Aid effectiveness evidence gathering project on gender equality, human rights and social exclusion

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23-Jul-2008

The purpose of this project has been to build an evidence base on the relationship between human rights, social exclusion, gender equality, the aid effectiveness agenda and the wider agenda of development effectiveness to which the Paris Declaration seeks to contribute.

Official OECD Documents

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04-Jun-2008

Official Unclassified OECD documents issued from 1990 to the present day. Official documents are archived by year, and within each year they can be searched by Directorate, Date, or Reference Number ...

Reports to Accra HLF-3 Roundtable co-chairs from the workshop on Strengthening the Development Results and Impacts

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28-Apr-2008

These reports have been prepared for the co-chairs of each of the nine HLF-3 Roundtables from the workshop on Strengthening the Development Results and Impacts of the Paris Declaration through Work on Gender Equality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights (London, 12-13 March 2008).

Gender and Sustainable Development: Maximising the Economic, Social and Environmental Role of Women

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06-Mar-2008

This report summarises the OECD's cross-cutting work on gender and aims to increase understanding of the role of women in maintaining the three pillars – economic, social and environmental – of sustainable development.

The Social Economy: Building Inclusive Economies

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20-Feb-2008

This publication offers new insights into the economic theory of social economy organisations, their role in an evolving political and economic context, and the links to local development and the empowerment of users.

Gender and Economic Empowerment of Women

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19-Oct-2007

This briefing paper was prepared jointly by the APF Support Unit and the NEPAD Secretariat. The policy messages were drawn from “Gender and Economic Empowerment in Africa”, a paper presented to the Meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum in Berlin, in May 2007.

Ask the economists: Globalisation - hope or threat?

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26-Jun-2007

A live online question and answer session on globalisation and jobs is taking place between 11.30 and 13.30 Paris time (09.30 to 11.30 GMT) today. Raymond Torres, head of the OECD’s Employment Division, will be there to answer questions.

Gender equality and aid delivery: what has changed in development co-operation agencies since 1999?

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13-Jun-2007

Set against the background of the changes in aid delivery, this report examines practices and institutional approaches to gender equality and women’s empowerment in OECD DAC members’ development co-operation agencies. It presents the key findings and conclusions of a study conducted in 2006.

New Ways of Addressing Partial Work Capacity

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02-May-2007

The ongoing thematic review on sickness and disability policies suggests that the way countries are dealing with people with a partially-reduced work capacity is changing. The purpose of this paper is to document these policy initiatives.

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