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UNGA – Bad for traffic, but good for the world

Blog post
Fri, 09/28/2012 - 10:40 -- Liesbet Steer
Don’t try to drive up First Avenue in New York City this week… unless, of course, you’re a Head of State. The week when the world’s leaders come to the UN for the High-Level Segment of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adds thousands of hours to New Yorkers’ travels times, but does it add value? In some ways, yes, it does.

Increasing the effectiveness of Aid for Trade: the circumstances under which it works best

Resource - Document
This review paper seeks to assess the impact of Aid for Trade thus far, and what has worked and what the barriers to improving the impact of Aid for Trade are.

The energy trilemma for developing countries

Blog post
Fri, 08/03/2012 - 14:17 -- Andrew Scott
The recent breakdown of the electricity supply in northern India is a stark reminder of the importance of energy for economic and social progress.  For a time, more than 600 million electricity consumers were left without power, joining the 300 million in India who are permanently without access to electricity.  There will be enquiries into the causes of this power sector failure, but already the pundits are assigning government policy part of the blame.

Why I’m not happy with a happiness index

Blog post
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 16:35 -- Emma Samman
On November 25, 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron called for the measurement of wellbeing alongside economic performance. Taking up this call, the UK’s Office of National Statistics has undertaken an in-depth investigation into the subjective wellbeing of the British population, alongside objective measures, as part of its Integrated Household Survey.

Roundtable: Sustainable energy and access to energy

Event
With debates and expectations for Sustainable energy for all (SEE4All), the United Nations Conference on Sustinable Development and the developing post-2015 agenda all running in parallel but overlapping, and all coming to a head or at least a milestone at Rio +20.

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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

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  • 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...'

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