training to those working in the field of international development. This site has information on over 140 short courses available to study at a distance. They cover the range of skills and knowledge areas expected… Continue reading Upcoming Development Cooperation Training and Events
International Development Websites
Share your links with me on http://www.delicious.com/weitzenegger The Economist and Private Sector Development Services (EPSDS) http://www.epsds.org The Economist and Private Sector Development Services (EPSDS) seeks to satisfy the growing demand for supplementary and specialist technical advisory services on the part of DFID’s 100 Economists and 30 Private Sector Development (PSD) Advisors. The service is open… Continue reading International Development Websites
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CONTENT 1. Karsten’s Blog 2. Aid Agency News 3. Development Effectiveness News 4. Monitoring and Evaluation News 5. Economic Development News 6. Governance News 7. Social Development News 8. Migration News 9. Publications 10. Training and Events 11. Websites of the Moment _____________________________________________________________________ Dear Reader, When I started this Newsletter in 2002, social networking was… Continue reading Weitzenegger's Instant Newsletter
CfP: The Microinsurance Innovation Facility
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the European Development Research Network (EUDN) invite academic researchers to submit proposals for research that will contribute new knowledge to support microinsurance development in developing countries. Deadline: 30 October 2009. http://www.eudnet.net/microinsurance.html
Websites you can use for poverty impact assessment
BRIDGE – Gender and Poverty http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_pov.htm BRIDGE Gender and Poverty publications include summaries of key materials, good practice cases, lists of tools and checklists and key online resources. British Library for Development Studies Subject Guide on Poverty http://blds.ids.ac.uk/guides/pov.html This Guide provides quick access to BLDS resources through pre-designed searches of the catalogue’s 150 000 plus… Continue reading Websites you can use for poverty impact assessment
Websites of the Month, April 2008
African Voices in Europe demand more effective aid for Africa’s poorest http://practicalaction.org/?id=africanvoices Practical Action has launched a new website – African Voices in Europe – to expose the failures of European aid and set out a new agenda for Improving aid for Africa’s poorest communities. African Voices in Europe exposes the failures of EC aid… Continue reading Websites of the Month, April 2008
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