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15.05.2013
Reaching the poorest of the poor - Bernd Steimann
The World Bank has recently announced that it intends to adjust its focus of interventions towards t...

30.04.2013
The World Bank’s new poverty focus: A radical change or “more of the same”? - Jane Carter
The World Bank gained a new President a year ago this month, an American-Korean medical doctor and a...

15.04.2013
International indices: confusing or clarifying the poverty debate? -Jane Carter
The Human Development Index and other ways of quantifying difference in achieving human potential. ...

19.03.2013
Do we really need an SDG on inequality? - Bernd Steimann
The global debate on what should come after 2015 and the MDGs continues to absorb considerable brain...

10.03.2013
Operationalizing Human Protection and Development in International Migration - Tania Rohrer
The next two years will be particularly important for international efforts to promote synergies bet...

11.02.2013
Empowerment as a target and a critical driver of poverty reduction- Tania Rohrer
Empowerment is closely linked to power, participation, ability and potential, autonomy, rights, choi...

23.01.2013
Local governance: the missing link in the SDG debate - Bernd Steimann
2015 is approaching fast, and the debate on what should come after the Millennium Development Goals ...

18.01.2013
New Federal Bill on Switzerland’s International Cooperation
The new Federal Bill on Switzerland’s International Cooperation came into force this January! It wil...

28.11.2012
Rural Poverty Reduction in Afghanistan – Tania Rohrer
By tracing rural livelihoods of Afghan rural households, researchers of the Afghanistan Research and...

27.11.2012
Contested New Geographies of Poverty and Aid - Bernd Steimann
"How many poor people are there in the world, based on how poverty is defined where those people liv...

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