ESCAP flagship Survey calls for a paradigm shift in macroeconomic policies to make growth inclusive and sustainable Brasilia, 18 April 2013 – Asia-Pacific economies will see subdued growth in 2013 after last year’s sharp slowdown caused by external factors, the United Nations said in its annual regional social and economic report released today in Brasilia. [...]
Brasília, 11 April 2013 – Amidst widening income inequalities and depleting natural resources, the Asia-Pacific region is facing subdued growth in 2013. The United Nations Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013 analyses a wide range of areas including economic growth, trade, inflation, employment, and labour migrations. The 2013 Survey will be presented [...]
Brasília, April 04, 2013 – Friday April 5th marks 1000 days until the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are anticipated to be achieved. Momentum 1000 is a worldwide rally organized by the UNDP that aims to enhance cooperation and advocacy throughout the final leg towards achieving the MDGs. The International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) of the [...]
Brasília, March 27, 2013 – The International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth hosted a 10-day E-discussion between February 10th and March 4th on the topic of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) with support from the UK Department for International Development. The discussion attempted to address the key tensions that exist at the intersection of climate change and agriculture [...]
Brasília, March 20, 2013 - On March 18, the Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS) Tereza Campello said that the funds invested by the Brazilian government in the Bolsa Familia programme reached 0.46% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012. According to MDS data, the budget for the programme reached USD $ [...]
Brasília, March 19, 2013 – A delegation from Senegal comprised of political leaders and United Nations representatives convened at the IPC-IG/UNDP on March 18, 2013 to better understand the successes of social protection policies in Brazil. The Senegalese delegation is visiting Brazil to attend the International Seminar on Social Policy for Development offered by the [...]
The UNDP IPC-IG, World Bank, IPEA and MDS unite efforts and experiences to promote the exchange of successful practices in the fight against poverty. Portuguese version available at: UNDP Brazil Brasília, March 6, 2013 – In an unprecedented partnership, four institutions that have been recognized for their commitment to fighting poverty joined forces this week [...]
In its new Inclusive Growth Bulletin recently launched IPC-IG brings together a series of publications discussing the very concept of Inclusive Growth. The research led by Raquel Ramos focuses on the conceptualization of inclusive growth, how it differs from pro-poor growth and how to measure it. One of the studies proposes an index to measure the inclusiveness [...]
Source: MDS Brasília, February 21, 2013 – An extension of the Bolsa Familia programme was enacted by the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on February 19th that aims to extend the complementary benefit to overcome extreme poverty of Brazil Carinhoso (see PRB 41) to all families still living in extreme poverty after the Bolsa Familia standard transfers regardless of whether they have children or [...]
