How society is at the root of India’s female workforce woes
India has a severe economic problem: its female labour force participation is declining. To stop this, the country must [...]
Southern Perspectives Digest
Southern Voice and its members have been busy this first quarter of 2019. Here is a roundup of a [...]
Is Latin America maximising the synergies between education and employment?
(en español más abajo) 22 April 2019, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Side event (followed by a cocktail reception) [...]
Scaling Up Business Impact on the SDGs – T20 Japan 2019
Abstract Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires redefining the purpose of business and scaling up their impact. However, [...]
Unbundling the 13 million out-of-school children in Nigeria
This blog identifies groups excluded from quality education in Nigeria and the reasons behind their exclusion. It proposes actionable [...]
Financing SDGs: Is humanitarian aid causing a diversion?
This article looks at how a higher flow of humanitarian assistance has influenced the development finance discourse.
Equal opportunities through access to mathematical knowledge
Who doesn’t remember math class in school as a source of anxiety and insecurity? Math and science in general [...]
New Development Landscape and its Challenges
This blog post looks at the challenges and shifts that the development landscape has experienced over the last decade. It argues for the need for developing a new methodological framework for assessing development effectiveness.
The time is ripe for Southern Perspectives
Originally published by On Think Tanks As the Think Tank Initiative ends, Andrea Ordonez was invited to give the keynote [...]
Non-traditional aid in Uganda: Weighing private vs public priorities
Uganda needs to take lead in establishing a more accountable structure for negotiating external support from “non-traditional” development partners.