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Measuring development: why statistics matter

16 March 2015 in Accountability, Aid, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Education, Health, Human rights, Measurement and Research, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Co-written by Tom Wheeler, Conflict and Security Advisor for Saferworld Last week in New York the United Nations Statistical Commission met to discuss what indicators it can use to measure the new set of development targets that the UN will adopt in September to follow up on the Millennium Development Goals. This is important because […]

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Letter to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

15 April 2013 in Poverty and development

In follow-up to the Rio+20 meetings in June 2012, a group of 30 countries – known as the Open Working Group (OWG) – has been tasked by the UN to propose new goals on sustainable development. The timeline for work is to coincide with broader UN discussions about what should replace the Millennium Development Goals, […]

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