by Andrea Ayers | Nov 22, 2016 | Data, Governance, Uncategorized
Fiscal Decentralization and Development Countries around the world are increasingly recognizing the impact fiscal decentralization can have on both national and community level development. Fiscal decentralization is characterized by a shift in financial...
by Andrea Ayers | Oct 18, 2016 | Food Security, Hunger, Livelihoods, Reports, Uncategorized
Climate Change and Food Security The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 has made it clear that the agricultural industry is currently at a point in time where the actions taken by farmers, development organizations, and governments today will directly affect the...
by Andrea Ayers | Oct 17, 2016 | Gender, Livelihoods, Uncategorized
A Call to Action In September 2016, the United Nation’s High-Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment released its first report on the actions necessary to close the global gender gap in economic empowerment. The report, “Leave No One...
by Andrea Ayers | Sep 29, 2016 | Gender, Human Rights
Until recently, the human rights of half the world’s population – women – were not universally protected, nor accepted in most parts of the world. In 2014, the United Nations (UN) released a publication, “Women’s Rights are Human...
