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MDG SEPTEMBER SUMMIT: Eminent Personalities Galvanize Support

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"The United Nations is leaving no stone unturned to galvanize action toward achieving by 2015 the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). "In run-up to a gathering of heads of government and state at the UN in September 2010, Secretary-General has set up an advocacy Group of eminent persons. "A 'real collection of superheroes in defeating poverty' has been chosen to serve on the Group, co-chaired by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Spanish Prime Minister more...

Added by John Daly on September 08, 2010

Low-income countries to benefit from advocacy by UN-appointed eminent persons

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un.org –

"Development problems plaguing the world’s poorest countries (LDCs) will occupy the minds of the Group of Eminent Persons appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier this week as they examine obstacles to economic progress and recommend new paradigms for transforming low-income economies.“'The Group of Eminent Persons will give visibility to the problems of LDCs [least developed countries],' Cheick Sidi Diarra, the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, more...

Added by John Daly on September 08, 2010

The long-term impact of development interventions in rural Bangladesh

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This series of notes summarizes findings of a project entitled “What development interventions work?This note focuses on the long-term impacts on men’s and women’s assets of disseminating agricultural technologies to individuals compared with groups. It is hoped that these results will help policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders to effectively evaluate different interventions thereby contributing to the design of future anti-poverty programs in South Asia.

Added by Zunia on September 05, 2010

The roles of openness and labor market institutions for employment dynamics during economic crises

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Employment effects of the recent global economic crisis have differed significantly across countries. An active public debate currently focuses on external shocks and the role of labor market policies as a driver of those differences. In this note, the authors analyze the roles of integration into the global economy and different labor market institutions during different phases of past global economic downturns and domestic banking and debt crises. The authors find that domestic debt and more...

Added by Zunia on September 01, 2010

The Southern African Response to Food Security and the Global Food Crisis

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tradeknowledgenetwork.net –

Given the recent global food price hikes, which revealed the vulnerability of social and economic development in the face of food insecurity, this paper contextualizes the situation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This report analyzes the policy responses of some of the countries in this bloc and their implication for intraregional trade and regional integration and the broader objectives of food security. Generally, countries in Southern Africa are in a more or less more...

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Prospects for Mainstreaming Ecosystem Goods and Services in International Policies

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mnp.nl –

This study shows how local delivery of ecosystem goods and services (EGS) is closely linked to international policies on development cooperation, trade, climate change and reform of international financial institutions. Integrating or mainstreaming EGS considerations into these policies provides significant opportunities to contribute to reducing poverty while simultaneously improving the quality of local EGS.

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

As Niger goes hungry, people ask what went wrong

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mediaglobal.org –

After teetering dangerously close to a national famine in 2005, Niger is once again facing a food crisis that is devastating both its population and economy. As scenes of poverty and despair resurface throughout the country, both local and international communities are asking what went wrong.“In the humanitarian community, we need to be discussing why it is that Niger is suffering from a repeating crisis despite the lessons we learned from the first,” said Vincenzo Galastro, Programme Manager more...

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Millennium Development Goals

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A new deal for the world’s most vulnerable people.

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Africa: Takeoff?

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Africa is at another crossroads promising both massive challenge but also renewed hope.

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Millennium Development Goals: Review of progress by the UN General Assembly, September 2010

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ilo.org –

A High-level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly will be held from 20 to 22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDG target of 2015.UN agencies have prepared reports for the meeting describing successful case studies that can be replicated and scaled up, highlighting lessons learned, identifying remaining challenges, and making recommendations for progress. The ILO, the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization jointly coordinated the more...

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

Building on the Inheritance: The UK’s Role in Global Poverty Reduction

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chathamhouse.org.uk –

This paper argues that:The UK is widely recognized as one of the world's most effective aid donors - and its influence has pushed poverty up the international agenda. Global financial and food crises, climate change, unmet aid commitments, outdated global governance structures and China's emergence as a major player in international aid pose challenges and opportunities for Britain's development policy. Although a political consensus regarding Britain's continued role in global poverty more...

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

(Re)counting the poor in Peru: a multidimensional approach

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This paper addresses the debate between the recent evolution of monetary poverty figures and the levels of deprivation of the Peruvian population. The paper relies on a multidimensional approach for poverty measurement to measure the tension between the incidence of monetary poverty and the overall level of deprivation in terms of a set of basic attributes for human development.The author indicates that according to 2008 figures, 39% of individuals lacking some of the basic attributes more...

Added by Zunia on August 29, 2010

Childhood Poverty in Tanzania: Disparities in Child Well-Being

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The Tanzania Study Childhood Poverty in Tanzania: Disparities in Child Well-Being demonstrates that approximately 34% of Tanzanians live below the basic needs poverty line, and approximately 17% of the population live below the food poverty line. At the same time, roughly six million children aged 0-14 years are living below the basic needs poverty line, and around three million children fall below the food poverty line. Yet, 70.8 % of Tanzanian children are reported to live in absolute more...

Added by Zunia on August 29, 2010

High-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity

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This will be a a high-level meeting of the General Assembly at its 65th session, with the participation of Heads of State, Governments and delegations.The meeting will be chaired by the President of the 65th session of the General Assembly. The panels will be co-chaired by Heads of State and Government at the invitation of the President of the 64th session of the General Assembly on the basis of equitable geographical representation. The President of the General Assembly will prepare a more...

Added by John Daly on August 26, 2010

Using Cows to Pull Bangladeshi Farmers out of Poverty

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good.is –

Bangladesh has the third-largest cattle population in Asia (and the 12th-largest in the world). CARE knew Bangladesh’s dairy industry was a prime area where the country’s poor could find gainful income, if only they had access to it. So the staff began working in the country’s rural north to recruit people living below the poverty line (those subsisting on $2 or less per day) into dairy farming. But just pointing them in the right direction wasn’t enough. Dairy farmers didn’t always have access more...

Added by Zunia on August 26, 2010

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