Brainpool what makes-indicators-successfulWPEurope
This document summarizes the key success factors for "Beyond GDP" indicators being used effectively in policymaking. It identifies four main categories of success factors: indicator factors, relationship factors, user factors, and policy/context factors. For each category, it outlines several specific factors based on research from the BRAINPOoL project, including the importance of indicator salience, legitimacy, credibility; engaging stakeholders; building user capacity; and supportive policy environments. The full report provides additional details on 16 indicator initiatives and is available online.
Aid and Growth in Perspective - Lecture by Finn TarpUNU-WIDER
A lecture by Professor Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER Director, on 5 April 2018 at the Paris Sorbonne Sustainable Development Seminar on the topic ’Aid and Growth in Perspective’.
The Institute hosted an evening workshop with Patron Todd Krieble and Master of Public Policy student Danijela Tavich to build on the ideas discussed in the draft Think Piece 27 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand: A case for change? and Working Paper 2017/11 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand Schools. Additional feedback is welcome.
feb 13 version of VanDerhei presentation for WHCOA regional in Tampa, Februar...vanderhei
Jack VanDerhei from the Employee Benefit Research Institute presented on retirement security for baby boomers and Generation X. Some key points:
- In 2014, 58% of boomer and Gen X households were projected to have a secure retirement, defined as a probability of not running short of money.
- Retirement security depends on pre-retirement factors like income level and access to retirement plans, as well as post-retirement factors like longevity, healthcare costs, and Social Security.
- Those with higher pre-retirement incomes, access to retirement plans, fewer retirement savings leakages, and lower long-term care costs were more likely to have sufficient retirement income. Ensuring adequate savings and reducing leakages
Aid has been a controversial topic with disagreement around whether it effectively boosts economic growth. Three key points of view are:
1) Aid has no significant impact on growth (Rajan and Subramanian 2008).
2) Aid only boosts growth in countries with good economic policies (Burnside and Dollar 1997).
3) Aid has a modest positive impact on growth on average, around 1 percentage point for every 10% of GDP in aid (Arndt, Jones, and Tarp 2010).
The document discusses the evolution of the empirical literature on this topic over multiple generations of studies from the 1970s to present. Methodological challenges in establishing causality are also examined. While results have been
20160708 helen white fin cap slides for protectSteve Devine
The UK Financial Capability Strategy aims to empower UK residents to better manage their finances through life events. It identifies several challenges based on a national survey: 8.2 million are over-indebted; 10 million can't read bank statements; 20 million can't pay unexpected bills of £300. The strategy segments the population into "Cushioned", "Squeezed", and "Struggling" groups. It establishes principles of collective impact and evidence-based approaches. A key focus is evaluating financial programs to identify most effective methods to improve capabilities, using an evaluation toolkit and evidence hub to share results.
Brainpool what makes-indicators-successfulWPEurope
This document summarizes the key success factors for "Beyond GDP" indicators being used effectively in policymaking. It identifies four main categories of success factors: indicator factors, relationship factors, user factors, and policy/context factors. For each category, it outlines several specific factors based on research from the BRAINPOoL project, including the importance of indicator salience, legitimacy, credibility; engaging stakeholders; building user capacity; and supportive policy environments. The full report provides additional details on 16 indicator initiatives and is available online.
Aid and Growth in Perspective - Lecture by Finn TarpUNU-WIDER
A lecture by Professor Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER Director, on 5 April 2018 at the Paris Sorbonne Sustainable Development Seminar on the topic ’Aid and Growth in Perspective’.
The Institute hosted an evening workshop with Patron Todd Krieble and Master of Public Policy student Danijela Tavich to build on the ideas discussed in the draft Think Piece 27 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand: A case for change? and Working Paper 2017/11 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand Schools. Additional feedback is welcome.
feb 13 version of VanDerhei presentation for WHCOA regional in Tampa, Februar...vanderhei
Jack VanDerhei from the Employee Benefit Research Institute presented on retirement security for baby boomers and Generation X. Some key points:
- In 2014, 58% of boomer and Gen X households were projected to have a secure retirement, defined as a probability of not running short of money.
- Retirement security depends on pre-retirement factors like income level and access to retirement plans, as well as post-retirement factors like longevity, healthcare costs, and Social Security.
- Those with higher pre-retirement incomes, access to retirement plans, fewer retirement savings leakages, and lower long-term care costs were more likely to have sufficient retirement income. Ensuring adequate savings and reducing leakages
Aid has been a controversial topic with disagreement around whether it effectively boosts economic growth. Three key points of view are:
1) Aid has no significant impact on growth (Rajan and Subramanian 2008).
2) Aid only boosts growth in countries with good economic policies (Burnside and Dollar 1997).
3) Aid has a modest positive impact on growth on average, around 1 percentage point for every 10% of GDP in aid (Arndt, Jones, and Tarp 2010).
The document discusses the evolution of the empirical literature on this topic over multiple generations of studies from the 1970s to present. Methodological challenges in establishing causality are also examined. While results have been
20160708 helen white fin cap slides for protectSteve Devine
The UK Financial Capability Strategy aims to empower UK residents to better manage their finances through life events. It identifies several challenges based on a national survey: 8.2 million are over-indebted; 10 million can't read bank statements; 20 million can't pay unexpected bills of £300. The strategy segments the population into "Cushioned", "Squeezed", and "Struggling" groups. It establishes principles of collective impact and evidence-based approaches. A key focus is evaluating financial programs to identify most effective methods to improve capabilities, using an evaluation toolkit and evidence hub to share results.
