Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Sex in Science Yields Gendered Innovations

Abby Tabor –  Consideration of sex and gender is woefully lacking in science and innovation today, says Londa Schiebinger, director of the Gendered Innovations project at Stanford University. Until recently, attention … Continue reading →

Sunday, 21 October 2012 · Leave a comment

Uganda: Government Sued Over Maternal Healthcare

Uganda’s government currently finds itself the subject of unwanted attention following the decision of more than 50 civil society groups to seek legal recourse that could fundamentally call into question … Continue reading →

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Central-local government relations in Thailand’s health sector

World Bank – This paper focuses on efficiency and equity in the financing of health services, and the evolving role of central and local government in the health sector. Thailand … Continue reading →

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Women Play Key Role in Economic Gains in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank – Women’s growing participation in the workforce had a major role in poverty reduction in the region. Without their work, extreme poverty in the region in 2010 would have … Continue reading →

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CCT expansion to cover homeless people, street children

The government’s poverty reduction program- Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) is further expanding to reach out to children in need of special protection around the … Continue reading →

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Innovations in measuring inequality and poverty

The 2010 report advances the measurement agenda for human development. Building on many years of research and critiques, it introduces new measures for multidimensional inequality—overall and by gender—and for poverty. … Continue reading →

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Is Global Poverty Becoming A Matter of National Inequality?

Andy Sumner – From Deprivation to Distribution: Is Global Poverty Becoming A Matter of National Inequality? This paper asks the following question: does the shift in global poverty towards middle-income … Continue reading →

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Human Rights and ASEAN

An interview with Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree, currently full time lecturer at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand. She is also Director of the International Ph.D Program in … Continue reading →

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Income inequality as a cause of the Great Recession?

We argue that the ways in which consumers react to changes in relative income depend on such institutional factors as the deepness and regulation of the credit markets, the organisation … Continue reading →

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