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The end of the Third World? New study shows world poverty could be eradicated in 20 years

cambodine wrote 2 months ago: Poverty levels in Nepal, Rwanda and Bangladesh have dropped Report predicts some of the poorest coun … more →

Tags: infrastructure developments, Rwanda, poverty, Multidimensional Poverty Index, nepal, Bangladesh, oxforduniversity, Rowan Atkinson

Research Officer at ReSAKSS-SA Awarded Gender and Agriculture Research Fellowship 1 comment

Yifei Liu wrote 7 months ago: Source: IWMI Christopher Manyamba, who is a research officer at ReSAKSS-SA based in IWMI, has been a … more →

Tags: Announcements, agricultural research, International Food Policy Research Institute, WEAI

Indian Govt launches ambitious plan to cut Poverty in half by 20171 comment

The Elefunt wrote 10 months ago: Delhi: The UPA government has decided to launch an ambitious plan to cut the National Poverty rate i … more →

Tags: News, India-News, World News, Politics, popular, India, uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, poverty threshold

A Snapshot of Democracy in Asia – Part 5/6

Lloyd Lofthouse wrote 1 year ago: Among the so-called Asian democracies, India is next.  The Guardian says of corruption in India … more →

Tags: China, Politics, Crime, History, communism, capitalism, India, illiteracy in India, Poverty In India

Methods of Development | A Move Towards Holistic Poverty Evaluations

Laura Esposito wrote 1 year ago: We all know that nations cannot be defined purely by their GDP. And so we know that poverty, also, c … more →

Tags: Seminars, Conferences & Other Events, Research Reports, Debates in the Development Community, Poverty measurement, poverty, Latin America, Ethos Poverty Index, Ethos Foundation, Amartya Sen

New, improved human development indices1 comment

makanaka wrote 2 years ago: Now where did I put that new index? Policymakers and commentators are constantly looking for new way … more →

Tags: development, Millennium Development Goals, MDG, World Bank, Policy, Human Development Index, development indices, HDI, UNDP

The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool: Not-So-Distant Cousin of the MPI?3 comments

Tayo Akinyemi wrote 2 years ago: The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) was officially launched by the International Fun … more →

Tags: poverty, Assessment Tool, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool, international fund for agricultural development, Capabilities Approach

To Aggregate or Not To Aggregate: The MPI Revisited

Tayo Akinyemi wrote 2 years ago: I blogged about the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human D … more →

Tags: Indexes, Multidimensional Poverty Index, aidwatch, Duncan Green, From Poverty to Power, martin ravallion, Sabina Alkire, Gabriel Demombynes


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