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8 December Dec 2015 1203 08 December 2015 Have those hard-won accountability reforms had any impact?
Australian researchers Kate Macdonald and May Miller-Dawkins summarize the main points from recent contributions to the Global Policy Journal on the impact of accountability reforms in aid
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3 December Dec 2015 1740 03 December 2015 Financial inclusion to help reduce poverty
Worrying findings from the S&P Global FinLit Survey. The major survey on financial literacy shows that not only is financial illiteracy widespread, but there are big variations among countries and groups. Women, the poor, and lower educated respondents are more likely to suffer from gaps in financial knowledge. This is true not only in developing economies but also in countries with well-developed financial markets.
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2 December Dec 2015 0859 02 December 2015 Climate: half a billion children at risk from global warming
Children are the most exposed to climate risks, and are the first victims of environmental crises. This is the statement from UNICEF a few days before the conference in Paris, where world leaders are called upon to make binding commitments to reduce emissions of CO2.
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27 November Nov 2015 0823 27 November 2015 Integrating young refugees in Europe ? Invest on education
The process of becoming a new european citizen starts with making Europe’s schools more inclusive. The insights of Christian Bodewig, the lead education specialist at the World Bank.
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23 November Nov 2015 1731 23 November 2015 Laura Frigenti appointed as Director of the new Italian Development Cooperation Agency
Today Italian PM Matteo Renzi has appointed Laura Frigenti as the Director of the new Italian Agency for Development Cooperation which will kick off its operations from January 1, 2016. Currently serving as Vice President of the Global Development Practice Department at InterAction, the US national platform of NGOs, Frigenti has also had a long career at the World Bank.