Hello
everyone and welcome to weekly roundup. Below is a selection of news
articles and a video that caught our eye from our blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts. We hope
you enjoy the read.
The
State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013: The Multiple Dimensions of Food
Security. The newest
edition of the State of Food Insecurity in the World Series by FAO presents
updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World
Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. The 2013 report goes beyond measuring food
deprivation. It presents a broader suite of indicators that aim to capture the
multidimensional nature of food insecurity, its determinants and outcomes.
Below a Q&A session on the report
The Global AgeWatch Index 2013 was
unveiled by the HelpAge Network on October 1st, International Day of
Older Persons. It is the first ever tool to measure the quality of life and
well-being of older people around the world. It responds to the urgent need to
tackle the poverty and discrimination faced by the growing numbers of older
people across the globe and demonstrates there is much to do.
Allianz - Open Knowledge, HelpAge, Centre for Social
Protection, European Network on Measuring Progress, Institute of Social and
Medical Studies, Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres,
International Council on Social Welfare, OECD - Employment, Labour and Social
Affairs, PRO Global, Wikiprogress and World Bank invite you to
participate in their online discussion, on “How
should older people’s well-being be measured?” from 3 - 14 October 2013. Here is
the short link http://bit.ly/17iDNBy and
the hashtags for Twitter are #OlderPeople and #AgeingIndex.
After
a Decade of Growth in Africa, Little Change in Poverty at the Grassroots, the most
recent Policy Brief by the Afrobarometer Research Center shows the discrepancy
between the economic growth in the African continent and the well-being of
Africans. More than 50,000 individuals have been targeted in this survey
(2010-2) in 34 African countries. 56% of the surveyed considered “bad” or “very
bad” the management of the economy by their national governments and 69% had
the same opinions on the policies targeting poverty. 67% believed that there was no improvement or
a worsening of their quality of life.
Africa’s century?,
this brief paper builds its arguments on an article by
Myles Wickstead, Head of the UK Commission for Africa, on the OECD
Observer, to discuss the economic growth in the continent in the last decade
and the challenges to overcome. In the same page, are accessible several
background papers of the International
Economic Forum on Africa.
Ressources minières: un
tremplin pour le développement de l'Afrique by the Director of UNDP Africa, Abdouaye Mar
Dieye. The article was published ahead of this year’s International Economic
Forum on Africa which calls for a harnessing of natural resources’ for
development. The articles calls for an efficient and transparent exploitation
of these resources through taxes and fees; a better use of those taxes in
uplifting sectors such as education and health and a progressive diversification
of the economy through investments in high added-value sectors such as
agriculture and manufacturing.
Below this
infographics by Standard Chartered gives a glimpse of the potential of the
continent
Políticas Públicas para El Buen
Vivir y el Bienestar, the theme for Wikiprogress
América Latina’s first online discussion. Only 3 DAYS left
to make your points and share the best practices on well-being and “buen vivir”
in Latin America. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/19vQBTK and
the hashtag for Twitter: #Bienestar and #PoliticasPublicas
Stay tuned
the same time next week for another roundup of the week that was.
Yours in progress,
Wikiprogress Africa
Wikiprogress Africa