This document outlines the political economy of education and educational policymaking. It discusses the key components of the policymaking process, including: analysis of the existing political, economic, and education system contexts; generating and evaluating policy options; making decisions; planning implementation; assessing impact; and subsequent policy cycles. The types of policies range from issue-specific to strategic. Approaches to policymaking include the synoptic and incremental models. Analysis, evaluation, and assessment occur at multiple stages to refine policies based on feedback.
This document discusses new challenges facing health policy development due to rapid economic, social, and technological changes. It argues that countries need to build institutional arrangements to protect the poor that are appropriate for their economic and social contexts. It also stresses the importance of local innovations and learning from diverse sources and experiences to manage change effectively when solutions are uncertain. Specifically, it proposes supporting learning approaches through collaboration between innovators and researchers, arrangements that enable rapid learning from innovations, and inter-country exchanges of evidence and experiences.
Anu Jogesh - Media and climate change - representations of risk and uncertaintySTEPS Centre
Workshop on climate change and uncertainty from below and above, Delhi. http://steps-centre.org/2016/blog/climate-change-and-uncertainty-from-above-and-below/
BRAINPOoL Workshop 24 March 2014: E-frame presentationnefwellbeing
This document provides an overview of an e-Frame handbook on measuring societal progress beyond GDP. It discusses the structure and contents of the handbook, which will include an introduction to well-being indicators in policy design, thematic topics on domains like wealth, income, the environment, and methodologies/tools. It will also provide examples of policy-integrated frameworks that put well-being at the core of policymaking and discuss challenges. The handbook template outlines why each topic is important, relevant measures to consider, how to use them, and examples to date.
The document discusses developing a decision support tool to aid in selecting target countries for investment promotion. Currently, country selection is based on assumptions and intuition rather than scientific methods. The objectives are to 1) review literature on investment promotion, 2) design a computer-based tool for selecting countries, 3) implement the designed tool, and 4) validate and test the tool. Literature suggests investment decisions involve vast information and risk, so a decision support system could help investors by combining technologies to manage information and aid decision-making.
Buckle Your Seatbelts! Navigating the Path to 2021-22 -- Ari Betof SectionsAri Betof
Ari Betof, Co-Founder and Partner, Mission & Data
Session 2
Planning for the next academic year feels fraught with uncertainty at a time when schools are usually feeling confident in their year-end projections and already voting on budgets. In this two-part series, gain important perspectives about the virus, the economy, and independent school industry considerations to help with planning for next year.
The second session dove more deeply into what independent school leaders and board members may want to consider as they chart their course, including:
-How to approach the budget cycle with Ari Betof from Mission & Data
-Trends and projections that the data are telling us with Lisa Pullman from INDEX
-Enrollment management and admissions in a turbulent environment with Peter Baron from EMA
-Legal and business cycle considerations with Debra Wilson from SAIS
-Industry-wide perspective and planning thoughts with John Gulla from EE Ford
BRAINPOoL Workshop 24 March 2014: Alexandre Jostnefwellbeing
This document outlines an integrated approach to developing a Positive Economy Index and policy recommendations. It discusses the overview and architecture of the index, which is based on rational altruism and aims to address major challenges. The index measures positive interactions between generations, territories, and stakeholders across dimensions like education, participation, and finance. It also discusses the successes so far in growing awareness and engagement, as well as factors that contributed to its success and roadblocks still to address, such as limited understanding of user needs and incorporation in other countries.
Presentation by Ms Catarina Tully in Session 5 at the seminar "For the Next Generations" on 8 June 2016 in Helsinki. The event was jointly organised by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Making sense of sustainable developmentClive Bates
This document discusses how the Welsh Assembly Government can embed sustainable development as its central organizing principle. It proposes that the overall goal of sustainable development should be maximizing the well-being of Welsh citizens over the long term. To operationalize this, it argues that three conditions must be met: 1) There must be clarity around what is valued and the objective of sustainable development. It proposes defining this as maximizing long-term well-being. 2) Application of the principle must inform present-day policy and investment choices. This may require hard choices around issues like prevention, integration, and resilience. 3) Through leadership, the government can secure a mandate for this approach by building trust, acting consistently, and promoting behavior change. The
Opening presentation by Mrs Eeva Furman and Mrs Eeva Hellstöm in Session 5 at the seminar "For the Next Generations" on 8 June 2016 in Helsinki. The event was jointly organised by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
This document summarizes trends in technology management in the United Kingdom. It discusses how the UK has extensively used ICT and implemented economic policies to remain competitive. Countries can be categorized into three tiers based on their ICT deployment: established leaders, rapid adopters, and late entrants. It also discusses how organizations must adapt to changing technologies through responsive organizational dynamism and understanding external environments and internal cultures. The document prioritizes technologies and their scale, temporal characteristics, and controls for policy implications from 2007-2017. It emphasizes using resources and governance to encourage adoption and nurture technologies through careful analysis and awareness of capabilities and desirability.
Economy is the most crucial fact for almost all of the nations. Economic development basically depends on the previous economic structure of the countries. US economy is now in the leading position and suppress all the nations around the world.
Slides utilisés par l'économiste Peter De Keyzer (managing Partner de Growth Inc.) lors du webinaire qu'il a animé pour le Forum financier, le 26 juin 2020.
The document introduces the Capital Approach framework for analyzing sustainability and development. It views a government as managing a portfolio of four critical capital stocks - natural, human, social, and economic. These stocks contribute to societal well-being over time if their depletion is monitored and substitutions are developed. The framework helps broaden thinking about resource management, investments, future generations, and impacts of trends on sustainable development.
Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm
This document summarizes the state of internationalization at U.S. higher education institutions. It finds that while more institutions report accelerating internationalization efforts, comprehensive strategic internationalization remains elusive for many. Specifically, it notes that assessment of internationalization outcomes and consideration of international experience in faculty hiring have increased. However, support for faculty's global roles and attention to curriculum breadth and depth are still lacking. International student recruitment is often confused as the goal rather than a means to comprehensive internationalization. The full report with more details can be found online.
Mike Nicholson from the University of Bath discusses key issues around social mobility and access to higher education. Politicians emphasize that higher education must address barriers to social mobility and monitor the impact of interventions through partnerships, tracking student outcomes, and securing external funding rather than just focusing on inputs. Nicholson questions whether more government direction is needed and whether institutions focus on marketing over meaningful outreach. He advocates for action over words, integration instead of working in silos, and proof rather than anecdotes to truly improve social mobility and access.
In Spring 2013, we are on the precipice of dramatic, disruptive change in the health field that offers an unprecedented opportunity and challenge to transform health care and population health.
We know that traditional public health approaches along with more and better health care are not enough to improve health outcomes, equity, and cost. We must also:
- implement sustainable, fundamental "upstream" changes that address the root causes of disease and disability; and
- transform the way we deliver health care to ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all.
Enjoy this keynote presentation from Lalitha Vaidyanathan of FSG, which was presented at the 2013 Annual Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Health Leadership (CHL) and the California Pacific Public Health Training Center (CALPACT) at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health.
To learn more about this event, please visit:
http://calpact.org/index.php/en/events/leadership-conference
Learn more about CALPACT:
http://calpact.org/
Learn more about the CHL:
http://chl.berkeley.edu/
Focusing Lithuania's development cooperation v1Vaidotas Ilgius
The document discusses ways to improve Lithuania's development cooperation programs with NGOs. It recommends focusing on a limited number of priority objectives tailored to partner countries' needs, using common indicators to assess impact, and increasing grant sizes and project durations to allow for more strategic, higher-impact work. This would reduce aid fragmentation and increase the ability to monitor results.
Where is the demand for ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators?nefwellbeing
BRAINPOoL (Bringing alternative indicators into policy) is an EU-funded project aimed at identifying and overcoming the barriers to ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators being used in policy.
BRAINPOoL (Bringing alternative indicators into policy) is an EU-funded project aimed at identifying and overcoming the barriers to ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators being used in policy.
During the project we are carrying out research and interviews, conducting workshops and knowledge-brokerage seminars and undertaking various action research case studies to explore ways to improve the uptake of Beyond GDP indicators.
This document outlines the political economy of education and educational policymaking. It discusses the key components of the policymaking process, including: analysis of the existing political, economic, and education system contexts; generating and evaluating policy options; making decisions; planning implementation; assessing impact; and subsequent policy cycles. The types of policies range from issue-specific to strategic. Approaches to policymaking include the synoptic and incremental models. Analysis, evaluation, and assessment occur at multiple stages to refine policies based on feedback.
This document discusses new challenges facing health policy development due to rapid economic, social, and technological changes. It argues that countries need to build institutional arrangements to protect the poor that are appropriate for their economic and social contexts. It also stresses the importance of local innovations and learning from diverse sources and experiences to manage change effectively when solutions are uncertain. Specifically, it proposes supporting learning approaches through collaboration between innovators and researchers, arrangements that enable rapid learning from innovations, and inter-country exchanges of evidence and experiences.
Anu Jogesh - Media and climate change - representations of risk and uncertaintySTEPS Centre
Workshop on climate change and uncertainty from below and above, Delhi. http://steps-centre.org/2016/blog/climate-change-and-uncertainty-from-above-and-below/
BRAINPOoL Workshop 24 March 2014: E-frame presentationnefwellbeing
This document provides an overview of an e-Frame handbook on measuring societal progress beyond GDP. It discusses the structure and contents of the handbook, which will include an introduction to well-being indicators in policy design, thematic topics on domains like wealth, income, the environment, and methodologies/tools. It will also provide examples of policy-integrated frameworks that put well-being at the core of policymaking and discuss challenges. The handbook template outlines why each topic is important, relevant measures to consider, how to use them, and examples to date.
The document discusses developing a decision support tool to aid in selecting target countries for investment promotion. Currently, country selection is based on assumptions and intuition rather than scientific methods. The objectives are to 1) review literature on investment promotion, 2) design a computer-based tool for selecting countries, 3) implement the designed tool, and 4) validate and test the tool. Literature suggests investment decisions involve vast information and risk, so a decision support system could help investors by combining technologies to manage information and aid decision-making.
Buckle Your Seatbelts! Navigating the Path to 2021-22 -- Ari Betof SectionsAri Betof
Ari Betof, Co-Founder and Partner, Mission & Data
Session 2
Planning for the next academic year feels fraught with uncertainty at a time when schools are usually feeling confident in their year-end projections and already voting on budgets. In this two-part series, gain important perspectives about the virus, the economy, and independent school industry considerations to help with planning for next year.
The second session dove more deeply into what independent school leaders and board members may want to consider as they chart their course, including:
-How to approach the budget cycle with Ari Betof from Mission & Data
-Trends and projections that the data are telling us with Lisa Pullman from INDEX
-Enrollment management and admissions in a turbulent environment with Peter Baron from EMA
-Legal and business cycle considerations with Debra Wilson from SAIS
-Industry-wide perspective and planning thoughts with John Gulla from EE Ford
BRAINPOoL Workshop 24 March 2014: Alexandre Jostnefwellbeing
This document outlines an integrated approach to developing a Positive Economy Index and policy recommendations. It discusses the overview and architecture of the index, which is based on rational altruism and aims to address major challenges. The index measures positive interactions between generations, territories, and stakeholders across dimensions like education, participation, and finance. It also discusses the successes so far in growing awareness and engagement, as well as factors that contributed to its success and roadblocks still to address, such as limited understanding of user needs and incorporation in other countries.
