Global Education for Urban Futures
Urban Pamphleteer #5 contents Urban governance as a pedagogic tool in the Asian context Towards a reflexive critical urban pedagogy Getting the education for the city we want Finding ‘community’, … Continue reading
What should count as climate finance?
This paper provides a series of simple tools to help parties to the UNFCCC consider what should count towards the target of $100 billion per year of climate finance by … Continue reading
The poor are getting richer, and other dangerous delusions
The report uses a mixture of research, analysis and infographics to undermine seven different assumptions about economics and development promoted by political and business leaders at Davos, The report challenges … Continue reading
The World Bank and Human Rights – Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
The report begins with an analysis of the confusing approaches to human rights taken by the World Bank in its legal policy, public relations, policy analysis, operations and safeguards. The … Continue reading
Inextricably interlinked: The urban SDG and the new development agenda
A piece of excellent news is that we can proudly celebrate the inclusion of SDG11 — “Make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable” — among the 17 … Continue reading
Theories of Change: time for a radical approach to learning in development
The Theory of Change approach, with its focus on continuous critical reflection, demands a radical shift towards more and better learning in development thinking and practice. No new tool or … Continue reading
Are theories of change living up to their potential?
Theories of Change provide a framework to explain not just what a development program does, but how and why it does it. Even more importantly, Theories of Change uncover the … Continue reading
Stuffing data gaps with dollars: What will it cost to close the data deficit in poor countries?
We calculate a financing gap for data needs based on an analysis of existing survey coverage for three pillars of development data: the population census, living standard surveys, and health … Continue reading
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