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  Population 162.48 mln
  
  Population growth 2%
  
  Life expectancy 65 years
  
  Net migration -1,239,421
  
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  GDP $142.89 bln
  
  - per capita $879
  
  - growth rate 6%
  
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Too poor to care? The Salience of Aids in Africa

afrobarometer.org –

Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world that is most severely affected by HIV/AIDS. Yet, surveys of attitudes to AIDS across African countries show that most people do not attach great importance to the issue. Given the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS, this appears paradoxical. This paper argues that the salience of AIDS is low in Africa because many people are too poor to consider the disease important. This means that AIDS is crowded out by other issues – such as poverty, hunger, and more...

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D C on May 08, 2012

New Estimates Reveal Drop In Extreme Poverty 2005-2010

econ.worldbank.org –

The number of people in extreme poverty and the poverty rate declined in every region of the developing world during 2005-2008, the first time it ever happened over a three-year monitoring cycle since the World Bank started tracking extreme poverty.The data released today by the World Bank’s Development Research Group show that 22% of the developing world’s population – or 1.29 billion people – lived on $1.25 or less a day in 2008, down from 43% in 1990 and 52% in 1981. The update draws on 850 more...

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John Daly on March 12, 2012

At home or in a home?- Formal care and adoption of children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

unicef.org –

This report is about children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia who are deprived of parental care. Despite recent reforms, which have led to an increase in the number of children being placed in alternative families – for example with foster parents, guardians or adoptive parents – the majority of these children are still living in institutions. They live in a child care system which relies heavily on costly residential care and which also undermines their development potential. The report more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

People and the Planet Report

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Rapid and widespread changes in the world’s human population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption present profound challenges to human health and wellbeing, and the natural environment. This 2012 report from the British Royal Academy gives an overview of how global population and consumption are linked, and the implications for a finite planet.Key recommendations include:The international community must bring the 1.3 billion people living on less than $1.25 per day out of absolute more...

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John Daly on April 26, 2012

2011 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics

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This fact sheet is divided into the following sections:1. Hunger concepts and definitions2. Number of hungry people in the world3. Does the world produce enough food to feed everyone? Causes of hunger4. Progress in reducing the number of hungry people5. Micronutrients

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Farina Ahmed on February 24, 2011

Targeting the Poorest: An assessment of the proxy means test methodology

ausaid.gov.au –

The purpose of this study is to help AusAID staff, their counterparts in partner governments and othersworking in the field of social protection to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of a targetingmethodology known as the proxy means test (PMT). Despite the substantial literature on the PMT there is a dearth of comprehensive analysis. This means that developing country governments - and those advising on social protection - do not have an adequate basis upon which to consider the more...

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D C on April 11, 2012

Increasing the impact of EU Development Policy: Impact Assessment

ec.europa.eu –

When talking about the impact of EU development policy, one must pay attention not only to the impact of EU aid programmes and projects, but also to the other aspects of EU development policy (such as policy and political dialogue, the international influencing agenda, norms setting, policy coherence for development). This Impact Assessment focuses on Commission-managed aid as the main measurable indicator. Strengthened PCD, improved EU coordination, choice of aid modalities and the overall more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 25, 2012

What do National Poverty Lines tell us about Global Poverty?

ids.ac.uk –

This paper offers a new perspective on global poverty. It does so by estimating the distribution of poverty across countries, regions and income categories based on national poverty lines (NPLs). Even though comparing NPLs across countries means comparing poverty lines of different monetary value, we argue that exploring “poverty” as a nationally defined concept by countries at different stages of development unveils important and often unnoticed findings.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 05, 2012

Investing in Women Smallholder Farmers

actionaid.org –

Women smallholders face the added burden of juggling multiple responsibilities and systematic prejudice in land rights and political representation. If we wish to increase food production and reduce food insecurity and poverty, we need to examine the specific issues facing women farmers – and smallholder farmers in general – and develop policies that enhance their rights and meet their needs.This briefing provides suggestions and recommendations on how international agencies can enhance women more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 11, 2012

The Review of Social Protection Indicators in Early Childhood

unesdoc.unesco.org –

Numerous international agreements and conventions recognize social protection as a fundamental aspect of human rights. This report examines varying conceptions of social protection as it relates to children and existing international and regional efforts to monitor and assess the social protection of children. Existing international and regional sources of social protection data are examined, and those indicators particularly relevant to the welfare of children are identified. Following from more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 09, 2012

Industrial Upgrading and Diversification in the Philippines

beta.adb.org –

This report discusses key policy challenges that need to be addressed if the Philippines were to embark on sustainable and inclusive growth. We take the view that the main reason behind the Philippines’ lagging growth and development outcomes in the regional context lies in a sluggish transformation of the economy—in particular, stagnant industrialization. Chronic problems of unemployment, poverty, and low investment are reflections of weak industrial development. This report shows a more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 25, 2012

Social protection in Nigeria

odi.org.uk –

Social protection is increasingly being seen by the international community, regional bodies (e.g. the African Union (AU)) and national governments as a policy tool to address development challenges. This report examines the current status of social protection policy and programming in Nigeria and finds that it is falling significantly short as a policy response to address the needs of the poor. It then makes a number of policy and programming recommendations for the government and development more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 09, 2012

Occupational diversification among Dalits in rural India

bwpi.manchester.ac.uk –

The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies.Following the introduction, Section-II of the paper provides a description of the nature of the link between the Indian caste system and occupational structure, along with a summary of previous studies that have looked at occupational mobility over time, mostly within the anthropological/ sociological tradition. In Section III, the authors set out patterns in changes in rural more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 11, 2012

Less income inequality and more growth – Are they compatible?

oecd-ilibrary.org –

Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labor income inequality among individuals of working age. Labor income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. Individual labor income inequality is the main driver of household market income inequality, with family formation as well as self-employment and capital income dispersion playing a smaller role. This paper maps income inequality for all OECD countries across various inequality dimensions more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 20, 2012

Poverty: Is There an App for That?

aidwatchers.com –

Last week the World Bank issued a announced an upcoming event called Random Hacks of Kindness. Tech developers will gather at locations around the world to try to “create open solutions that can save lives and alleviate suffering.”Anyone imagining that a day or two of hacking will produce solutions to development problems, even in some small part, is either a technologist drunk on her own self-image who believes that she’ll solve a mindboggling social challenge with technology, or a World Bank more...

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D C on May 18, 2011

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