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   The Taliban is not the biggest barrier to education for Malala's peers

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 29 July 2013

   'the Taliban thought they had solved a problem. When one of its gunmen shot a 15-year-old girl in the head for publicly opposing a ban on girls' schooling, it looked as though they had silenced a source of dissent. Instead, their intended victim has emerged a powerful voice for education.'

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   On one side, Malala. Allied on the other - the Taliban and tax avoidance

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 July 2013

   'A 16-year-old school girl has shown the world what Pakistan’s future could look like. Perhaps the Pakistani Government could take a leaf out of Malala’s book and demonstrate the resolve and ambition needed to make education a right for all children in the country.'

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   Eradicating global poverty: a noble goal, but how do we measure it?

   Publication - Discussion papers - 21 June 2013

   Working Paper 2

   Emma Samman, Martin Ravallion, Lant Pritchett, Stephan Klasen, Sabina Alkire, Amanda Lenhardt, Emmanuel Letouzé

   This working paper collates proposals from several experts on how to measure poverty in a post-2015 agreement. Their contributions show some consensus, but also several areas of contention.

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4. Animation: Development Progress - exploring what works and why

   Opinion - Films and videos - 9 June 2013

   'Too often stories of failure hide the fact that, despite these challenges, we live in an age where more progress has been made than at any other time in human history...'

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   Old age, disability and mental health: data issues for a post-2015 framework

   Publication - Discussion papers - 3 June 2013

   ODI Background Notes

   Emma Samman and Laura Kiku Rodriguez-Takeuchi

   This Background Note discusses the available data on inequalities associated with disability, old age and mental health in a post-2015 development agreement. It presents the constraints to better data collection and some changes to key international survey instruments that would broaden their coverage, collect richer information and improve identification of these three groups.

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   The good, the bad and the ugly in the long-awaited UN development report

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 30 May 2013

   'We're firmly in "jigsaw" territory – a report trying, ambitiously, to solve interrelated problems at once. It sets out the destination well. We're unclear about the journey, and the roles of different actors in getting us there – but there's still two years left to negotiate.'

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   Wealth in the UK: distribution, accumulation and policy

   Publication - Books or book chapters - 22 May 2013

   John Hills, Francesca Bastagli, Frank Cowell, Howard Glennerster, Eleni Karagiannaki and Abigail McKnight

   This book presents new findings on wealth inequality and how it has changed, how people accumulate wealth through capital gains and inheritance, and the effects of wealth-holding on life chances. It argues that despite its great importance, public policies towards personal wealth are inconsistent, contradictory and often regressive.

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   Who Counts? The Power of participatory statistics

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   Credit: Practical Action
   Source: Practical Action
   

   Who counts? The power of participatory statistics

   Event - Public event - 21 May 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   ODI, in partnership with Practical Action Publishing and the Institute of Development Studies, are delighted to host Jeremy Holland who will speak about his most recent book Who counts? The power of participatory statistics.

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   Lifting women out of poverty

   Community members in a local slum participate in discussions after watching video documentaries screened by the Self Employed Women's Association of India. (Gujarat, India, 2010)
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Gates Foundation
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   Why poverty - where next?

   Event - Public event - 17 May 2013 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

   The BBC's Why Poverty project was a unique attempt by a UK broadcaster to engage mainstream audiences with the issue of global poverty. In this public event, we'll examine how successful the project was and ask what lessons can be learnt for any future attempts to engage the public, both in the UK and around the world, with poverty and development. We also reflect on what we've learnt from broader analysis into public opinion and public engagement.

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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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