Presentation by Ms Catarina Tully in Session 5 at the seminar "For the Next Generations" on 8 June 2016 in Helsinki. The event was jointly organised by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Making sense of sustainable developmentClive Bates
This document discusses how the Welsh Assembly Government can embed sustainable development as its central organizing principle. It proposes that the overall goal of sustainable development should be maximizing the well-being of Welsh citizens over the long term. To operationalize this, it argues that three conditions must be met: 1) There must be clarity around what is valued and the objective of sustainable development. It proposes defining this as maximizing long-term well-being. 2) Application of the principle must inform present-day policy and investment choices. This may require hard choices around issues like prevention, integration, and resilience. 3) Through leadership, the government can secure a mandate for this approach by building trust, acting consistently, and promoting behavior change. The
Opening presentation by Mrs Eeva Furman and Mrs Eeva Hellstöm in Session 5 at the seminar "For the Next Generations" on 8 June 2016 in Helsinki. The event was jointly organised by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
This document summarizes trends in technology management in the United Kingdom. It discusses how the UK has extensively used ICT and implemented economic policies to remain competitive. Countries can be categorized into three tiers based on their ICT deployment: established leaders, rapid adopters, and late entrants. It also discusses how organizations must adapt to changing technologies through responsive organizational dynamism and understanding external environments and internal cultures. The document prioritizes technologies and their scale, temporal characteristics, and controls for policy implications from 2007-2017. It emphasizes using resources and governance to encourage adoption and nurture technologies through careful analysis and awareness of capabilities and desirability.
Economy is the most crucial fact for almost all of the nations. Economic development basically depends on the previous economic structure of the countries. US economy is now in the leading position and suppress all the nations around the world.
Slides utilisés par l'économiste Peter De Keyzer (managing Partner de Growth Inc.) lors du webinaire qu'il a animé pour le Forum financier, le 26 juin 2020.
The document introduces the Capital Approach framework for analyzing sustainability and development. It views a government as managing a portfolio of four critical capital stocks - natural, human, social, and economic. These stocks contribute to societal well-being over time if their depletion is monitored and substitutions are developed. The framework helps broaden thinking about resource management, investments, future generations, and impacts of trends on sustainable development.
Putting Well-being Metrics into Policy Action, 3-4 October 2019, Paris, France. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/putting-well-being-metrics-into-policy-action.htm
This document summarizes the state of internationalization at U.S. higher education institutions. It finds that while more institutions report accelerating internationalization efforts, comprehensive strategic internationalization remains elusive for many. Specifically, it notes that assessment of internationalization outcomes and consideration of international experience in faculty hiring have increased. However, support for faculty's global roles and attention to curriculum breadth and depth are still lacking. International student recruitment is often confused as the goal rather than a means to comprehensive internationalization. The full report with more details can be found online.
Mike Nicholson from the University of Bath discusses key issues around social mobility and access to higher education. Politicians emphasize that higher education must address barriers to social mobility and monitor the impact of interventions through partnerships, tracking student outcomes, and securing external funding rather than just focusing on inputs. Nicholson questions whether more government direction is needed and whether institutions focus on marketing over meaningful outreach. He advocates for action over words, integration instead of working in silos, and proof rather than anecdotes to truly improve social mobility and access.
In Spring 2013, we are on the precipice of dramatic, disruptive change in the health field that offers an unprecedented opportunity and challenge to transform health care and population health.
We know that traditional public health approaches along with more and better health care are not enough to improve health outcomes, equity, and cost. We must also:
- implement sustainable, fundamental "upstream" changes that address the root causes of disease and disability; and
- transform the way we deliver health care to ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all.
Enjoy this keynote presentation from Lalitha Vaidyanathan of FSG, which was presented at the 2013 Annual Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Health Leadership (CHL) and the California Pacific Public Health Training Center (CALPACT) at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health.
To learn more about this event, please visit:
http://calpact.org/index.php/en/events/leadership-conference
Learn more about CALPACT:
http://calpact.org/
Learn more about the CHL:
http://chl.berkeley.edu/
Focusing Lithuania's development cooperation v1Vaidotas Ilgius
The document discusses ways to improve Lithuania's development cooperation programs with NGOs. It recommends focusing on a limited number of priority objectives tailored to partner countries' needs, using common indicators to assess impact, and increasing grant sizes and project durations to allow for more strategic, higher-impact work. This would reduce aid fragmentation and increase the ability to monitor results.
Where is the demand for ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators?nefwellbeing
BRAINPOoL (Bringing alternative indicators into policy) is an EU-funded project aimed at identifying and overcoming the barriers to ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators being used in policy.
BRAINPOoL (Bringing alternative indicators into policy) is an EU-funded project aimed at identifying and overcoming the barriers to ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators being used in policy.
During the project we are carrying out research and interviews, conducting workshops and knowledge-brokerage seminars and undertaking various action research case studies to explore ways to improve the uptake of Beyond GDP indicators.
The document outlines an agenda for a development meeting for chairpersons and deputies at Parliament. The agenda includes presentations from James Picker, Wendy McGuinness, and Roger Dennis on various topics, as well as a discussion period. Wendy McGuinness' presentation focuses on foresight in New Zealand since 1976 and long-term insights briefings. It discusses stress testing the briefings and why they might fail. Roger Dennis' presentation focuses on helping leaders make sense of a fast-changing world. A survey was conducted on the briefings and results will be discussed.
