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Copenhagen Consensus Center | Copenhagen Consensus Center. International development, M&E, consultancy, Brighton Itad. Home - mesopartner.com. Who’s Who | The Big Push Forward. Rosalind Eyben Rosalind Eyben is one of the co-convenors of the Big Push Forward. She has been a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies where she is a member of the Participation, Power and Social Change team [link] where she works on power and relations in the international aid system.

She was previously employed by the UK Department for International Development and before that as consultant and adviser to the ILO, FAO and other United Nations agencies. Rosalind’s interest in knowledge, power and practices has led to her taking the international aid system as an entry point to enquiring more generally into institutions that have a declared normative commitment to progressive social change. Irene Guijt Irene Guijt is one of the co-convenors of the Big Push Forward. Cathy Shutt Cathy Shutt is facilitator of the Value for Money thematic cluster. Chris Roche Chris Roche is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Brendan Whitty. Feasta | The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability. We believe in the power of enterprise to reduce global poverty | The SEEP Network. Network for Business Sustainability - Business. Thinking. Ahead. WBCSD-SNV Alliance: Creating inclusive business opportunities by linking local communities with big business.

Growing Inclusive Markets | Business works for development | Development works for business. About Us. Monitor helps organizations grow. We work with leading corporations, governments and social sector organizations around the world on the growth issues that are most important to them. Growth is a complicated problem.

It involves identifying new opportunities through creativity and insight; it also involves the hard work of removing the barriers to growth that build up over time in any organization. It’s about knowing where to grow, but also how to overcome what holds you back. We partner with client organizations as their integrated resource for growth. Monitor offers a portfolio of strategic advisory, capability-building, and capital services for clients seeking to grow top- and bottom-line performance, shareholder value, the skills of their people and organizations, and their social impact.

Monitor Inclusive Markets. WASTE. BRIDGE - Global Resources. Global Resources Welcome to the Global Resources Database. This library contains over 3,000 specially selected gender documents picked from over 1,500 sources. It covers longstanding concerns and debates as well as emerging issues. It provides access to research, reports and policy documents, as well as records of good practice, lessons learnt and case studies, amongst other things. Each resource has been summarised providing a brief overview, key findings and recommendations, to help you save time deciding which resources you really want to read.

The database is added to monthly with the latest resources on a particular theme and/or region. We also strive to make resources available in languages other than English. You can search for documents in five ways: NYU Development Research Institute. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Home | Santa Fe Institute. Homepage | Poor Economics. Give a man a fish and feed him for life? Experimental evidence on the long-term effects of grants on Sri Lankan Microenterprises. Typical policies to improve the incomes of poor households and their businesses are based on the sustained provision of services – be it microfinance with multiple loan cycles and regular meetings; conditional cash transfers with regular transfers over a period of years; or business training programs which are based on the idea that capital along is not enough – as in the proverb “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for life”.

In a new paper with Suresh de Mel and Chris Woodruff, published online today in Science, we ask whether the much simpler policy of giving a one-time grant to small business owners has any long-term effect. [An aside to World Bank/IFC readers, I am delighted that our library now finally has arranged full-text online access to Science – and the paper is short, so click through!]. Key long-term impacts · The grants continue not to have any impacts on female-owned microenterprises in the long-run. Multiple Measurements. Gender_development_net - Home. An Agricultural Peace Dividend. In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.

(Illustration by Justin Gabbard) “ The hardest part is reopening the land,” says Stella Atimango, an agricultural extension worker standing in a former battle zone beside neat rows of recently planted cotton on a one-acre farm in northern Uganda. Beyond Atimango, the tiny cotton field was surrounded by an abandoned countryside, the result of two decades of fighting between the Ugandan military and the Lord’s Resistance Army. Today, smallholder farmers use hand hoes and oxen to reclaim their land. The famine in East Africa is lending even greater urgency to Atimango’s work. “Once the land is cleared,” she adds, “our elders take the lead because their sons and daughters grew up in the refugee camps and don’t even know what farming is, much less growing cotton. The agricultural sector plays a particularly important role in reconstruction. Marginal Revolution — Small steps toward a much better world.

