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New Profile of Community Economic Development in New Zealand
marzo 28, 2014 20:09
Earlier this month, the New Zealand Community Economic Development Trust released Community Economic Development: Understanding the New Zealand Context, exploring the conceptual theory of CED and describing the realities of CED practice in the c Theme: International ResearchIncorporating a Rights-based Perspective into the Administrative Activities of Government Programmes
marzo 27, 2014 21:00As the role of social protection in social development is increasingly emphasized, there is a need to ensure that social protection programmes are not only efficiently managed but express core values such as rights. There are multiple challenges to incorporating a rights-based perspective into the administrative activities of government bureaucracies responsible for social protection programmes.... ...
On The Boston Globe: “Waving free-market flag brings out worst in capitalism”
marzo 27, 2014 11:07By Julie Matthaei, Professor of economics, Wellesley College, cofounder of the US Solidarity Economy Network. Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2014/03/26/waving-free-market-flag-brings-out-worst-capitalism/RCAbvzsZCyr5eww3PTSF0O/story.html | March 27, 2014 Following in the footsteps of the Employment Policies Institute, Tom Keane disregards my support for raising the minimum wage because I am a Marxist economist, associating me with the worst abuses of Soviet-style... ...
RIPESS recommendations to the UN-SDSN report “Indicators for Sustainable Development”
marzo 27, 2014 4:45On March 6, RIPESS took part in a teleconference consultation organized by the UN Agency SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) about their draft report on “Indicators for Sustainable Development”, which will be delivered to the UN Memberstates as part of the post-2015 development agenda process. The report proposes 100 indicators in 10 Goals. Ripess made... ...
Good Practices for Effective Participation in Social Protection Design and Implementation
marzo 26, 2014 21:00The tendency for programmes intended for those who are poor and marginalized to be distorted and captured by local elites is widely recognised. For programmes of social protection, participation is an obvious prescription to overcome this elite capture but is far from a magic wand. Who participates? Participation can itself be captured to become an... ...
Adopting Comprehensive, Coherent and Coordinated Policies in Social Protection: A View from the Americas
marzo 26, 2014 21:00In the context of the principles of social protection, through the Social Charter of the Americas, the countries of the region acknowledge they have “a responsibility to develop and implement comprehensive social protection policies and programs, based on the principles of universality, solidarity, equality, nondiscrimination, and equity that give priority to persons living in conditions... ...
Conditional Cash Transfers and the Human Right to Social Security
marzo 26, 2014 21:00The increasing use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) has perhaps been one of the most significant additions to the social development agenda of late. CCTs have delivered some impressive results in terms of reducing poverty and inequality, and are credited with numerous other positive human development outcomes. However, opinions on the status of CCT conditionalities... ...
Membership
marzo 26, 2014 11:02Membership 2014-2015 As we are now at the end of another financial year we are contacting all our current and past members of CBS Network to invite you to continue – or to renew – your association with our work. CBS Network continues to contribute to the development and teaching of the part time MSc in... ...
Adding value to microfinance
marzo 26, 2014 4:41
As part of its work as a social investor, Oikocredit has a capacity building unit as part of the social performance department that assists partners and the wider microfinance community in maintaining social practices. Oikocredit has dedicated social performance officers in every region that mentor and support existing and potential partners in both day-to-day operations... ...Happy Country, Happy Government: How Useful are International Happiness Rankings?
marzo 25, 2014 21:00Studying the progress of nations from a well-being perspective is becoming more and more popular. A well-being perspective offers potential advantages, including insights into what matters to people directly, and a comprehensive and relatively non-judgmental view on development. However, the contribution of a well-being lens remains limited by issues of well-being data availability, a focus... ...
Valeria Esquivel to Join UNRISD as Gender Research Coordinator
marzo 25, 2014 21:00UNRISD is pleased to announce the appointment of Valeria Esquivel to lead the Institute’s research programme in the area of Gender and Development. In her new role, she will be responsible for conceptualizing, developing and managing research on gender-related issues of concern for the UN system and other stakeholders within the framework of the UNRISD... ...
Who Needs a Boss? NYT on Worker Coops
marzo 25, 2014 12:16
Arizmendi Bakery in San Francisco MARCH 25, 2014 New York Times Magazine It’s the Economy By SHAILA DEWAN If you happen to be looking for your morning coffee near Golden Gate Park and the bright red storefront of the Arizmendi Bakery attracts your attention, congratulations. You have found what the readers of The San Francisco... ...Reaching out to future development leaders: UNRISD draws a crowd at the Graduate Institute careers fair
marzo 24, 2014 21:00Over 150 graduates approached the UNRISD stand at Connexions, the Graduate Institute’s annual careers forum, held in Geneva on 19-21 March 2014. They were greeted with information flyers about the Institute, a newly developed careers flyers and an open ear for their questions. Some were specifically interested in UNRISD and how their own work and... ...
All-Party Parliamentary Caucus on Co-operatives Prepares its First Meeting
marzo 24, 2014 20:46
The co-operative sector has cause to celebrate as an all-party Parliamentary Caucus on Co-operatives prepares to hold its first meeting. Theme: National Policy Work30% tax relief for social enterprises and co-operatives set up as community interest companies in the UK
marzo 24, 2014 16:00Chancellor George Osborne announced a tax relief for social investment in his Budget, designed to stimulate investment in social enterprises. However, the new tax relief will not apply to investment in co-operatives registered as industrial and provident societies (IPSs) or companies limited by guarantee (CLGs). But co-operatives set up as community interest companies and community benefit societies can benefit. “We’re backing... ...
