Would bad climate in rich countries change climate change back to normal?
Climate Change Changes Climate?
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Quality of Growth for What? For Whom?
What do we mean by quality of growth? How do we measure it? How do policy makers operationalise it?
Melissa Leach Assumes IDS Leader
IDS announced that Melissa Leach would take leadership of the institute from next Spring.
Useful Data Source for Poverty Analysis
Here are open data websites that I think useful for poverty analysis.
Haddad Argues Why Malnutrition Matters
Lawrence Haddad talks about malnutrition and hunger on Dutch TV.
DHS for Poverty Analysis: Sample Weight
Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) provides useful household datasets mainly for health related analysis in developing countries and should be more often utilised by policy makers.
Shall We Shoot a Film ‘Cash Transfers’?
Imagine if you were a film director, firstly, you would need to write a story line and then to cast actors.
Will Open Data Initiative End Poverty?
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) announced that they were in the process of opening more publications available on their website last week.
Nigerian Illegal Refinery Mirrors Poverty
The poor sometimes make a live from illegal activities. Certainly, they do not want to do so but have no choice.
Workaholic Mindset Produces Resilience?
The development community loves jargon. The buzzword of this year must be ‘resilience’. Defining resilience as capability to recover, the reaction of Tokyo people over Typhoon is an interesting case.
