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Philanthrocapitalists propose a Social Progress Index | Humanosphere - 0 views

  • “We need a new way to measure social progress that is independent of economic indicators,”
  • Many, if not most, aid experts today agree that this didn’t work out too well since it was a gross measure, meaning it didn’t really measure what happened to individual people, and because, well, economics is not all there is to life – or measuring life.
  • The SPI ranks countries based on three categories – basic human needs; foundations of well-being; opportunity – each of which are broken down further into four categories.
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Clint Hamada

Viet Nam & the MDGs - 0 views

  • Viet Nam has made very impressive progress towards achieving the MDGs and has been successful in meeting some of them – such as MDG 1 on eradication of extreme hunger and poverty – way ahead of the 2015 deadline.
  • if Viet Nam is to achieve all the MDGs with equity, it is important that progress is sustained, that rising disparities are better targeted, that risks are anticipated and that remaining gaps are addressed
debbolib

The MDGs Report 2014 Addendum: Goal 4, Reduce Child Mortality - 0 views

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    Despite substantial progress, the world is still falling short of the MDG child mortality target.
Melissa Griffin

OECD video on busan and MDG progress - short and good - 3 views

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    With some two billion people living in poverty, without clean water and sanitation or access to schooling and healthcare, it's clear that development has to work better to improve people's lives. The Forth High-level Forum in Busan aims to make that happen.
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