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A geek's guide to measuring the MDGs
21 March 2013 | guide, mdgs, statistical methodsAn effective post-2015 development agenda will depend in part on our ability to understand how well current targets are doing – and for that, nothing's better than statistics(...)
Blogpost l Human Development Index in 2013 Report shows major gains since 2000 in most countries of South
19 March 2013 | blogpost, hdi, hdr, mdgsMexico City, 14 March 2013—Norway, Australia and the United States lead the rankings of 187 countries and territories in the latest Human Development Index (HDI), while conflict-torn Democratic...
Blogpost l Measuring is Managing - Water Management
01 March 2013 | basic service delivery, blogpost, mdgs, sanitation, water, water governanceWater management lies behind most of the great development challenges of the 21st Century. It's obvious but we too often forget that we won't be able to achieve food security, energy security,...
Blogpost l Should governance have a place in the post-2015 framework?
01 March 2013 | blogpost, governance, mdgs, post-2015, public sectorToday marks the conclusion of the final meeting of the Global Thematic Consultation on Governance and the Post-2015 Development Framework, held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting,...
Nigeria l Cellular Citizenship
19 February 2013 | africa, basic service delivery, citizen monitoring, mapping, mdgs, mobile phones, open dataIn Nigeria, hundreds of government-hired enumerators armed with GPS-enabled smartphones have systematically been visiting schools, water points, and health facilities across the country. At each...
Blogpost | It’s not only about the goals
06 February 2013 | blogpost, data, mdgs, measure progress, measurement, post-2015In his annual letter, Bill Gates invokes the power of measurement to drive results, and suggests the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) owed to their coherent focus on a set of...
Blogpost l Global Goals for Human Rights and Governance After 2015
02 February 2013 | blogpost, human rights, indicators, mdgs, post-2015, targetsAs the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draws near, debates about the contours of a new post-2015 development agenda that will best meet the needs of the world’s poor...
New Resource l Measuring Democracy and Democratic Governance in a Post-2015 Development Framework
11 December 2012 | discussion paper, indicators, mdgs, methodology, post-2015"Measuring Democracy and Democratic Governance in a post-2015 Development Framework" is a discussion paper released in August 2012, by UNDP. The discussion paper aims to outline some of the major...
Criteria and Measurement Proposals for a Post-2015 Development Agenda l Global Consultation on Governance and the Post-2015 Framework
10 December 2012 | accountability, expert meeting, human rights, mdgs, online debate, post-2015GAP has contributed to the on-going Post-2015 debate, providing inputs on the feasibility of measuring governance as a theme potentially addressed by the future MDGs or Sustainable Development Goals...
Are fragile states really failing to meet the MDGs?
10 December 2012 | conflict, fragile states, mdgsAlmost whenever you read anything about fragile states, the introduction notes that, ‘no low-income fragile or conflict-affected country has yet to achieve a single United Nations Millennium...