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The Data Journalism Handbook 1.0 Beta

The Data Journalism Handbook 1.0 Beta

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Data journalism can help a journalist tell a complex story through engaging infographics. Or it can help explain how a story relates to an individual, as the BBC and the Financial Times now routinely do with their budget interactives (where you can find out how the budget affects you, rather than ‘Joe Public’). And it can open up the news gathering process itself, as The Guardian do so successfully in sharing data, context, and questions with their Datablog. Data can be the source of data more...

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D C on May 3, 2012

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Aid allocation: Should equally poor countries be treated equally?

Aid allocation: Should equally poor countries be treated equally?

blogs.worldbank.org –

Donor countries are routinely confronted with the problem of how to allocate the aid budget. The debate on aid allocation has called for various types of indicators including institutional capacities and governance but in the practice of aid allocation a multitude of factors, such as strategic geopolitical interests, budget constraints and internal political considerations, still play an important role in most countries. However, if we focus on welfare indicators and on current practices more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 23, 2013

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What is so “alternative” about lending to small businesses?

What is so “alternative” about lending to small businesses?

What is so “alternative” about lending to small businesses? As a provider of SME lending technology, I have heretofore generally accepted the classification of our company, Advanced Merchant Payments (AMP, for short), as one of the burgeoning class of “alternative lenders”. (See, for example, this insightful piece from Forbes Magazine). This growing awareness of “alternative lending”, therefore, has me wondering just what is so “alternative” about lending to small businesses. Before going more...

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Tom DeLuca to SME Finance Forum on March 27, 2013

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Italy, Electronic Payments and SME Credit Information - the central role of electronic payments to SME Finance

I'll be disappointing anyone who's expecting something on the present Italian political situation...that's beyond my pay grade...but was in Italy last week for 2 very interesting meetings, the first on retail and "corporate" payments, the second on SME credit information. At both were a number of regulators (mostly central bank officials), industry representatives (from the likes of VISA, MasterCard and the private credit information industry), and colleagues from the World Bank and IFC. more...

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matthew gamser to SME Finance Forum on March 26, 2013

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Global Metropolis: The Role of Cities and Metropolitan Areas in the Global Economy

Global Metropolis: The Role of Cities and Metropolitan Areas in the Global Economy

creativeclass.com –

The past year marked a turning point in world history. It was the year the world became urban. The share of the world’s population living in urban areas increased from just 3 percent in 1800 to 14 percent in 1900. By 1950, it had reached 30 percent. Today, this number stands at more than half. In the advanced countries, three-quarters of people live in urban areas (UNFPA, 2007). Noting this momentous shift, The Economist put it this way: “Whether you think the human story begins in a garden more...

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D C on May 30, 2011

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Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln Women in India at risk - experts

Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln Women in India at risk - experts

More than 300 million women and girls in India do not have access to safe menstrual hygiene products, endangering their health, curtailing their education and putting their livelihoods at risk, say experts at the Geneva-based Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). At least 23 percent of girls in India leave school when they start menstruating and the rest miss an average of five days during each monthly menstrual period between the ages of 12 and 18, according more...

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gagan kash on March 15, 2013

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Bangladesh Health Population and Nutrition Development Partner Consortium Website online

Bangladesh Health Population and Nutrition Development Partner Consortium Website online

The Government of Bangladesh has been conducting a sector-wide approach programme coordinated with bilateral and multilateral donors to strengthen the health sector; it is called the Health, Population, and Nutrition Sector Development Programme (HPNSDP). It is the largest sector-wide approach in the world and is supported by 23 development partners. This newly designed Health, Population and Nutrition website (www.hpnconsortium.org) features all essential information about the HPNSDP more...

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Karsten vdO on March 13, 2013

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Citizen Voices: Global Conference on Citizen Engagement for Enhanced Development Impact

wbi.worldbank.org –

Citizen Voices will focus on citizen engagement and feedback systems that strengthen the quality of policy making and the science of service delivery, and where the impact on the poor is most direct. The conference will position the citizen engagement agenda as essential for effective development, move from knowledge to action, and establish concrete partnerships for scaling up at global and national levels.

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Moushumi Biswas on March 6, 2013

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Africa's future decision makers present policy recommendations for ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Education

Policy Recommendations STI, ICT and Education

These recommendations represent the opinions of a cross-section of mid-to-senior level managers from ministries and public sector organizations in Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. While participating in an intensive leadership course run by GESCI, for the advancement of knowledge societies, these future leaders gained a deeper understanding of the critical interplay between Education, ICT, and Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in the development of emerging more...

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Niamh Brannigan on March 5, 2013

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Politicians,Donors Question Donor Neutrality in Nepal

Politicians,Donors Question Donor Neutrality in Nepal

reliefweb.int –

Dissent in Nepal over the role of ethnicity in a post-conflict state has put donor agencies under increased scrutiny, with politicians and analysts accusing them of meddling, taking sides and circumventing the government to push an agenda of "social cohesion". "We got a lot of criticism from all sides. We took the brunt [from all sections of society including marginalized groups, citizens, media and political parties] saying we interfered or didn't do enough," said the director of the UK more...

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Moushumi Biswas on February 27, 2013

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Land Grabbing and Global Governance

Land Grabbing and Global Governance flyer

tandfonline.com –

Land Grabbing and Global Governance Globalizations, 10(1) Guest Editors: Matias E. Margulis, Nora McKeon & Saturnino M. Borras Jr. The issue on land grabbing and global governance contains 14 articles: introductory essay, 8 original research articles and 5 review articles of transnational instruments to regulate land grabs. The special issue analyzes the recent global land rush from a global/transnational perspective and takes into account the ever greater flows of capital more...

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Matias Margulis on February 18, 2013

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Technological infrastructure and use of ICT in education in Africa: An overview

Technological infrastructure and use of ICT in education in Africa: An overview

adeanet.org –

The report is based on desk research, including a review of literature and examples of current initiatives using ICTs for education in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on open and distance learning. The report begins with a discussion of the socio-economic context of the continent, including the broad educational context within which any efforts to make use of ICTs and/or distance education must function.

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Moushumi Biswas on February 3, 2013

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Mobile phone boom in developing world could boost e-learning

Mobile phone boom in developing world could boost e-learning

guardian.co.uk –

A study of young people in Ghana, Morocco, Uganda and Maharashtra aims to encourage networks to improve education through mobile technology.

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Moushumi Biswas on December 20, 2012

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Business Involvement in Fighting HIV/AIDS

Business Involvement in Fighting HIV/AIDS

As the world talks of more people becoming infected and affected by HIV/AIDS – the epidemic needs to seen not just in the light of a human tragedy, but one that impacts various aspects of socio-economic development as well. As experienced workers succumb to the infection and young people become infected – all businesses will face the prospect of reduced profitability: with a greater number of employees falling sick due to HIV/AIDS, companies will be faced with increased more...

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Anuradha Bhatta... on September 27, 2006

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Heartless Kolkata watches man die

timesofindia.indiatimes.com –

It's known as a city with a heart caring, nourishing and reaching out to the helpless and destitutes. This premise was put to test over the weekend, and sadly, Kolkata failed. As hundreds of passersby and locals watched, a man shivered to death beside a garbage vat at the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road-Ripon Street crossing late on Monday evening. The vat is metres away from the spot where a police patrol vehicle stands every night. According to eyewitnesses, the man had been lying there ill, unfed, more...

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Shambhu Ghatak on November 26, 2008

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