The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) – a new visualization tool to measure marginalization To coincide with the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s Education First initiative, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team will launch a new interactive website tomorrow – the World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE). In an exclusive preview for this blog, the Report’s director Pauline Rose explains what WIDE shows and why it is important. I am delighted that the UN Secretary-General is putting Education First by launching his new initiative for education. Three years before the Education for All deadline, it is a much needed push to get more children into school and ensure they learn – especially for the poor and marginalized. In order to design policies to reach the marginalized, it is vital to know who they are and where they live. WIDE paints an overall picture showing that much remains to be done to make access to education more equitable. WIDE provides vivid visualizations that enable you to look beyond the averages. Like this: Like Loading...
Education GPS Poverty Facts and Stats This figure is based on purchasing power parity (PPP), which basically suggests that prices of goods in countries tend to equate under floating exchange rates and therefore people would be able to purchase the same quantity of goods in any country for a given sum of money. That is, the notion that a dollar should buy the same amount in all countries. Hence if a poor person in a poor country living on a dollar a day moved to the U.S. with no changes to their income, they would still be living on a dollar a day. The new poverty line of $1.25 a day was recently announced by the World Bank (in 2008). The new figures from the World Bank therefore confirm concerns that poverty has not been reduced by as much as was hoped, although it certainly has dropped since 1981. However, it appears that much of the poverty reduction in the last couple of decades almost exclusively comes from China:
SDG Indicators — SDG Indicators Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere Target 1.1: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day Indicator 1.1.1: Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural) See Metadata : (1) See Metadata : (2) Target 1.2: By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions Indicator 1.2.1: Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age See Metadata : Indicator 1.2.2: Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions See Metadata : Indicator 1.4.1: Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services No data for this indicator is currently available. Goal 2. Goal 3. Goal 4. Goal 5.
Issues | Social Perspective on Development Poverty Eradication Poverty entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Various social groups bear disproportionate burden of poverty. The World Social Summit identified poverty eradication as an ethical, social, political and economic imperative of mankind and called on governments to address the root causes of poverty, provide for basic needs for all and ensure that the poor have access to productive resources, including credit, education and training. More about Poverty Eradication A social perspective on development requires addressing poverty in all its dimensions. A social perspective on poverty should contribute to the debate on the effectiveness and limitations of current poverty reduction strategies. Social Integration Publication
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Famine & World Hunger - World Vision Australia 2017 situation update: Humanitarian assistance is urgently needed in East Africa. Without immediate scale-up of international action, famine is likely to spread and put millions of lives at risk. Across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, a hunger crisis has put 22 million people in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance. The drivers of food insecurity in each country are different. In Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, poor performance of rains has led to consecutive failed harvests, disease outbreaks, worsening water and pasture conditions for livestock, and animal deaths. In South Sudan, internal conflict – combined with a depleted harvest – has been the main cause of food insecurity. There is a small window of time to prevent this situation from getting much worse.
Education Education is a fundamental human right. Every girl and boy, everywhere, is entitled to attend school and learn. UNICEF is dedicated to making sure that all children can enjoy their right to a quality education, from early learning opportunities that lay the groundwork for success in school, all the way through secondary school. Across the world, some children are more likely to miss out on education than others. That deprivation has lifelong consequences that often mean that the next generation, too, will start out at a disadvantage. Because merely getting children into school is not enough, we promote child-friendly approaches that include securing safe and healthy school environments, and teaching and learning processes that speak to children’s individual needs – so that children can acquire the skills and knowledge they need.