Finn Tarp - Development aid and economic policy: getting the analytics and gu...UNU-WIDER
Presenting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs event, Development aid and economic policy - Getting the analytics and guiding principles right, UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp delivers his farewell speech on 17 December 2018.
After almost ten years as Director, Finn Tarp will step down from his role at the end of 2019. Under his directorship UNU-WIDER has conducted policy relevant-research on a range of issues at the centre of the UN sustainable development agenda, including finance, food and climate change, and transformation, inclusion and sustainability.
In his farewell lecture Finn Tarp reflects on the work of the ReCom project, discussing how five generations of aid research have finally converged towards a meaningful consensus to the question of whether development aid works, and provides a broad set of principles for future development policy.
A presentation concerning the effectiveness of Finland's development aid, held by Doctor of Economics and a long-time director at the World Bank Ritva Reinikka at an open discussion event in Helsinki 4.6.2015.
The document summarizes the impact of development cooperation based on a presentation given in Helsinki, Finland in 2015. It notes that development cooperation has contributed to reductions in global poverty and mortality rates. However, concerns remain regarding issues like conflict, disease, climate change, and human rights. The presentation discusses strategic choices that donor countries face regarding thematic and geographic focus, and engaging other actors through partnerships. It recommends that Finnish aid continue its selective approach while further emphasizing results and evaluation.
From evidence to actions: How can we use evidence to better inform investment...ILRI
Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck, Peter Ballantyne and Michael Victor at the Global Livestock Advocacy for Development (GLAD) Virtual workshop for sustainable livestock champions, 19–21 May 2020
What makes indicators successful? Lessons from practitionersnefwellbeing
BRAINPOoL (Bringing alternative indicators into policy) is an EU-funded project aimed at identifying and overcoming the barriers to ‘Beyond GDP’ indicators being used in policy
This summary provides an overview of 3 implementation research studies on integrated community case management (iCCM) conducted by the University Research Co., LLC.
The first study analyzed iCCM policies in 6 countries to understand how policy context, actors, and processes influence iCCM implementation. It found that policies often did not explicitly mention iCCM and were developed with technical staff but lacked engagement from key stakeholders. External funding was critical for policy development. The second study developed an iCCM costing and financing tool to help countries estimate costs and plan long-term financing. It was tested in Malawi and Senegal. The third study examined an iCCM monitoring improvement project in an unnamed country. Overall, the studies provide insights into real-
The document discusses using research to promote the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides an overview of projects conducted by Dr. Ebele Mogo to apply research on Canadian children with disabilities. These include rapid reviews and policy dialogues in British Columbia to identify priority areas and engage stakeholders. Other projects include a scoping review on interventions for childhood disability and a systematic review on inclusive leisure participation. The document reflects on challenges in bridging research and the SDGs and fostering ecosystems for knowledge co-production to drive action.
Ceren Ozer of the World Bank and Brigitta Villaronga of GIZ have been working together for about 18 months to support development of universal health coverage in several countries. This raises not only issues of how to transform health systems, but how to work within organizations that are not adept at addressing complex challenges.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on long-term foresight in government planning in New Zealand. The panelists were Wendy McGuinness, Roger Dennis, and David Skilling. They discussed New Zealand's history with long-term foresight initiatives since 1976. Skilling provided examples of foresight practices from Singapore, Finland, and Denmark that New Zealand could learn from. The panel noted the importance of linking foresight to policy decisions, building capability across agencies, and taking an international perspective. The discussion aimed to help strengthen New Zealand's approach to strategic foresight and long-term public policy planning.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on long-term foresight in government planning in New Zealand. The panelists were Wendy McGuinness, Roger Dennis, and David Skilling. They discussed New Zealand's history with long-term foresight initiatives since 1976. Skilling provided examples of foresight practices from Singapore, Finland, and Denmark that New Zealand could learn from. The panel also discussed challenges with New Zealand's new Long-term Insights Briefings program and how to build demand for strategic foresight among senior officials and ministers to make these exercises more impactful.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on long-term foresight in government planning in New Zealand. The panelists were Wendy McGuinness, Roger Dennis, and David Skilling. They discussed New Zealand's history with long-term foresight initiatives since 1976. Skilling provided examples of foresight practices from Singapore, Finland, and Denmark. He outlined key elements of successful foresight processes and implications for strengthening New Zealand's capabilities, including addressing major issues, building senior leadership demand, and coordinating cross-agency work. The panel explored challenges with New Zealand's new Long-term Insights Briefings and opportunities to improve long-term strategic planning.
Ensuring Social Impact at Every Stage of Technology Research & DevelopmentJeremy Pesner
This is research I have published to help improve the extent to which research impacts society. I published this in the Journal of Science Policy and Governance in their special issue on the Future of Science Policy.
Day 1 session 3 strengthening policy engagement in imcha ppdea-imcha
The document summarizes a workshop on strengthening policy engagement efforts to improve maternal and child health in Africa. It discusses definitions of policy engagement, attributes of effective engagement, and challenges and opportunities for engagement. Partners in Population and Development, the organization hosting the workshop, promotes reproductive health and population issues through evidence-based advocacy and engagement with policymakers in 14 African countries. The workshop aimed to share lessons on building support among leaders, increasing funding commitments, and transferring knowledge through regional cooperation.
