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The Development Centre and Swivel Team Up to Promote Unique Gender Data

21-Aug-2007

By making its innovative Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base available on Swivel.com, the OECD Development Centre provides easy access to unique data about an emerging topic.

International Expert Workshop "Measuring Gender Equality"

04-May-2007

The workshop streamlined ongoing discussions by bringing together key stakeholders to exchange their views and experiences in measuring gender equality. Participants included experts from international organisations, non-governmental organisations and research institutes as well as statistical offices. In addition to a presentation of existing data compilations, focus was put on methodological issues, questions of data aggregation and indicator building, as well as options for improved data collection and quality.

The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base

06-Apr-2007

The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID) represents a new tool for researchers and policy makers to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s economic development. It covers a total of 161 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.

Base de données Egalité homme/femme, Institutions et Développement (EID)

18-Jan-2007

La base de données Égalité homme-femme, Institutions et Développement (EID) représente un nouvel instrument pour les chercheurs et responsables politiques qui leur permet de connaître et d’analyser les obstacles à la participation des femmes au développement économique. Mise à jour et maintenant disponible par le system de l'OCDE dot-stat.

Informal Institutions: What do we know, what can we do?

15-Nov-2006

How do informal institutions such as traditions, customs and social norms affect development? What are the linkages and possible conflicts between informal and formal institutions? Can donors and partner countries make informal institutions more conducive to development? Experts and practitioners gather in Paris to find the answers.

Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators

25-Jul-2006

Rapidly rising attention to the quality of governance in developing countries is driving explosive growth in the use of governance “indicators” by international investors, donors of official development assistance, development analysts and academics.

The Status of Women in Developing Asia: What is the Role of Social Institutions?

31-Mar-2006

Presentation made by Johannes Jütting at Casa Asia, Barcelona, 30 March 2006.

Corporate Governance in Development: The Experiences of Brazil, Chile, India, and South Africa

08-Jul-2005

Corporate governance matters for national development.  Studies of Brazil, Chile, India, and South Africa show that corporate governance has an important role to play in helping both to increase financial capital to firms in developing countries and to enhance those countries’ financial development as a whole.  They further show that corporate governance matters can contribute greatly to achieving sustained productivity growth in developing countries’ real economies.

Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction

16-Dec-2004

Presentation by Johannes Jütting and Elena Corsi on 15th of December at the "Haut Conseil de la Coopération Internationale", Paris. (in French)




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