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Blogpost l Poor numbers are not sexy
19 February 2013 | blogpost, data, evidence-based, online debate, post-2015, statisticsThe issue of statistical capacity building in developing countries is actually becoming a sexy issue. I can’t believe I am saying this. Though, we can ask Hal Varian for his opinion on that here....
Goals for science in the post-2015 development agenda
23 November 2012 | benchmarks, evidence-based, governance and mdgs, monitoring, post-2015The UN Secretary-General's high-level panel on life after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — the Post-2015 Development Agenda — held its second meeting in London at the beginning of November....
EU follows up on Rio + 20 calls - the beyond GDP agenda - European Public Health Alliance
31 October 2012 | alternative indicators, eu, evidence-based, mdg, post-2015, rio 20As overarching objectives of sustainable development, EU Environment Ministers welcomed the recognition of poverty eradication, the promotion of sustainable patterns of consumption and production,...
Research to Action launched alongside 3ie PIM workshop in Cornwall
01 October 2012 | evaluation, event, evidence-based, launch, researchThis week saw a meeting of international delegates involved in the Policy Influence Monitoring (PIM) project, funded by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), in Cornwall. To...
Initiative: the International Evaluation Partnership Initiative
29 March 2012 | country-led assessment, cso, equality, evidence-based, gender sensitive, good practice, initiative, peer-to-peer, social networkThe International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and UNICEF, in partnership with several major organizations, launched an innovative partnership to enhance the capacities of...
Event: Win a free Global Integrity Dialogue Workshop!
28 March 2012 | accountability, anti-corruption, evidence-based, global integrity, reform, transparency, workshopAs part of our effort to promote concrete policy dialogue around the findings from the recently released Global Integrity Report: 2011, Global Integrity is offering an interested government the...
Canada: Equity in Decision-Making and Service Delivery
19 March 2012 | blogpost, evidence-based, health, legislation, nat initiative, policyWellesley and the Equity MAgIC project have been actively working on pushing the equity agenda forward. Our goal is to ensure equity is consistently part of decision-making and service delivery –...
Event:Measures of Subjective Well-being for Public Policy - Wikiprogress.org
19 March 2012 | event, evidence-based, methodology, opportunity, policy, united kingdom, well-beingThe conference aims to bring together philosophers and non-philosophers - from psychologists and sociologists to economists and public policy practitioners - to discuss the philosophical foundations...
Blogpost: Data Basics for Advocacy
19 March 2012 | advocacy, blogpost, data, evidence-based, evidence-informed[...] Data basics 1: thinking it through before you start The different ways activists and journalists use data for advocacy can be divided in to three broad areas. First, data about an issue...
Blogpost: Does better information lead to better development outcomes? | A blog about Governance and Development for All
06 March 2012 | blogpost, citizen monitoring, evidence-basedThe idea that citizens can directly contribute to strengthening the governance and quality of service delivery has been gaining momentum. The recent globabl uprisings, from revolutions in Egypt and...