Dalberg | Home. Social Marketing. 2.0. Good Intentions Are Not Enough. Blog | Global Humanitarian Assistance. Eight lessons from three years working on transparency. I’ve spent the last three years working on aid transparency. As I’m moving on to a very exciting new role (watch this space for more details) this seems a good time to reflect on what I’ve learned in the last three years. This is a self-indulgently long essay about the importance of aid transparency, and the priorities for how it should be achieved. Busy readers may want to read the 8-point summary below. And for a very clear and concise introduction to the importance of aid transparency, take a look at this video by my (former) colleagues at aidinfo. The 8-point summary Here are what I think are the eight most important things I’ve learned in the last three years about transparency in general, and aid transparency in particular: That’s the summary.

Aid transparency: worthy but dull? Some of my family and friends have wondered why I have devoted three years to a topic which is so utterly dull as aid transparency. In my heart I’m a budget wonk. Different information needs in North and South. DCED: Full Guide to Resources. Political Economy Analysis. Legendary Value. SustainAbility | Independent think tank and strategy consultancy. | Performance through social innovation. Making Markets Work Better for the Poor II. Market Development: Project Phases - Global documents. Participatory Market Systems Development | Practical Action. Global Value Chains - Publications Listing. Eco-Commerce 101 by Tim Gieseke. In Depth. Ecomagination. Www.fsg.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/PDF/ADP_Rethinking_International_Development_in_a_Converging_World_2011.pdf?cpgn=WP DL - Rethinking International Development in a Converging World. Admitting Failure. Publish What You Fund | The Global Campaign for Aid Transparency.

Aid Effectiveness : Center for Global Development : Research Topics. The Center’s work on aid effectiveness focuses on the policies and practices of bilateral and multilateral donors. It includes analyzing existing programs, monitoring donor innovations, and designing and promoting fresh approaches to deliver aid. CGD researchers also investigate how foreign aid and other aspects of development—such as trade, migration, investment, and climate change policies—undermine or complement each other.

Specific work includes: Research, analysis, and policy outreach on U.S. foreign assistance reform through the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program Monitoring the activities of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) through CGD's MCA Monitor Comparative analysis of the three largest donor responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; the World Bank’s Multicountry HIV/AIDS Program (MAP); and the U.S. Design of a new analytical tool to assess and compare bilateral and multilateral donors on the quality of aid .

People In Aid. CDSM Home. Food and Agriculture : Center for Global Development : Research Topics. More than a billion people in developing countries suffer from chronic hunger. Long a neglected topic, the role of agriculture in promoting pro-poor growth is attracting renewed attention in the United States and internationally. CGD’s work in this area focuses on how rich countries’ agricultural policies and practices impact people and economic development in the poor world.

Three out of four people in the developing world live in rural areas and depend on agriculture to support themselves and their families. Yet, since development traditionally involves moving people from subsistence farming into higher-productivity activities in manufacturing and services, governments and donors have neglected agriculture for decades.

Senior fellow Kimberly Elliott, author of Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor, focuses on how rich countries' agricultural policies and practices affect poor people in the developing world. CGD research on food and agriculture analyzes several other topics: The New Agriculturist. Welcome to Challenges Worldwide –international development and expert volunteering. Peace Through Commerce. Conflict Sensitivity | Conflict Sensitivity. Home - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - The UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. エステナードソニック@苦情・口コミ体験談. International Development Research Centre. Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

World Agriculture. DCED. Root Capital :: Home. Changemakers. Creating Shared Value. World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Our world. Your move. Nourishing the Planet. Share By Kristen Thiel Iroko trees are native to the west coast of Africa. Sometimes called Nigerian teak, their wood is tough, dense, and very durable. Their hardwood is so sought after that the trees are often poached and are now endangered in many regions of Africa. Iroko trees can serve as long-term carbon sinks. Oliver de Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, has found that Iroko trees can serve as long-term carbon sinks and can potentially play a role in the fight against climate change.

When the West African Iroko tree is grown in dry, acidic soil and treated with microbes, it produces a very specific mineral. Normally, biomass (such as trees) does not store carbon dioxide—the gas is used in the process of decomposition. Iroko trees are just one of many species from Africa and the Amazon that can turn carbon in the atmosphere into mineral limestone. Are you familiar with Iroko tree restoration efforts?