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Blogpost l New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more: a quick guide
07 November 2012 | database, employment, equality, financial, gender equality, health, indicators, nutrition , poverty, statistics, world bankYou’ll find a large amount of data available through the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative: for time-series alone, there are some 8,000 indicators for around 200 countries. And we’re often asked: “...
Gender and the Measurement of Poverty
26 January 2012 | gender, governance, povertyA Joint Approach to Measuring Poverty and Gender Disparity The importance of reducing poverty and gender disparity is widely accepted. But how is their evolution over time to be tracked? Leaving...
Egypt: a sectoral governance assessment towards better MDGs achievement
24 January 2011 | arab states, education, egypt, health, mdg, mdgs, poverty, poverty reduction, sanitation, undp-supported, waterGood Governance and Anti-Corruption measurement research programs are at the core of the Social Contract Centre (SCC)’s efforts to rebuild trust between development stakeholders in Egypt....
Publication: Poverty, Governance and Participation: The Example of Tajikistan. (UN-DPADM, 16 Sept 2010)
17 September 2010 | political economy, poverty, power analysis, publication, tajikistanBased on a concise poverty analysis of Tajikistan, Frank Bliss discusses the linkages between governance, stakeholder participation and decision-making processes on poverty alleviation. The paper...
Publication: The Causal Relationship between Corruption and Poverty: A Panel Data Analysis (MPRA, 11 Spet 2010)
13 September 2010 | causality, corruption, poverty, publicationMost of the studies which have investigated the link between corruption and poverty may draw conclusions on causality in the form of models that only show correlation. This study is set out to...
Publication: Surveying Justice: a Practical Guide to Household Surveys (J4P, 3 Sept 2010)
03 September 2010 | justice, methodology, participatory mechanisms, poverty, publication, surveyAlthough household surveys are a long established part of development practice, they are not a tool commonly used by justice reform practitioners. Household surveys can complement data collection...
Publication: Ability and Readiness of Nations to Reduce Hunger: Analysing Economic and Governance Capacities for Hunger Reduction (Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 5 Aug 2010)
05 August 2010 | causality, correlation, nutrition , poverty, publication, research[Using the World Governance Indicators and other datasets,] the study reveals that hunger is as much the result of poor or weak governance precipitating economic downturn as that of episodic...
Evolución de la pobreza en Argentina: evidencia, perfil y determinantes (Munich RePEc, 18 May 2010)
18 May 2010 | argentina, country initiative, poverty, resultsThe structural transformations produced in Argentina since the second half of the 70s,which were brought to the extreme during the 90s, generated a process of impoverishment and an increase of the...
Indigenous Peoples Still Among Poorest in World, but Progress Reported in Some Countries (World Bank, 12 May 2010)
12 May 2010 | indigenous, inequality, poverty, press releaseIndigenous Peoples worldwide continue to be among the poorest of the poor and continue to suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other...
Job: The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Uruguay: Senior Program Specialist or Officer - Globalization, Growth and Poverty (CLAD 25 Feb 2010)
25 February 2010 | globalisation, latin america, poverty, vacancyJob Overview The Globalization, Growth and Poverty Program Initiative supports research, builds long-term capacities and explores new methods and approaches dealing with sustainable and socially...