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Claire Melamed

Head of Programme, Growth, Poverty and Inequality

Claire Melamed is the Head of the Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme at ODI. She was previously the Head of Policy at ActionAid UK. She has also worked for Christian Aid, the United Nations in Mozambique, and taught at the University of London and the Open University.

Claire's current research interests are on the MDGs and the development of a post-MDG international agreement on development, on how an analysis of equity can improve our understanding of poverty and how to end it, on how to design policies to ensure that the benefits of growth are distributed to poor people, and on how to make inequality visible to policy makers through better data.

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MY World: Summary of results March 2013

Publication - Research reports and studies - 3 April 2013

Claire Melamed, Paul Ladd

By March 21st 2013, the MY World survey had mobilized over 150,000 participants in 190 countries to vote for their most important priorities. This paper provides information on the current findings at a global and sub-global level.

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My World survey offers architects of post-2015 agenda an unmissable cue

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 March 2013

'When governments sit down to hammer out a deal on the new development framework, they won't be able to say they don't know what people want – My World is telling them, loud and clear.'

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How to build sustainable development goals: integrating human development and environmental sustainability in a new global agenda

Publication - Research reports and studies - 20 March 2013

Claire Melamed and Paul Ladd

Combining human development and environmental objectives is firmly on the agenda for a new set of global priorities after 2015. This paper discusses three different ways of integrating human development and environmental sustainability objectives within new goals, depending on the outcome being sought.

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The post-2015 High-Level Panel met in Monrovia and…

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 6 February 2013

'I feel more optimistic now that the destination will be a good one. But a lot of the most difficult issues still haven’t really been addressed, and there’s a lot to be done in Bali…'

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Economic growth and transformation in a post-2015 agreement

Publication - Research reports and studies - 6 February 2013

Claire Melamed

This background paper was prepared for the 3rd meeting of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 agenda and explores economic growth and transformation in a post-2015 agreement.

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