Child poverty, inequality and demography
In a rapidly ageing world, sub-Saharan Africa stands out for its youth. Harnessing the potential of the region’s children and adolescents through expanded opportunities for health and education, could unlock … Continue reading
The Neo-colonization of Central America
The colonization of Latin America never ended, it merely changed forms. Today this conquest continues, with transnational companies driving neo-colonization grounded in the continued exploitation of natural resources. This is … Continue reading
Changing What Counts
This report looks at how citizens and civil society groups can generate data as a means to influence institutional data collection. In the following pages, we profile citizen-generated and civil … Continue reading
Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement
Too often, government leaders fail to adopt and implement policies that they know are necessary for sustained economic development. Political constraints can prevent leaders from following sound technical advice, even … Continue reading
No Less A Scream For It Being Artful
Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
Another guest contribution from Naeem Inayatullah to our symposium on Vitalis’s White World Order, Black Power Politics. Naeem’s research locates the Third World…
Information technology and political engagement
This paper contributes to our understanding of inequalities in political participation by assessing the causal and heterogeneous effects of access to means of communication. In doing so we seek to … Continue reading
Democracy Does Cause Growth
We provide evidence that democracy has a significant and robust positive effect on GDP. Our empirical strategy relies on a dichotomous measure of democracy coded from several sources to reduce … Continue reading
The science and practice of urban planning in slums
Originally posted on UGEC Viewpoints:
Jose Lobo Arizona State University, USA The historical experience of the now developed economies is that urbanization accompanied and fostered industrialization, economic growth and productivity…
Unpacking digital privacy, security & safety in the development space
Originally posted on Wait… What?:
Crowdsourcing our Responsible Data questions, challenges and lessons. (Photo by Amy O’Donnell). At Catholic Relief Services’ ICT4D Conference in May 2016, I worked with Amy…
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