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World Development Report 2006: equity and development
World Development Report, World Bank, 2005Greater equity should be an integral part of poverty reduction efforts, according to the World Bank's annual Development Report.DocumentRoars and whispers: gender and poverty: promises vs. action
Social Watch, 2005This annual Social Watch report monitors the progress of the MDGs and poverty reduction using a gendered approach. Divided into three areas it covers: themed discussions, monitoring progress, and national reports from over 50 countries.The study shows that the international community has largely failed to live up to the commitments it adopted in 2000.DocumentPartnership or sham? Working towards the Millennium Development Goals
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005The Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2015 aim to tackle poverty and ensure a shared prosperity for all. But how can developing countries achieve these targets while the global systems of trade, aid and debt relief remain biased against them? While the MDGs are based on the idea of building a global partnership for development, the reality suggests otherwise.DocumentMaking poverty history: empty promises or real possibility?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005In 2005, trade rules, aid and debt relief will be discussed at the summit of the G8 group of industrialised states, the United Nations Special Session on the Millennium Development Goals and a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization. It remains to be seen if world leaders will deliver on their promises to tackle poverty.DocumentAdvance social watch report 2005: unkept promises
Social Watch, 2005This paper reports on the findings of the national Social Watch coalitions in over 60 countries. The analysis of the available indicators coincide: the promises have remained largely unmet. Unless substantial changes are put in place soon, the MDG targets set for the year 2015 will not be achieved.DocumentIndigenous peoples, poverty and human development in Latin America: 1994-2004
World Bank, 2005This executive summary presents findings of a report exploring whether the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, opened in 1994, was accompanied by material and human development gains for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.Findings of the report include:few gains were made in income poverty reduction among Indigenous Peoples during the Indigenous Peoples’ decade (DocumentGender and labour market liberalisation in Africa
African Labour Research Network, 2004This report examines the liberalisation of the labour market in Africa from a gender perspective. It analyses current economic and labour policies of seven African countries to see their impact on the labour force and the organised labour movement in general, and women in particular.DocumentReactions to the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean
Eldis News Monitor, 2005Weblog containing a collection of news, commentary and analysis looking at the development related impacts and implications of the Indian Ocean tsunami.DocumentSkilled migration: the perspective of developing countries
World Bank, 2004This paper examines the consequences of skilled migration for developing countries. The authors first present new evidence on the magnitude of migration of skilled workers at the international level and then discuss its direct and indirect effects on human capital formation in developing countries in a unified stylised model.DocumentAnnual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization
Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.Pages