03. Journals
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The Power of Public Discourse
( 2011-09)The concept of open development presupposes a greatly increased supply of information available to citizens on the issues, products, and services that shape their lives. It means that governments should make information on budgets accessible and intelligible, local authorities should provide access to information about the provision of services that citizens can expect, and donors should be transparent about what they are spending, specifying for what and why, and doing so in forms that beneficiaries can use. -
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Demographics and Development Policy
( 2011-04)By late 2011 there will be more than 7 billion people in the world, with 8 billion in 2025 and 9 billion before 2050. New technologies and institutions, and a lot of hard work have enabled us to avoid widespread Malthusian misery. Global income per capita has increased 150 percent since 1960, outpacing the growth of population. But we cannot be sure that incomes will continue to grow. -
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South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
( 2010-10)African countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped. Africa is keen on exploring this new frontier which has the potential to create thousands of quality jobs for its young people. But to do so, it must nurture the right skills. Where can these be found? -
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The Bogotá Spirit : South-South Peers and Partners at the Practice-Policy Nexus
( 2010-10)On a warm evening in late March of this year, more than 500 enthusiastic delegates from around the world poured out of the Chamber of Commerce building in Bogot�, with a shared vision that South-South cooperation would reshape today�s development cooperation landscape. Despite the Colombian capital�s dizzying altitude of 2,800 meters, their zeal for effective South-South knowledge exchange and mutual learning left the participants of the Bogot� High Level Event on South-South cooperation and Capacity Development clear headed and with a long list of ideas, projects and plans, for their countries and regions, and for their multilateral, parliamentary, civil society, and research organizations. -
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Mobile Technology : One Core Lesson, Many Possible Solutions
( 2010-07)Over half of people in poor countries, including a quarter of those over the age of 14 in Afghanistan, use mobile phones. -
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
( 2010-07)Designers have traditionally focused on enchancing the look and functionality of products. -
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Agriculture’s Special Powers in Reducing Poverty
(World Bank, 2008-10-01)Agriculture can reduce poverty directly, but the contribution of agriculture to poverty reduction differs according to country types.