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How the SDGs change evaluation practice: The case of Costa Rica

11 August 2018 weitzenegger Development, Evaluation, Governance, Knowledge, Latin America, Poverty, Research, SDGs

Karsten Weitzenegger is contracted by German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) to carry out a meta-analysis of poverty-related reports done in Costa Rica recently. The meta-analysis will serve to systematize achievements, favorable and unfavorable factors and recommendations in relation to the objective of the fight against poverty. During the period

UNCTAD 14: Policy coherence needed to turn trade into an engine for growth in Africa

21 January 2018 weitzenegger Economy, Employment, Global Agenda, SDGs, Trade, WTO

Trade and investment can be drivers of inclusive growth for sustainable development in Africa, says the ILO’s Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships, Gilbert Houngbo, at UNCTAD 14 in Nairobi but calls for more integrated policies to realize that potential.By Gilbert Houngbo, Deputy Director for Field Operations and Partnerships,

ILO Social Protection Floors Calculator: Social protection is affordable

14 December 2017 weitzenegger Development, Economy, Employment, ILO, Poverty, SDG, SDGs

ILO releases a number of easy-to-use tools and guides, which show that most countries could afford to provide social protection floors if they chose to. GENEVA (ILO News) – Even the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all their citizens, the ILO said in its recently released

How’s Life? OECD Measuring Well-being 2017

15 November 2017 weitzenegger Economy, Employment, OECD, Poverty, Publications, Research, SDGs

What makes for a good life? While the richness of human experience cannot be captured in numbers alone, it is important that the statistics shaping public policy reflect both people’s material living conditions, and the quality of their lives. This includes how life is changing over time, how lives differ

#CrossroadsBonn Conference explores connections between climate change and a just world

3 November 2017 weitzenegger Climate Change, Cooperation, Crisis, Development, Development Results, Economy, Employment, Environment, Global Agenda, SDGs, Technology

A ten-point memorandum entitled “The Climate – Justice – Cooperation Nexus: 10 Cornerstones of the Great Transformation towards Sustainability” was presented as the outcome of the conference. This memorandum defines key global challenges for the coming years and calls upon state and non-governmental actors to accelerate their efforts to tackle

Data for Development | OECD Development Co-operation Report 2017

24 October 2017 weitzenegger Content, Cooperation, Development, Evaluation, Human Capacity, Knowledge, OECD, Research, SDGs

Data are a prerequisite for delivering the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and ensuring that no one is left behind. The Development Co‑operation Report 2017 focuses on data for development because quality, timely and disaggregated data are crucial for achieving the ultimate goal of development: improving the

World Bank warns of ‘learning crisis’ in global education

10 October 2017 weitzenegger Culture, Human Capacity, Knowledge, OECD, Poverty, SDGs

World Development Report 2018 calls for greater measurement, action on evidence WASHINGTON, September 26, 2017 – Millions of young students in low and middle-income countries face the prospect of lost opportunity and lower wages in later life because their primary and secondary schools are failing to educate them to succeed

The European External Investment Plan to boost jobs and growth in developing countries

6 October 2017 weitzenegger ACP, Banking, Caribbean, Cooperation, Development, Economy, Employment, Europe, European Union, Governance, Grants, Rural Economies, SDGs, Value Chains

The European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) is the heart piece of the EU’s new External Investment Plan (EIP). Its role is to help boosting private and public investment in our partner countries to address some of the obstacles to growth and some root reasons for irregular migration. The EFSD

Solutions Summit 2017 highlights projects that advance the objectives of one or more of the 17 SDGs

13 September 2017 weitzenegger Development Results, Global Agenda, Human Capacity, Knowledge, SDGs, Technology, United Nations

Solutions selected for SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2017 Solutions Summit is an annual catalytic gathering at United Nations Headquarters in New York during UN General Assembly high-level week in September. This initiative lifts-up and advances the work of exceptional teams already developing innovative solutions that address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This

Civil society & the SDGs – notes & next steps from #HLPF

9 August 2017 Karsten Weitzenegger Climate Change, Cooperation, Development, Global, SDG, SDGs

At last month´s UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, over 2,500 representatives from civil society joined governments to review implementation efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals. The global forum resulted in a Ministerial Declaration, which Action for Sustainable Development produced a response. 5 key points from our statement: The Leave No One Behind… Read More Civil society & the SDGs – notes & next steps from #HLPF

Karsten Weitzenegger supports AIM2Flourish

26 July 2017 weitzenegger Entrepreneurship, Global Agenda, Research, SDG, SDGs

Invited by partners in the Americas, Karsten Weitzenegger has joind AIM2Flourish, the higher-education curriculum for the UN Sustainable Development Goals and business for good innovation. AIM2Flourish is the world’s first global initiative steering future business leaders towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a flourishing world for all.