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ALNAP M&E resources added to SEA Change CoP resource library

The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP - http://www.alnap.org/) is a learning network that supports the humanitarian sector to improve humanitarian performance through learning, peer-to-peer sharing and research. The following resources are some of M&E related publications ALNAP has developed to contribute to improving the quality and accountability of humanitarian actions. March 2013: Evaluation of humanitarian action more...

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Dennis Bours to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 17, 2013

International Finance Corporation - Banking on Women

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IFC’s Banking on Women Program is playing a catalyzing role working with partners and financial institutions worldwide to profitably and sustainably serve businesses owned and run by women. Through leveraging the branch network and SME services of relationship financial institutions, IFC is working with local financial institutions to enhance offerings that increase access to finance for women entrepreneurs.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on June 17, 2013

World Bank - Female Entrepreneurship Resource Point

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The Female Entrepreneurship Resource Point responds to increasing demands for best practices and tools to integrate gender in private sector development and entrepreneurship promotion programs, and address the needs and constraints faced by female entrepreneurs. It is designed to have two functions—provide practical guidance and recommendations, and serve as a clearinghouse of programs, emerging research and data on the topic.

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Do VC firms really add value? new NBER paper suggests not...

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see the link to a new working paper for the National Bureau for Economic Research from Michael Ewens of Carnegie Mellon and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf of Harvard Business School. they suggest that individual partners' human capital is 2 to 5 times more valuable than the VC firm's organizational capital in explaining investment performance. they focus in particular on skill transfer and exit styles. the authors also suggest that this is why VC firms tend to cap investment at about a more...

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Guidelines on Open Government Data for Citizen Engagement - 2nd Edition

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Over the last decade an increasing number of citizens around the world have demanded that their fundamental right to engage in policy making and policy implementation be recognized and that their governments become more transparent and accountable. Responding to recognition of the rights of citizens, governments across the world have embraced the concept of ‘Open Government’ including three core elements: transparency, participation, and collaboration. Thus open government has become a major more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 17, 2013

How ICT tools are promoting citizen participation in Uganda

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During Uganda’s February-March 2011 elections, ICT tools were used broadly, for campaigning, tallying results, monitoring the actions of political groups and the electoral body, for civic education, and for activism. The tools included mobile phones, automated calls, crowdsourcing platforms, radio and television, as well as social media. All these may have contributed to transparency in the elections, if not necessarily to the voter turn-out. Worryingly, many Ugandans do not participate in more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 17, 2013

The Philippines to use Blue Gene Supercomputer for weather forecasting

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By the end of 2013, the Philippines will be the first country in South East Asia to acquire an IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer to improve its weather forecasting system and genomics research. “The Blue Gene supercomputer opens many doors for the country and reduces our uncertainty (in R&D). Our vision for a Smarter Philippines needs breakthrough instruments such as this, to propel us toward advancement,” said Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo. Considered as one of more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 17, 2013

ICT for Development Institution Building

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This APCICT knowledge resource is the inaugural issue of the Knowledge Sharing Series (KSS). The resource explores the importance of institution building to effectively develop ICT capacity for national socio-economic development. It outlines the necessity of developing a common vision and strategies, directing and securing resources, defining roles and responsibilities, and promoting coordinated efforts and partnerships that makes ICTD possible and effective. The KSS is intended to complement more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 17, 2013

The Economist Intelligent Unit: Expert Views on the UN E-Government Survey

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This report focuses on e-government trends in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and also looks at the role of the biennial United Nations survey of e-government development. The report draws on desk research and interviews with experts and policymakers. The lower cost and greater efficiency promised by e-government - the digital transformation of the public sector – are particularly appealing in a time of budget cutbacks and economic uncertainty. Yet the benefits of e-government go more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on June 17, 2013

Open Government Grants: Apply Now!

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We know how challenging fundraising can be. You start an innovative project using technology to make government more open and accessible and halfway through -- you run out of money. Or maybe you know someone who is collecting municipal data and wants to make a cool app to help residents understand how local government works, but they don’t have funding. If you are developing an open source tool and are looking for funds to jumpstart the project, apply now for an OpenGov Grant from the Sunlight more...

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D C on June 17, 2013

Open Data Institute (ODI) launches new certificates to help everyone discover, understand, and use open data

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The ODI recently launched Open Data Certificates to help everyone find, understand and use open data that is being released. The new certificates are being announced by CEO Gavin Starks at a G8 Summit event: Open for Growth. The certificates have been created in response to business, government, and citizen needs to bring rigour to the publication, dissemination and usage of open data. Over the last six months, ODI has been collaborating with dozens of organisations around the world to define more...

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D C on June 17, 2013

Power Grid System Market In Subsea, By Offshore Power, Components, and Geography 2018

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The report covers the global power grid system market in subsea which includes different components of subsea power grid system, types of power supply sources for subsea power grid system, and other related segments. It studies the extent of end use of subsea power grid solutions in different application areas with respect to different regions. It also analyses the market with respect to drivers, opportunities, and winning imperatives related to the industry. The qualitative analyses more...

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Susan Rogen on June 17, 2013

India and China Smart Cards Market Analysis Reports at RnR Market Research

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In technology terms, smart cards resemble similar to “”dumb”" magnetic stripe cards, but with one major difference: embedded in them is a computer chip, either to process data held on the card, or to act as an access key to data that is held remotely. Smart cards are more secure than simple plastic or magnetic stripe cards and are more versatile, being able to store more data and operate multiple applications. Till recently, the telecom sector has been the only prominent user of more...

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Paul Thomen on June 17, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Border insecurity in North Africa

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The literature on border security in North Africa has several key themes: security and terrorism; migration; and goods trafficking. These issues are all intertwined. Migration and trafficking tend to follow the same geographical routes, which or may not also include weapons smuggling for extremist groups. In addition, radicalists’ movements across borders frequently interact with trafficking for profit. All countries in this region are described as having ‘porous borders’, particularly those more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on June 17, 2013

A memo to the G8: Time to deliver on aid transparency

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In the wake of the U.N. High-Level Panel Report on the Post-2015 Framework proposing a transformational agenda on transparency and a ‘Global Data Revolution’, there is no time like the present for the G-8 to be the game-changers and mobilise at the forefront of the open government movement. Much of the hard thinking and political legwork on aid transparency has already been done. The G-8 (and many others), agreed to take action at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectivness in Busan, South Korea more...

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D C on June 16, 2013

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