Tag "development"
Rethinking the future of development effectiveness
Southern Voice is planning a programme to produce new knowledge, opportunities for diverse dialogues and agreements, on the future of development effectiveness. Southern Voice will approach the question of the
Research teams from six countries launch report on SDGs
by: The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Six research teams from the global south – Ghana, Nigeria, Bolivia, Peru, India and Sri Lanka – along with a core group of experts, met
Sri Lanka’s Sustainable Development Act: Improving Institutional Coherence for SDGs
by Dr Ganga Tilakaratna & Chinthani Sooriyamudali, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) Improving institutional coherence is key to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sri Lanka’s
South-South Cooperation: Does it listen to the people who receive its aid?
by Farida Tchaitchian Bena (re-publication from kiliza.org) This year marks my twentieth anniversary of working in the humanitarian and development sector. It is obviously a time for reflection, not just
Towards inclusive cities: Making UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 work
by Nirmani Liyanage, social researcher on urban development at the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Sri Lanka Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) prioritize human development over physical development. SDG 11 aims
Making the Invisible, visible: Take-aways from the Data for Development Festival
On 21-23 March, Southern Voice was present at the Data for Development Festival in Bristol. It was a space of collaboration between the development and the global data communities to reflect on the role of data in the 2030 Agenda that will continue in the next World Data Forum.
Post-2015 International Development Agenda in the Context of Interlocking Trade and Financing in the LDCs
Debapriya Bhattacharya January 2016 The adoption of the ambitious post-2015 agenda centring on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations (UN) in New York in September marks an
SDGs as Citizens’ Agenda: Stress Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are not only an agenda belonging to either the government, private sector or civil societies but those should
Is a Data Revolution underway, and if so, who will benefit?
Posted on April 28, 2015 Written by Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Oxfam’s Head of Research, at the ODI’s Cartagena Data Festival, on Oxfam’s From Poverty To Power blog A spectre is haunting
April 2015: Five Headlines from a Big Month for the Data Revolution
Posted on April 30, 2015 This blog post is written by Sarah T. Lucas, Program Officer, Global Development and Population, at the Hewlett Foundation If the history of the data
