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Data to leave no one behind: Development cooperation and the P20

By Michael Gerber, Swiss Special Envoy for Global Sustainable Development The shift from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was a watershed moment. It...

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What does new World Bank data tell us about progress on poverty?

There has been some progress on aggregate and in some countries and regions. However, overall there are many people and places that are making very slow progress or no progress at all, with poverty...

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Who is being left behind? A new perspective on multidimensional poverty

Our understanding of poverty has evolved over the years. We have tightened our grasp on its complexity and the numerous interconnected factors – big and small – that drive it. Nowhere has this been...

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Development cooperation for improved data

This last week has been an important one for the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), seeing both the appointment of a new Chair and the publication of the latest edition of the Development...

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Filling the gaps in current global poverty data estimates

As the authoritative global repository of extreme poverty data, the World Bank’s PovcalNet database currently provides contemporary and historical poverty estimates for 164 economies. Despite this...

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Bristol and the SDGs: Bridging the local and the global

Date 1 May 2019 Time 18.00–19.45 BST, followed by a drinks reception from 19.45–20.30 Location Enderby Room, the School of Physics, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue,...

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Vulnerability and resilience in Somalia

The 2011 famine and 2016 severe drought conditions in Somalia drew the attention of development actors to issues and options for addressing recurrent shocks and the roles that different people can...

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Development Initiatives’ response to the UK’s Voluntary National Review

Harpinder Collacott, Executive Director at Development Initiatives said, “We welcome a comprehensive and thoughtful report from the UK on its progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals at home...

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From review to delivery on the Global Goals – what should the immediate...

On 26 June, the UK government published its Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the UK’s progress against the Global Goals. The review was led by the UK’s Department for International Development...

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Harmonising registrations and identification in emergencies in Somalia

This report studied how different humanitarian agencies in emergency contexts in Somalia are collecting, analysing, reporting and sharing data on recipients of assistance in cash transfer programmes,...

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