Twinning the goals : how can promoting shared prosperity help to reduce global poverty?
This paper simulates the global poverty headcount under three growth scenarios for the bottom 40 percent up to 2030. The analysis deploys a set of”shared prosperity premiums,”in which the bottom … Continue reading
Data revolution at 15,000 feet
There has been perhaps too much emphasis on sample surveys to estimate indicators around poverty and service delivery. More needs to be done both to improve detailed and timely government … Continue reading
Agents of Change and their critical role in societal development: The Case of Maré.
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
[Guest Post by Marcela Pizano Castillo] Credits: Image for the top of the post. Image by Marcela Pizano Castillo Last year I decided to take part…
How to build future cities as if people mattered
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(An infographic depicting realtime data describing Dublin – the waiting time at road junctions; the location of buses; the number of free parking spaces…
Just Cities for Children: Voices from Urban Slums
Just Cities for Children: Voices from Urban Slums highlights World Vision’s experience in supporting children to express their ideas for a better city to key decision makers on a global … Continue reading
Challenging Patriarchy: Unsettling Men and Masculinities
Challenging Patriarchy presents contributions to the evolution of thinking on men and masculinities in Gender and Development, drawing on three IDS Bulletins published over a period of more than a … Continue reading
Data Revolution Report: A World that Counts
The report highlights two big global challenges for the current state of data: (1) The challenge of invisibility (gaps in what we know from data, and when we find out); … Continue reading
Even it Up: Time to end extreme inequality
This report [from Oxfam] delves into the causes of the inequality crisis and looks at the concrete solutions that can overcome it. Drawing on case studies from around the world … Continue reading
The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power
Henry A. Giroux – We live in a time of deep foreboding, one that haunts any discourse about justice, democracy and the future. Not only have the points of reference … Continue reading
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