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Launch l Water Governance Latin America & Caribbean Report Aims to Help Realize UN MDGs
03 December 2012 | caribbean, latin america, launch, mdg, multi-level models, toolkit, water governanceClimate change, population growth, ongoing urbanization and land use conversion to agriculture is prompting government, public, non-profit and business organizations worldwide to pay greater...
EU follows up on Rio + 20 calls - the beyond GDP agenda - European Public Health Alliance
31 October 2012 | alternative indicators, eu, evidence-based, mdg, post-2015, rio 20As overarching objectives of sustainable development, EU Environment Ministers welcomed the recognition of poverty eradication, the promotion of sustainable patterns of consumption and production,...
Blogpost: Baking the Cake after 2015: Do the EFA Goals have the Right Ingredients?
19 October 2012 | education, indicators, mdg, post-2015The 12th September NORRAG workshop on education and skills post 2015 was a wide-ranging discussion on the objectives, actors and levers of the post-2015 agenda. Participants looked at issues...
Event: The post-2015 sustainable development agenda: perspectives from business and civil society
19 October 2012 | discussion, mdg, odi, post-2015As we approach 2015, the target date for the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the conversation about what should replace them is increasing in volume and momentum. On 31...
Egypt: a sectoral governance assessment towards better MDGs achievement
24 January 2011 | arab states, education, egypt, health, mdg, mdgs, poverty, poverty reduction, sanitation, undp-supported, waterGood Governance and Anti-Corruption measurement research programs are at the core of the Social Contract Centre (SCC)’s efforts to rebuild trust between development stakeholders in Egypt....
FYR Macedonia kicks off data collection on social inclusion in health and education
30 September 2010 | assessment methodology, data collection, education, fyr macedonia, health, mdg, undp-supportedThe Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) has just released its third People-centered Analysis (PCA) Report, which continues to examine social inclusion trends. This third report has a...
How Should MDG Implementation Be Measured: Faster Progress or Meeting Targets? (IPC, 19 May 2010)
19 May 2010 | mdg, monitoringShared by Governance Assessment Portal Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Joshua Greenstein presents a new framework to assess whether more is being done for implementing the MDGs instead of asking if the...
E-government for development: a descriptive and exploratory assessment of e-government in the Philippines (UNPAN, 14 May 2010)
14 May 2010 | asia pacific, e-governance, mdg, philippinesThis study explores the contribution of the Medium-term Philippines Development Plan 2004-2010 to attainment of the Millennium Development Goals given the country's socio-political and economic...
Pan-Asian workshop aims to boost social monitoring in Asia (Social Watch, 11 May 2010)
11 May 2010 | asia pacific, budget, event, human rights, m&e, mdg, press release, social accountability, south-south, workshopThe dynamics of International Financial Institutions and private capital in the globalized world has often acted as delimiting factors to state sovereignty. The role of Social Watch as a ‘watch dog’...