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Voices of the Vulnerable: Recovery from the Ground Up
The Secretary-General's second report on the impacts of the ongoing economic crisis on vulnerable populations in developing countries. Read More...

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Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Analysis Fund (RIVAF)
In December 2009, the Deputy Secretary-General launched the Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Analysis Fund (RIVAF) as part of the Global Pulse initiative. The RIVAF grant-making mechanism will support...
Consultation: Bellagio Blue Sky Thinkers Workshop
The Global Pulse initiative has begun a series of consultations to solicit new and creative thinking for the development of the Global Pulse platform. As part of this series of consultations, the...
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Latest Resources

Jun 22, 2010
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals Report Card
Jun 21, 2010
Vulnerability
UN Secretary-General: 2nd Voices of the Vulnerable Report - Recovery from the Ground Up
May 4, 2010
Children, Coping
UNICEF: Recovery with a Human Face - Mozambique
May 1, 2010
Data Collection, Mobile Phones
Mobile Phone Data Collection Inventory
May 1, 2010
Migration
Migration and the Global Financial Crisis in the context of Bangladesh
May 1, 2010
Children, Health, Mobile Phones, Nutrition, Vulnerability
Voices of the Vulnerable: Research Project on New Methods for Information Collection, Analysis and Use
May 1, 2010
Economics/Finance, MDGs
UNDP: The impact of the global economic crisis in Côte d'Ivoire
Apr 22, 2010
Food, Trade
FAO/WFP: Food security and trade in West Africa
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Latest Blog Entries

Jul 28, 2010
Eva Kaplan, UNICEF
RIVAF Update - WFP/UNICEF data triangulation exercise.
On July 15, this project was officially launched.  Representatives from all 5 participating...
Jul 12, 2010
Panthea Lee, UNICEF
From Pilots to Policy Lessons: New Methods for Information Collection, Analysis and Use
SIPA research team on the road from Gulu to Awach, Uganda, to conduct research at rural health...
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Upcoming Events

September 2010

09
Wolfram Data Summit 2010 (9 to 10 Sept. 2010, Washington D.C./USA)
Thursday
In almost any domain, there are a few central repositories of data, maintained by national or...

September 2010

20
Design for Mobile
Monday
This three-day event "is a conference focused on strategy and tactics for user research, product...
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Latest News Stories

Why the Education Gap?
September 6, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 4:30am
By James KwakProbably the most important and intractable economic problem we face is not restarting the economy after the financial crisis, but the...
WTO Chief Urges Global Trade Deal Completion
September 6, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 2:00am
WTO chief wants G20 push on global trade deal
Emerging-Market Stocks Advance for Fourth Day; Rand, Chinese Yuan Rally - Bloomberg
September 6, 2010 Google News (Financial Crisis) 1:57am
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