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Gender Equality
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- Written by World Bank
The World Development Report 2012 is out: Gender Equality: The right and smart thing to do
Nearly 4 million poor women missing each year in developing countries
The newest answer to lacking development, when everything else is failing: women!
Raw Material Strategy for the EU
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- Written by European Parliament
The European Parliament adopted on September 13 2011 a resolution, following up on an Initiative Report, on the Raw Material Strategy of the European Union.
Read and find the references to the Commission's documents...
The Global Partnership for Development
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- Written by United Nations
The 2011 Report from the UN MDG Gap Task Force, focusing on MDG8: more can be done ...
Social Protection for Inclusive Development
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- Written by European Commission
The second European Development Report tackles the most uirgent question to-day for development: social protection.
The IMF looks at inequality!
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- Written by IMF
'All for One' examines inequality and the many ways it matters. In our overview article, the World Bank's Branko Milanovic explains how income inequality is measured and tells us that it's increased in most countries. The good news, he says, is that global inequality--between countries--could be on the downturn.
Tax Haven Abuse
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Bursting the Myths about Tax Havens: a new report on tax havens abuse by Richard Murphy.
The Global Social Crisis
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- Written by United Nations
UN's yearly report on the World Social Situation (2011) has just been published. It makes an analysis of the global social crisis and points to the need of social protection as well as the need to re-think social policies.
Bigger role for the private sector in Development
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- Written by DFIID
Everywhere, development cooperation is looking for new ways to work. And unfortunately, these ways are not always the most altruistic. More and more, the private sector is called upon to 'help' and receives the aid money ...
For a recent example, read the DFID document on the role of the private sector in development.
Taxing financial transactions can benefit people and the planet
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- Written by CIDSE
A new paper of CIDSE on the potential positive impact of an FTT on people's well-being and that of the planet.
G8: a renewed commitment for freedom and democracy?
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Never before had the G8 so many different topics on its agenda: a war in Libya, nuclear safety, Arab spring, a crisis in the US and Europe, a headless IMF ... and so out of the meeting came a beautiful text on 'freedom and democracy' ... Can it make any difference?
