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  1. Inclusive Data and Statistics: Human Development and Disability Indicators in Low- and Middle-income Countries

    …th disabilities with 24 censuses and general household surveys from 21 LMICs. Findings have implications for data collection, research and policy. Sophie Mitra is professor of economics and founding director of the Research Consortium on Disability at Fordham University in New York City. She has studied the economic impact of disability and mental illness, the effects of social protection programs, multidimensional poverty, the association between…

    HDCA Webinar 2021 Health and Disability HDCA Videos
    56 minutes
  2. New Book: “Capability-promoting policies: Enhancing individual and social development”

    …Australia, Europe and North and South America. The result is a call for a new, feasible approach towards more socially balanced, democratic and innovative capability-promoting policy activities, models and programmes that reduce social and human suffering to promote an enhanced social quality of current societies around the world. Publication date: November 2017 Pre-order at: http://policypress.co.uk/capability-promoting-policies ISBN: 978-144733…

  3. NEW European Commission Report: Multidimensional Perspectives on Inequality: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

    …ransmission of advantages and disadvantages over time, the availability of new data sources for fine-grained data collection and higher spatial resolution policy-making, the interplay of individual effort and external circumstances when it comes to identifying a just distribution of opportunities in society, as well as the relevance of lifetime approaches for the study of economic inequalities within countries. The content of this work will provid…

  4. Invitation to Webinar: Social innovation and climate emergency

    …nergy and water provision, and professional provision and the emergency of new work profiles dedicated to active engagement in response to climate emergency. This webinar brings together research on this emerging relation from establish and emerging scholars in the field. Key questions are: What are the central issues in research on this relation so far? What is the contribution of the capabilities approach and human development? The webinar will…

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