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Human Development Report 2011
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedThe great development challenge of the 21st century is to safeguard the right of generations today and in the future to live healthy and fulfilling lives. The 2011 Human Development Report offers important new contributions to the global dialogue on this challenge, showing how sustainability is inextricably linked to equity—to questions of fairness and social justice and of greater access to a...
Human Development Report 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP ProducedThis year’s Report celebrates the contributions of the human development approach, which is as relevant as ever to making sense of our changing world and finding ways to improve people’s well-being. Indeed, human development is an evolving idea—not a fixed, static set of precepts—and as the world changes, analytical tools and concepts evolve. So this Report is...
The Role of Think Tanks and Research Institutes for More National Ownership and Alignment of Evidence to Policy
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Noha El-Mikawy This OGC discussion paper, written is the outcome report of the conference organized by UNDP OGC with support from IDRC Canada entitled: Evidence on Governance into Policy: The Role of Research Institutes and Think Tanks, January 18 and 19 2009. The conference was organized as a side-event of the Information and Decision Support Center IDSC International...
Evidence-Informed Policy in Post-Conflict Contexts: Nepal, Peru and Serbia
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Conflict, Europe and CIS, GAP, Latin America and the Carribean, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Nicola Jones and Arnaldo Pellini This OGC discussion paper summarises case studies from Nepal, Peru and Serbia, three diverse post-conflict contexts on the production and use of governance evidence at both the general and sectoral levels. It served as a background document to the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre & Canadian IDRC Event: Evidence on Governance into...