Session 3 strengthening policy engagement in imcha ppdJoshua Waema
This document summarizes a workshop organized by Partners in Population and Development (PPD) on strengthening policy engagement efforts in their Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) program. The workshop discussed definitions of policy engagement, attributes of effective policy engagement including being evidence-based and using champions. It also addressed challenges like different policymaker backgrounds and data quality issues. The document provides examples of PPD's policy engagement achievements and opportunities to strengthen engagement, such as repackaging data, understanding policymaker priorities, and establishing partnerships.
This document provides guidance on evaluating the impact of research projects, particularly those funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). It discusses defining impact goals, selecting evaluation designs, determining the reach of impacts, and communicating evaluation findings as evidence of impact. Key evaluation concepts covered include theories of change, formative and summative evaluation, attribution versus contribution, and qualitative and quantitative methods. The document also provides templates and examples to help researchers plan for impact evaluation from the start of a project.
Development Assistance: A Practitioner's PerspectiveMercatus Center
The document discusses several key challenges in development assistance and aid effectiveness from the perspective of a practitioner. It notes the long-running debate around issues like lack of coordination among aid agencies, poor quality development finance, and an unfocussed system for allocating aid. It also discusses the difficulties in having an accurate, shared understanding of development problems before proposing solutions. Finally, it outlines some of the complex political, economic and social realities that make designing, implementing and measuring the impact of aid programs challenging.
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Immigration and the Labor Market Outcomes of Natives in Developing Countries:...UNU-WIDER
The presentation discusses the effects that immigration has had on labour market outcomes of native-born black South Africans using South African census data from 2001, 2007, and 2011.
Development and Poverty in the Sub-Saharan and Northern AfricaUNU-WIDER
Through outlining historical and macro-economic background in African development and looking at structural transformation that has taken place on the continent, implications for policymaking and implementation are offered.
Presentation sa-tied- public revenue mobilization for inclusive development r...UNU-WIDER
This work stream has two main aims: 1) Continuing work to modify South African Revenue Service (SARS) tax data to be more accessible and well-documented for research purposes, and 2) Conducting actual tax research using administrative and survey data. Key research topics include the responsiveness of firms and self-employed individuals to tax incentives, the effects of special tax regimes, microsimulation modeling of business and personal taxes, profiling models of tax noncompliance, and using survey data to study work incentives and the impact of policy reforms on inequality. The work will involve capacity building through data work, joint research with SARS and National Treasury staff, and collaboration with other tax authorities in the region.
UNU-WIDER provides research and analysis to support development policies. It has expanded its global network and publications. Proposed UN reforms aim to: 1) Make the UN development system more coherent and field-focused; 2) Consolidate peace and security functions for greater effectiveness; and 3) Delegate more authority to managers in return for increased accountability. However, the reforms face challenges in securing funding and balancing member state interests. UNU-WIDER's research can help inform the reforms by providing an independent evidence base.
Presentation sa-tied- regional growth and development for southernUNU-WIDER
This document outlines the work stream "Regional growth for southern Africa’s prosperity" which continues and extends previous work on regional growth and development in Southern Africa. It consists of 5 focus areas: 1) South Africa, SADC and beyond, 2) South Africa as a regional investor, 3) The Spatial Economy of Southern Africa, 4) The Political Economy of Regional Growth, and 5) Strengthening Regional Value-chains. Each focus area identifies key questions and potential projects, such as analyzing regional integration models, South African foreign direct investment, trade corridors, barriers to regional cooperation, and developing regional supply chains. The work will result in working papers, policy briefs, and engagement with regional institutions.
Presentation sa-tied- regional growth and development for southernUNU-WIDER
This document outlines workstream 3 of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth program, which focuses on macroeconomic modelling for policy formulation. The workstream involves several organizations collaborating to strengthen the capacity of South Africa's National Treasury to analyze macroeconomic developments and policy options. The goals are to raise South Africa's growth rate and reduce inequality. The workstream includes four thematic groups focused on core policy analysis models, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and public investment and debt. It also outlines potential cross-stream projects with other workstreams.
This document summarizes work stream 5 on climate for the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth (SA-TIED) project. It focuses on climate change and energy as potential drivers of change. It outlines areas of focus including climate change, infrastructure, migration, agriculture, trade, energy, and modeling. It also discusses capacity building through a scholars program.
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This document outlines the work streams and expected activities for the Southern Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Growth (SA-TIED) project over three years from 2018-2020. The project aims to turn the tide on inequality through research on employment, income distribution, earnings dynamics, and spatial inequalities. Specific work will focus on demographic trends, employment and earnings, tax policy, social transfers, education, health care, housing and land reform. The goal is to provide ongoing policy engagement and synthesis of research to develop strategies to reduce inequality in South Africa.
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This document summarizes work stream 3 of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth program, which focuses on macroeconomic modelling for policy formulation. The work stream involves several organizations collaborating to strengthen South Africa's National Treasury's capacity to analyze macroeconomic conditions and policy options. It aims to support two goals: raising South Africa's growth rate and reducing inequality. The work is organized into four thematic groups focusing on core policy analysis models, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and public investment and debt.
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This document outlines work stream 2 of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth (SA-TIED) initiative, which focuses on public revenue mobilization for inclusive development. The work stream has two main aims: 1) continuing work with firm-level data to make it more accessible and well-documented, and 2) conducting actual tax research using administrative and survey data. Key activities include hiring someone to prepare panel data sets on firms and individuals, developing secure computing resources and documentation, and commissioning research papers on topics like the impact of taxes on firms and self-employment, compliance, and using field experiments and microsimulation models to study policy reforms. The work will involve capacity building, collaboration with local tax authorities,
Presentation sa-tied- enterprise development for job creation and growthUNU-WIDER
The document summarizes Work Stream 1 of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth project. It aims to understand private sector development and job creation in South Africa through research using tax and other microdata. Key goals are to update data sources, support policy research, build research capacity, and communicate findings to stakeholders. Topics will examine the changing tax burden, effects of worker mobility, credit allocation, and economic mapping. Outcomes include commissioned papers, workshops, policy briefs, databases, and capacity building within the National Treasury and South African Revenue Service.
