As usual on Fridays, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)
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Two books on poverty and social business recently published. The Economist reviews them in the interesting Yogurt or Cucumber? That is the title of one of the International Poverty Centre's past One Pagers, now available in Spanish and Portuguese. In this paper the author, Terry McKinley, discusses the differences between income poverty and human poverty and warns against trying to merge the two. In the New York Times Paul Krugman, writing about the US, asserts that Poverty is Poison. If you have some great ideas and want to share them, write them down in an essay and send it to the World Bank's 2008 International Essay Competition. Prizes of $5,000 and $1,000 up for grabs. Deadline for submissions is March 23rd.
The UNDP's International Poverty Centre has announced the publication of the book The Many Dimensions of Poverty, which draws from the International Conference on “The Many Dimensions of Poverty”, held in Brasilia in 2005. We were having some upgrading done to the blog last week, so we did not have a "Fridays Academy" posting. We continue with the series this week, as usual based on Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
Why measure gender?
Gender equality, domains of choice, and economic performance: A framework
One more year, the World Bank is organizing its Development Marketplace grant competition, this time on the theme of Sustainable Agriculture for Development. This competition offers a unique opportunity to turn your innovative idea for sustainable agriculture in developing countries into reality. If selected, your idea could receive up to US$200,000 in grant funding for implementation over two years. Competition brochure. |
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