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Upcoming event: The launch of the Global Peace Index - Home - Peace Portal
08 June 2013 | conflict assessment, democracy, education, global index, launch, peace, transparency, well-beingThe 7th edition of the Global Peace Index will be released internationally in June 2013. On Thursday 13 June 2013 from 16:00-17:00 it will be presented at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague...
Launch l Social Progress Index
08 June 2013 | environment, global index, happiness measures, launch, social indicators, well-being measurementsCan Harvard professor Michael Porter do for wellbeing and happiness what others have so far failed to achieve? Michael Porter, who created the concept of shared value, hopes to bring social and...
US l Uncover the Data Around You
14 December 2012 | ict, launch, open data, statistics, usaSitegeist was created by the Sunlight Foundation with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is the third in a series of National Data Apps. The first two National Data Apps are...
Launch l Making All Voices Count | A Grand Challenge For Development
06 December 2012 | citizen empowerment, funding, launch, monitoring, political accountability, service deliveryYesterday (05.12.2012), a new government transparency and accountability funding mechanism was launched– Making All Voices Count. Held at USAID headquarters. Making All Voices Count (MAVC) is a $45...
Launch l Water Governance Latin America & Caribbean Report Aims to Help Realize UN MDGs
03 December 2012 | caribbean, latin america, launch, mdg, multi-level models, toolkit, water governanceClimate change, population growth, ongoing urbanization and land use conversion to agriculture is prompting government, public, non-profit and business organizations worldwide to pay greater...
Launch: 2012Commitment to Development Index
16 October 2012 | comparative, development, global index, launchWhich wealthy nations are helping poor ones most? Rich and poor are linked in many ways. Each year, the CDI scores wealthy governments on helping poor countries via 7 linkages: aid, trade,...
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...
Education spending rising but access to higher education remains unequal in most countries, says OECD
25 September 2012 | education, global index, launch, report11/09/2012 - Watch the webcast of the press conference live Governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce...
Launch (Nigeria): National Crime and Safety Survey
13 July 2012 | africa, crime, event, initiative, launch, nat assessment, nigeria, safety, securityThe CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with the Macarthur Foundation hereby invites you to the public presentation of findings of the National Crime and Safety Survey, 2012 on July 24, 2012, at...
Launch: 2012 Global Peace Index
22 June 2012 | crime, global index, launch, peace, securityThe world has become more peaceful for the first time since 2009, according to the 2012 Global Peace Index. All regions excluding the Middle East and North Africa saw an improvements in levels of...