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Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program

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This book is the most comprehensive accounting ever presented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs reveal the relative sizes of economies by converting their gross domestic products and related measurements into a common currency, thereby enabling comparisons based on economic and statistical theory. By disclosing the theory, concepts, and methods underlying the estimates, this book increases more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Reviewing the evidence: How well does the European Development Fund perform?

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Development Gateway is very pleased to announce its successful involvement in the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) first data visualization venture. GPE is a unique partnership dedicated to getting all children into school for a quality education. GPE gathers vast amounts of data and education indicators from dozens of GPE developing-country partners that produce thousands of data points representing all aspects of a country’s education sector that are traditionally presented in the more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

A Different Kind of Diversity: The Changing Face of Engineering Education

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In the U.S. and abroad, calls abound for attracting students to engineering in high school, for providing incentives to students to complete their engineering degrees, and for increasing funding for engineering programs. Why? The argument is simple: we face unprecedented global challenges and opportunities, from the need for clean water and clean energy to fighting cyber terrorism. These challenges demand new ideas, and one obvious approach is simply to increase volume. After all: More more...

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John Daly on May 22, 2013

Logframer

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Logframer 1.0 is a free project management application for projects based on the logical framework method. Logframer was designed with NGO projects for development and humanitarian assistance in mind, but can also be used for other kinds of projects in other sectors. The basic idea behind Logframer is to provide aid actors such as NGOs, non-profit organisations, donor agencies and so on with a simple, versatile and free tool that makes designing projects an easier task (and more fun). Logframer more...

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John Daly on May 22, 2013

USING FUZZY SET QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, FSQCA [CASE STUDY]

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"Fuzzy-set analysis works from the assumption that the life isn’t black and white. Things can be more black, or more white, but rarely are they all one or the other. Certain questions, such as whether you are male or female are simple enough, but others such as “are you happy with the government’s economic policy?” tend to result in a more mixed answer, with a respondent being perhaps more than less in favour of the policy, but not completely happy or completely unhappy with it. Fuzzy-set more...

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John Daly on May 22, 2013

Monitoring & Evaluation Solutions

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AfricanPot.org provides this introduction to monitoring and evaluation solutions. Many links are provided to the reader to encourage more reading on specific topics.

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John Daly on May 22, 2013

A thought about quantitative evidence

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Evaluation professionals seem to emphasize quantitative evidence over qualitative. It is more important to get evidence that contributes to the kind of understanding that will lead to decisions that improve the situation, than to get evidence that satisfies the aesthetics of evaluation professionals.

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John Daly on May 22, 2013

Trillions of Dollars in Oil, Gas and Mining Revenue Still Shrouded in Secrecy

revenuewatch.org –

Secrecy still prevails in how natural resources are managed, and this conspires against economic development. The lives of over a billion citizens could be transformed if their governments managed their oil, gas and minerals in a more open, accountable manner. This emerges from the Resource Governance Index, which my organization, Revenue Watch Institute, released recently. The Index measures the transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries. Together these more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Can an 'open' government site be open if it is poorly designed?

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For some technically orientated people design can be an afterthought. Their focus is on making a system or machine work as it should, able to take in data and spit out information correctly and quickly. For these people, design is a 'nice to have' added towards the end of the process, with sites and systems made 'pretty' to appease the communications and marketing people, but is otherwise non-functional. I've participated in many IT-led 'design' processes, where the focus was on how entities more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Facebook used to mobilize capital for road to connect Indian States

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The story of construction of a 100-km road that would link Manipur with Nagaland and Assam. The untiring efforts of a family and the worldwide reach of social networking paved a rocky road to pitch the basic needs of food, education and livelihood in Manipur’s Tousem subdivision in Tamenglong district. Armstrong Pame and his family raised funds through a Facebook group, which has now crossed the 7,000-member mark. The Facebook group and the website of the project, http://thegreatindianroad.in more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Russia Retracts Commitment with Transparency, Leaves Open Government Partnership

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"Inevitably, there will be questions about what we are each prepared to sign up to," said British Prime Minister David Cameron in January 13, in his letter to fellow G8 leaders. Four months later, Russia has made clear it clear what it wasn't willing to sing onto: the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The most recent update on Russia is that the Kremlin will be pursuing "open government" on its own terms. Russia has withdrawn the letter of intent that it submitted on April 2012 in more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

SEA Change webinar recording online “Monitoring and evaluation Q&A session with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)”

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This closed webinar session titled "Monitoring and evaluation Q&A session with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute" was developed in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad – Pakistan, and took place on 16 May 2013. This webinar was a closed session, because we developed and used it to see how SEA Change could make use of webinars as training tool for M&E practitioners, going beyond the current “topical presentation and Q&A”-format more...

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Dennis Bours to Monitoring and Evaluation on May 22, 2013

USAID Video: Water Matters

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Nearly 800 million people lack dependable access to clean water and 2.5 billion lack access to improved sanitation, putting billions at risk of disease. Across the globe, USAID is thinking creatively, empowering women, supporting community-led innovations, and creating sustainable lasting change. Because USAID knows that water matters.

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John Daly on May 21, 2013

IFC invests $50 million to Help Expand Access to Finance to SMEs in Peru

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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a $50 million investment, which will help Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif) double the number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) it serves in Peru by 2017.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 21, 2013

EBRD and UniCredit will provide loans and leasing finance to Serbian SME's

balkans.com –

The EBRD is strengthening the private sector in Serbia by providing loans and leasing finance to small and medium-sized enterprises through local subsidiaries of UniCredit. The Bank will extend a loan of €30 million loan to UniCredit Bank Serbia for on-lending to private SMEs and up to €15 million to UniCredit Leasing Serbia d.o.o. especially to strengthen equipment leasing.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 21, 2013

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