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Research report

Putting Progress at Risk? MDG spending in developing countries

16/05/2013

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French

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A little over two years remain for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report is the first ever to track what developing countries are spending on the MDGs. It finds that recent spending increases explain the rapid progress on the MDGs. But the majority of countries are spending much less than they have promised, […]

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Briefing note

Development after 2015: Ten Goals to Make a Difference for Those Left Behind in India

05/04/2013

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been a great laboratory for poverty reduction, with major successes and frustrating failures. These fifteen years of experience have provided us with the knowledge to do better in a deeply changed world. This paper summarises the outcomes of consultations and studies around the question: what new framework will make […]

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Discussion paper

Urban Poverty in India and Post-MDG Framework

01/04/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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In spite of rapid economic growth over the last decade, India’s urban areas show high levels of inequality, with many social groups being left behind in most of the areas covered by the current Millennium Development Goals framework. There is a need for the post-2015 agenda to address inequality and aim for transformative outcomes. This […]

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Education resource

Getting Critical about the post-2015 Global Goals: A resource for 11-14 year olds

28/02/2013

3 documents

Languages: English

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Since their creation in September 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have encouraged the countries committed to them to work towards meeting the needs of the world’s poorest people. The target date for the MDGs is 2015 so beyond that, a new set of goals will be needed. Originally created to assist with the Shape […]

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Discussion paper

Making Post-2015 Matter for Socially Excluded Groups in India

01/01/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Will the post-2015 goals make a difference for those who are left behind by India’s social development? As the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gets closer, the challenge of addressing inequality in the new framework is increasingly debated. This paper examines the issue from the perspective of four groups in India that face […]

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Discussion paper

Millennium Development Goals and Muslims of India

01/01/2013

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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As the Millennium Development Goals’ target date of 2015 approaches, this paper assesses the progress made by India’s Muslim population on indices of social development and the plausibility of meeting the MDG targets. The MDGs have been criticized for ignoring the specific vulnerabilities that minorities are faced with: discrimination, powerlessness and susceptibility to violence. Drawing […]

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Discussion paper

How Can a Post-2015 Agreement Drive Real Change? Revised Edition: The political economy of global commitments

21/11/2012

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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What are the lessons of the Millennium Development Goals process to date? What has been their impact on aid and national government decision making? This paper seeks to inform the post-2015 debate by examining these questions. It argues that leverage over national governments and civil society involvement will increasingly eclipse leverage on aid as the […]

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Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

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The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

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Discussion paper

A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can we live within the doughnut?

13/02/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In the run-up to Rio+20, this discussion paper presents a visual framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings planetary boundaries together with social boundaries, creating a safe and just […]

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Research report

Making Growth Inclusive: Some lessons from countries and the literature

26/04/2011

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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Growth is back on the development agenda, promoted by bilateral and multilateral donors, and the G20, as the most effective way to lift people out of poverty. Economic growth has reduced poverty in developing countries in the past, but by ignoring the issue of equality, donors and poor country governments have failed to maximise the […]

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