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Development Progress is a four year research project which aims to better understand, measure and communicate what has worked in development and why. By examining progress across countries, and within sectors, Development Progress provides evidence for what has worked in development.

New blog - Mind the gaps: what’s missing in global education?

News

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Mind the gaps: what’s missing in global education?

Blog post

By Jakob Engel You may have never heard of it, but UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) is the most influential annual publication on education, and – particularly in its focus on inequality and marginalisation – has been well ahead of its time.

New resource: Using case studies to untangle complexity and learn from progress

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Using case studies to untangle complexity and learn from progress

Resource - Report

Jakob Engel and Susan NicolaiDownload 'Using case studies to untangle complexity and learn from progress'

New resource: Sustainable energy for all: a balance of objectives

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Sustainable energy for all: a balance of objectives

Resource - Report

Andrew Scott - Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute Download 'Sustainable energy for all: a balance of objectives'

New resource: Introducing Development Progress: understanding what works and why

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Introducing Development Progress: understanding what works and why

Resource - Document

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This paper provide an overview of the Development Progress project. It provides information about the main aims of the project as well as details of the forthcoming research agenda and planned outputs. Download 'Introducing Development Progress: understanding what works and why' The project aims to:

New event: 4th OECD World Forum - measuring well-being for development and policy making

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4th OECD World Forum: measuring well-being for development and policy making

Event

On 16-19 October 2012, the OECD will organise, jointly with the Government of India, the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy under the theme “Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making”.

News

New blog: Monitoring progress on poverty: the case for a high global poverty line

Thursday 16 May 2013

New blog: Two goals for fighting poverty

Friday 10 May 2013

New debate: Eradicating extreme poverty: a noble goal, but how do we measure it?

Friday 10 May 2013

April newsletter: understanding what works in development and why

Wednesday 1 May 2013

New blog: What’s driving the quiet revolution in basic healthcare?

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Latest blog posts

Monitoring progress on poverty: the case for a high global poverty line

Lant Pritchett

Thursday 16th May, 2013

'For some purposes ‘extreme poverty’ is very useful, whereas for others, like measuring progress in middle income countries where ‘extreme poverty’ is very low or focusing on the continued gaps between rich countries and the rest, it is not useful at all...'
Two Goals for Fighting Poverty

Martin Ravallion

Friday 10th May, 2013

'I would suggest we think about monitoring two poverty goals going forward: absolute poverty by the $1.25 a day standard and relative poverty by the standards typical of the country one lives in...'