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Summary: The story "Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map in Kenya" featured different initiatives to use GPS and satellite maps to bring the most urgent problems to the attention of the authorities.
Publié: 3 oct 2015 - 12:48pm
Summary: The 2013 Global Corruption Barometer is the world's largest public opinion survey on the subject. Over 114,000 people in 107 countries were asked 12 questions to gather their views on corruption. The barometer doesn't aggregate countries scores and rank them on their performance. But it...
Publié: 3 oct 2015 - 12:41pm
Summary: In June 2013, the United Nations Statistical Commission agreed to the development of new gender indicators, as a guide for national and international data compilation. They include a new set of nine ground-breaking indicators specifically designed to measure violence against women in all...
Publié: 3 oct 2015 - 11:41am
Link to source: http://neomam.com/infographics/13reasons
Publié: 3 oct 2015 - 11:22am
Summary: In "Using household surveys to start a data revolution and tackle social inequality", published on the Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network, Emma Samman discusses a new briefing note from the Overseas Development Institute (also attached), which proposes a number of ways...
Publié: 3 oct 2015 - 10:53am
Summary: The Resource Governance Initiative released its 2013 Resource Governance Index (RGI). It may be of interest to those of you whose monitoring activities address whether states are dedicating maximum available resources to economic and social rights -- and it would be great to hear any...
Publié: 2 oct 2015 - 8:48pm
Summary: The CESR has released ‘New Horizons in Economic and Social Rights Monitoring’, which draws together the experiences of over 40 leading figures, shared at a seminar of the same name organized by CESR and Metrics for Human Rights in Development in Madrid last year. Rights-based policy...
Publié: 2 oct 2015 - 8:33pm
Summary: The Right to Education Project (RTE) has been developing a briefing document over the past few months on learning outcomes. There has been considerable debate and discussion among educationalists revolving around learning outcomes. These debates have been carrying on for quite some time,...
Publié: 2 oct 2015 - 8:19pm
Summary: The results of the 2012 Open Budget Index (OBI), which the International Budget Partnership released last month. The Open Budget Survey, which is undertaken every two years, measures the state of budget transparency, participation and oversight in countries. Based on a list of multi-...
Publié: 2 oct 2015 - 7:58pm
Summary: Global hunger and food insecurity are complicated, messy issues. And although the right to food is a human right grounded in international law, lawyers and activists struggle when trying to document violations of that right. Too many reports lack nuance or a human rights framework, arguing...
Publié: 2 oct 2015 - 3:43pm