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Policy Coherence at the Development Centre Newsletter Fall 2007
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Development Centre
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Flagship publication
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Migration and Developing Countries
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European Launch
21 November
BMZ, Berlin. |
American Launch.
26-27 November
UNDESA, New York. Contact. |
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Nextevents
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6-7 November
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Equity & Development
Paris. contact.
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Coordination Meeting on International Migration
New York. website.
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Past events
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8-9 October
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International Dialogue on Migration
Geneva. website.
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19 September
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Gender Equality and Development
Washington. website. |
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13-14 September
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EU High Level meeting on Legal Immigration
Lisbon. website. |
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| Migration: New Policies for Greater Gains |
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| Gender Podcast |
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| Gender equality is an essential human right and crucial to economic development. The OECD Development Centre's Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID-DB) is full of fascinating facts about gender equality and inequality. Economist Denis Drechsler explains the main features and findings of this statistical tool. (Listen) |
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| Informal Institutions: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development |
| Informal institutions such as family and kinship structures, traditions and social norms are decisive in shaping policy outcomes where states are weak and the quality of governance is poor. Based on concrete examples in the areas of gender equality, governance and private-sector development, this book advocates a pragmatic way of dealing with informal institutions. Carefully incorporating informal institutions into development strategies — by taking advantage of them in their existing state, by optimising their impact or by providing incentives to change them — will improve development outcomes and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. (more...) |
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| Natural Disaster and Vulnerability |
| Natural disasters are particularly harmful for the most vulnerable parts of a society. The powerful earthquake that shook Peru in August of this year and the bushfires that pushed Greece into national emergency the same month ruined the livelihood of hundreds of people. As shown in this Policy Brief, the human and economic costs of natural disasters can be mitigated by taking judicious public policy decisions before disasters strike. In particular, governments must increase the skills, health and physical assets of the poorer members of society. (more...) |
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| Work and Well-Being |
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The Policy Coherence team is currently conducting research on work and well-being. This work stream analyses the role of informal employment in national labour markets and particularly addresses social protection issues. The team recently visited Mexico and Romania for field investigations. Further country-case studies are planned on China, Morocco and Senegal. (more...)
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| Privatisation in the MEDA Region: Where Do We Stand? |
| How is privatisation progressing in the MEDA region? This paper highlights the sequencing of the privatisation process. It assesses whether privatisation has led to fiscal and efficiency gains and private sector development. Countries examined include Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. |
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Ownership in Practice (Paris, 27-28 September 2007)
| This Informal Workshop examined what the principle of "ownership" looks like in practice, both within developing countries ("democratic ownership") and in the relationship between developing countries and donors. (more…) |
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