Why do children figure so little in poverty planning? This Background Note sets out a conceptual framework for those involved in Poverty Reduction Strategy processes who wish to boost the visibility of child rights.
A summary of initial findings from an ongoing review of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will include a set of league tables. The key message is that progress is possible, with a number of countries making real achievements.
This paper contains over 20 briefings considering the role of low-income, small or vulnerable countries in the G-20 growth framework ahead of the Toronto and Seoul G-20 summits this year, 2010.
This Briefing Paper argues that equitable distribution of the benefits of growth, in the form of progressive taxation and pro-poor public spending on health, education and social protection, is an essential part of how growth contributes to the MDGs.
Gender-sensitive social protection can contribute to progress on the Millennium Development Goals, but only if gender equality is seen as critical to programme effectiveness.
Agricultural work in Tanzania
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A renewed donor interest in stabilising countries affected by political violence, armed conflict and chronic poverty – so-called fragile states – should come as a welcome development to humanitarians who have long complained of the indifference shown to large-scale human suffering in these contexts. In some places, at least, it could mean that humanitarian assistance is no longer used for ‘moral absolution' in the absence of serious political commitment to protecting civilians.
Review of a sector-wide approach (SWAp) for the environment, including water resources management, in Colombia, supported by Dutch cooperation. The research team had previously successfully conducted the assessment of the Colombian environmental SWAp in 2009, presenting to the Ambassador and officials of the Royal Netherlands Embassy the report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the mission.
This chapter assess the linkages think tanks have with national (and local) political processes and actors, including their donors; and considers the implications of these on their research priorities, policy messages and policy influencing channels.
Helps identify some ways in which the international community could be instrumental to accompanying the process of MDG achievements in Bolivia in line with the fulfilment of MDG 8.
