Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013
Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013 examined public attitudes towards the economy and indicated a growing optimism in relation to last year. Ipsos MORI carried out 2,515 interviews online with British adults aged 16-75. Fieldwork took place between 23-27 November 2012. http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3111/State-of-the-Nation-2013.aspx Other topics include brutishness & national identity. For older materials on […]
Joseph Stiglitz and Central Banks
Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, stated that central banks have too much financial power to remain as unelected bodies. Read the full speech to the Indian reserve bank on his website: A Revolution in Monetary Policy: Lessons in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis, C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, January […]
Med-Mem
Med-Mem This new online video library co-funded by the European Union is the largest online video archive library with over 4000 items relating to the historic, cultural and tourism heritage of the Mediterranean. Chosen by an international editorial committee. There is strong coverage of Mediterranean countries that are partners of the EU – Algeria, Egypt, […]
Large corporations and tax
Large corporations and tax. Here are some a starting points for research. HM Revenue website has the official regulations and forms. It also provides free access to regular statistical reports on corporation tax. There is also a section about the need to reform tax laws. Useful documents and guides on home and overseas tax regulations can […]
Data.gov.in
A new initiative to provide free open access to statistical data from the Indian government. It currently has only 19 datasets, but these include recent GDP and consumer price indexes, and more will be added as data controllers are appointed. Materials will include state level and urban/rural data. Datasets are available to download in Excel. More […]
The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companion
An online guide from Oxfam intended for development workers. The right to be heard framework aims to help poor people be heard by politicians. It includes case studies from civil society on how to devise and analyse programmes and gain support. http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-right-to-be-heard-framework-a-learning-companion-254793
ICAI – Independent commission for aid impact
The independent body responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid. A useful starting point for considering effectiveness. Reports from 2011 onwards are online. http://icai.independent.gov.uk/publications/ Other useful analyses of UK aid: House of Commons international development committee – reports and hearings online. Eldis provides a free searchable database of abstracts and full text publications covering all aspects […]
Learning Curve- how do education systems rank?
http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com/ New resource from Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit. See country profiles on expenditure and outcomes and Case studies on improvements. UNESCO education section has news about education systems worldwide. This includes: education monitoring statistics Global education digest 2012 Education for all monitoring reports. The latter monitors progress against a number of agreed targets. There is […]
Jeanette Winterson, tax, libraries and Starbucks, Google and Amazon!
The author Jeanette Winterson delivered the inaugural Reading Agency lecture at the British Library on 19th November. In it she argued that the government should charge Starbucks tax to save libraries. Read more about it on the Reading Agency website http://readingagency.org.uk/news/media/jeanette-winterson-delivers-the-inaugural-the-reading-agency-lecture.html and in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/19/amazon-starbucks-google-libraries-jeanette-winterson
Euro debt crisis
Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data. BBC news also has some recent graphics. For academic discussion try: Brookings Institution research (from a USA perspective). VOX http://www.voxeu.org/article/understanding-eurozone-crisis EU comment from leading economists in Europe. The ILO […]
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