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
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
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
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
Asia and the middle-income trap
A review of how per capita income has changed since 1970 relative to income in the United States tells us something about the risk of the middle-income trap in different … Continue reading
Risk of water wars rises with scarcity
Chris Arsenault: Almost half of humanity will face water scarcity by 2030 and strategists from Israel to Central Asia prepare for strife. In March, a report from the office of … Continue reading
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international network of civil society promoting members, partners and most significantly, organizations. Since its founding in 1993, the group has used this … Continue reading
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