Southern Africa – towards inclusive economic growth (SA-TIED)UNU-WIDER
The document introduces the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Growth (SA-TIED) program, which is a three-year collaborative effort between several organizations to support high-quality policy-relevant research and capacity building in Southern Africa. The program will focus on six thematic work streams related to enterprise development, public revenue, macroeconomic modeling, inequality, climate change, and regional growth. It aims to produce 150 research studies and invest in individual and institutional capacities through research collaborations, capacity building, and bridging research to policymakers. A dedicated communications effort including a new webpage, newsletters, and social media will ensure outreach and uptake of the program's work.
This document discusses SOUTHMOD, a project to develop tax-benefit microsimulation models for several developing countries based on the EUROMOD model. The project aims to build models for Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia, and update existing models for Namibia and South Africa. The models will be used to analyze the impact of policies on individuals, inequality, poverty and government budgets. The models will be freely available to governments and researchers in the countries to inform policymaking.
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UNU-WIDER's mission is to research policies that improve living conditions for the world's poorest through equitable and sustainable development. Their work focuses on inclusion, transformation, and sustainability. They have developed tax-benefit microsimulation models, including VNMOD for Vietnam, to analyze the impact of tax and social protection policies on poverty, inequality, and government budgets. The launch event introduced VNMOD and how it can be used to simulate reforms and their effects in Vietnam. UNU-WIDER and CIEM will continue collaborating using these models to inform policymaking.
The document provides an update on the implementation of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) survey. Key points:
- A nationally representative survey of 2,496 manufacturing firms was conducted across 35 townships in Myanmar between June and July 2017.
- Preliminary findings show that most firms are micro or small in size and family-owned. Productivity and wages are higher for larger firms.
- Many firms face constraints such as lack of capital, skilled labor and access to credit markets, especially smaller and informal firms.
- Next steps include further cleaning and analyzing the data, publishing a descriptive report in 2018, and conducting in-depth studies on topics like access to credit and the performance of firms in
2nd steering group on UNU-WIDER Myanmar project UNU-WIDER
The document provides an update on the implementation of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) survey. Key points:
- MEMS is a nationwide survey of manufacturing enterprises to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in Myanmar. It includes a quantitative survey, training, research, and dissemination of findings.
- In 2017, 2,496 enterprises across 15 states/regions were surveyed out of a target of 2,688. Preliminary findings show diversity in firm size, ownership, industries, productivity, competition, and constraints faced. Many firms report lack of capital as a major challenge.
- Next steps include cleaning the data, publishing a descriptive report in 2018, and designing in-depth studies on credit
Mobilização das Receitas Domésticas através da Tributação em MoçambiqueUNU-WIDER
O documento discute as ações tomadas pela Autoridade Tributária de Moçambique para aumentar a arrecadação de receitas domésticas. Ele descreve o sistema tributário moçambicano, classifica os impostos nacionais e discute medidas como introduzir talões fiscais eletrônicos, selar bebidas e tabaco, racionalizar isenções fiscais e modernizar sistemas tecnológicos para melhor coletar impostos.
Building up tax systems: lessons from the Nordic countriesUNU-WIDER
Developing countries like Mozambique need to raise a suffcient
amount of revenues to finance poverty reduction and to fight
inequality. How could their tax capacity be improved?
Nordic countries, in turn, have very high tax/GDP ratios – some
would say too high. How can these countries still maintain high income levels?
Every business, big or small, deals with outgoing payments. Whether it’s to suppliers for inventory, to employees for salaries, or to vendors for services rendered, keeping track of these expenses is crucial. This is where payment vouchers come in – the unsung heroes of the accounting world.
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NIM is calculated as the difference between interest income earned and interest expenses paid, divided by interest-earning assets.
Importance: NIM serves as a critical measure of a financial institution's profitability and operational efficiency. It reflects how effectively the institution is utilizing its interest-earning assets to generate income while managing interest costs.
In a tight labour market, job-seekers gain bargaining power and leverage it into greater job quality—at least, that’s the conventional wisdom.
Michael, LMIC Economist, presented findings that reveal a weakened relationship between labour market tightness and job quality indicators following the pandemic. Labour market tightness coincided with growth in real wages for only a portion of workers: those in low-wage jobs requiring little education. Several factors—including labour market composition, worker and employer behaviour, and labour market practices—have contributed to the absence of worker benefits. These will be investigated further in future work.
Vicinity Jobs’ data includes more than three million 2023 OJPs and thousands of skills. Most skills appear in less than 0.02% of job postings, so most postings rely on a small subset of commonly used terms, like teamwork.
Laura Adkins-Hackett, Economist, LMIC, and Sukriti Trehan, Data Scientist, LMIC, presented their research exploring trends in the skills listed in OJPs to develop a deeper understanding of in-demand skills. This research project uses pointwise mutual information and other methods to extract more information about common skills from the relationships between skills, occupations and regions.
A toxic combination of 15 years of low growth, and four decades of high inequality, has left Britain poorer and falling behind its peers. Productivity growth is weak and public investment is low, while wages today are no higher than they were before the financial crisis. Britain needs a new economic strategy to lift itself out of stagnation.
