World DataBank: New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more

You’ll find a large amount of data available through the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative: for time-series alone, there are some 8,000 indicators for around 200 countries. http://databank.worldbank.org/data/databases.aspx Available are six topics so far: poverty, gender, jobs, health, financial inclusion, and the policy and institutional framework in African countries. World Development Indicators (WDI) is the… Read More World DataBank: New data resources on poverty, gender, jobs, health and more

15. January 201314. January 2013 Karsten Weitzenegger

Evaluation in Decision Making for Public Policies and Programmes, Conference, South Africa

Second National Capacity Development Conference, South Africa. UNDP Evaluation Office and the office of the Public Service Commission of South Africa co-hosted the second International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) in Johannesburg, South Africa, held over 2.5 days from 12 to 14 of September 2011. This year’s conference had the theme of Use of… Read More Evaluation in Decision Making for Public Policies and Programmes, Conference, South Africa

7. October 2011 Karsten Weitzenegger