Poverty Reduction and Social Development

Workshop on Equality, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development

from 01-Dec-2009 to 02-Dec-2009

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and the OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on "Equality, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development" in Helsinki, Finland, on 1-2 December 2009. The workshop focused on the promotion of social and gender equality in development work.

International Workshop: Gender Equality and Progress in Societies

on 12-Mar-2010

Gender equality is an important facet of progress, as reflected in the Millennium Development Goals. Within the context of the 15 years’ anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing and around the date of International Women’s Day 2010, UNESCO and the OECD Development Centre are jointly organising an International Workshop on “Gender Equality and Progress in Societies”.

Creating More and Better Jobs in Brazil, China and India

on 08-Apr-2009

The OECD Development Centre has recently organised a joint seminar with the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) focusing on the evolution of the quantity and quality of employment and its impact on poverty and inequality, with a specific focus on Brazil, China and India.

International Seminar: Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Progress in Gender Equality

from 19-Nov-2008 to 20-Nov-2008

As part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), gender equality is a key policy objective in developing countries. This seminar focused on the role of statistics and indicators in measuring, managing and evaluating progress in gender equality.

Migration and Development: EADI Conference 2008

on 27-Jun-2008

"Migration and Development: Policy Coherence and Effective Partnerships", organised at the 12th General Conference of EADI, took stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development. Participants shared their specific country or regional experiences to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development, in particular related to labour-market effects, the brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.

Expert Meeting: Migration and Development

from 10-Jul-2008 to 11-Jul-2008

This meeting generated critical feedback on ongoing work for the Development Centre’s agenda on migration, gathered new insights from both academia and field practitioners and provided a platform for dialogue on key issues surrounding migration and development.

Creating more and better Jobs: What do we know? What can be done?

on 07-May-2008

OECD-World Bank Policy Forum on "Creating more and better Jobs: What do we know?  What can be done?" in Rabat, Morocco.

Launch of Wikigender (www.wikigender.org)

on 07-Mar-2008

On the occasion of International Women's Day, the OECD Development Centre launched a new interactive website,Wikigender (www.wikigender.org), to share and exchange information on gender equality issues.

Presentation of the report "Migration and Developing Countries" (in French)

on 14-Feb-2008

The French edition of this publications was officially launched at the Agence française de développement (AFD) on 14 February 2008.

Informalité : sortie et exclusion

on 02-Jul-2007

Dans le cadre de la série des Séminaires du Centre de Développement pour 2007, Messrs Guillermo Perry et William Maloney interviendront sur le thème de “ Informalité : issue et exclusion "

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