Scotland is in many ways a microcosm of this challenge. It has become a hub for creative industries, is home to several world-class universities and a thriving community of businesses – strengths that need to be harness and leveraged. But it also has high levels of deprivation, with homelessness reaching a record high and nearly half a million people living in very deep poverty last year. Scotland won’t be truly thriving unless it finds ways to ensure that all its inhabitants benefit from growth and investment. This is the central challenge facing policy makers both in Holyrood and Westminster.
What should a new national economic strategy for Scotland include? What would the pursuit of stronger economic growth mean for local, national and UK-wide policy makers? How will economic change affect the jobs we do, the places we live and the businesses we work for? And what are the prospects for cities like Glasgow, and nations like Scotland, in rising to these challenges?
Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
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China’s official organizer of the Expo, CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade https://en.ccpit.org/) has chosen Dr. Alyce Su as the Cover Person with Cover Story, in the Expo’s official magazine distributed throughout the Expo, showcasing China’s New Generation of Leaders to the World.
Abhay Bhutada, the Managing Director of Poonawalla Fincorp Limited, is an accomplished leader with over 15 years of experience in commercial and retail lending. A Qualified Chartered Accountant, he has been pivotal in leveraging technology to enhance financial services. Starting his career at Bank of India, he later founded TAB Capital Limited and co-founded Poonawalla Finance Private Limited, emphasizing digital lending. Under his leadership, Poonawalla Fincorp achieved a 'AAA' credit rating, integrating acquisitions and emphasizing corporate governance. Actively involved in industry forums and CSR initiatives, Abhay has been recognized with awards like "Young Entrepreneur of India 2017" and "40 under 40 Most Influential Leader for 2020-21." Personally, he values mindfulness, enjoys gardening, yoga, and sees every day as an opportunity for growth and improvement.
OJP data from firms like Vicinity Jobs have emerged as a complement to traditional sources of labour demand data, such as the Job Vacancy and Wages Survey (JVWS). Ibrahim Abuallail, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, presented research relating to bias in OJPs and a proposed approach to effectively adjust OJP data to complement existing official data (such as from the JVWS) and improve the measurement of labour demand.
3. UNU-WIDER and research on foreign aid
• Point of departure: aid is diverse and complex –
no single individual can encompass it all
• - A large and comprehensive, joint
research, documentation and communications
initiative (initiated in early 2011)
• See http://recom.wider.unu.edu/
• See also http://www.u-
landsnyt.dk/blog/374/startede-med-nysgerrig-
minister
4. Four key questions
Motivated by desire to understand better four key
questions about aid:
• What works?
• What could work?
• What is scalable?
• What is transferrable?
5. Where to begin?
• Our choice: the macro aid and growth literature
• Somehow elusive
– Many critical voices
• They often frame and strongly influence the
development debate and there is frequently talk
of a micro-macro paradox? What do we mean by
that?
• But is it true that the impact of aid “evaporates”
as we move from the project (micro) level up to
the macro economy? What can ReCom say on
balance?
6. Why it is difficult?
• Aside from ideological debates…..
• Data
• A thorny econometric challenge: attribution
elusive
– More growth is associated with less aid
– Causality not so easy to establish – how to do it is
far from simple? The need to use statistical
methods.
7. Why it is difficult? (cont.)
• A key point: what does lack of statistical
significance mean?
• “Absence of evidence” vs “evidence of
absence”
• Just because economists have had a hard time
at the macro level does not in and by itself prove
aid impact is not there
• And time has been passing and the macro-
evidence now piling up – and, yes we can say
quite a lot – based on ReCom research
8. Key macro questions and answers
Q. Why are some countries poor?
A. Poor countries produce very little.
Q. Why do poor countries produce so little?
A. Poor countries employ rudimentary technology, possess
limited stocks of human and physical capital, and have poorly
functioning institutional structures.
Q. Why do poor countries lack the wherewithal to produce?
A. Poor countries have not managed to accumulate over time.
Growth is a long run and fragile process of accumulation.
What does this mean for the analysis of aid and growth?
10. First conclusion: based on cross-country
data
• On average and in the long run, aggregate aid
contributes positively to growth at levels
predicted by growth theory – aid has been
associated with a growth bonus.
• So, there is no micro-macro paradox.
11. Second conclusion: based on time-series
data
• Aid has a positive long-run effect on key macro-
variables (GDP, investment, consumption) for
the vast majority of countries
• In only 3 out of 36 countries is there a negative
effect of aid on GDP or investment
• The transmission of aid on the macro economy
quite heterogeneous. Hence a country-specific
approach is vital
12. Third conclusion: unpacking the aggregate
effect
• Consistent and coherent pattern of results across
meso- and macro-outcomes
• Cumulative (long-run) impact of aid, NO quick wins
• Internal rate of return from aid (to growth) = 16%
• Ambiguous link from education to growth as found
elsewhere
– Remember: positive impact of aid on education
• Aid supports key building-blocks for growth:
– physical investment
– human capital (health)
13. Fourth conclusion: meta-work
• Paldam and colleagues ignore heterogeneity:
problematic for theoretical reasons
– They simply mis-measure the partial effect of aid for
those papers which include an interaction term with
the aim of capturing the non-linearity in the aid -
growth relation
• The assumption of heterogeniety in the true effect of
aid on growth across studies is confirmed.
– Statistical tests + graphical tools
• Controlling for heterogeniety, the weighted average
effect of aid on growth is found to be postive &
statistically significant
14. Overall conclusions
• Evidence on aid’s growth impact mounting
• ReCom has produced a coherent set of evidence
• The need to move beyond growth – The
development agenda post-2015
• UNU-WIDER project on growth, poverty and
inequality
• Inclusive growth