International Poverty Centre

Applied research on the Millennium Development Goals

The International Poverty Centre has been increasingly concentrating its applied research on the MDG agenda. See its recent publications listed below. It has also been gearing up to provide more training on MDG-related analysis and policymaking. This is particularly true for disaggregating data for MDG indicators. This effort has also been focused on determining the macroeconomic impact of a large inflow of Official Development Assistance to support attaining the MDGs. Refer below to information on recent conferences and workshops, such as The Millennium Development Goals: Beyond Averages and Gearing Macroeconomic Policies to Reverse the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.

Recent publications

Can we Accurately Project MDG Indicators?
Rafael Guerreiro Osório. One Pager# 68. October 2008.

Alternatives for Projecting MDG Indicators
Rafael Guerreiro Osório. Technical Paper # 2. April 2008.

ODM: ¿Objetivos Interpretados Erróneamente?
Jan Vandemoortele. One Pager # 28. February 2008.

ODM: Metas Mal Compreendidas?
Jan Vandemoortele. One Pager # 28. February 2008.

Gender Equality
Dag Ehrenpreis. Poverty In Focus # 13. December 2007.

"Does Aid Work?-for the MDGs
Dag Ehrenpreis. Poverty In Focus # 12. October 2007.

The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Weeks and Terry McKinley. Policy Research Brief # 4. October 2007.

Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The MDG Impact
Kate Bayliss and Terry McKinley. Policy Research Brief # 3. January 2007.

The Macroeconomic Debate on Scaling up HIV/AIDS Financing
Terry McKinley and Degol Hailu. Policy Research Brief # 1. September 2006.

Why Have Tax Reforms Hampered MDG Financing?
Terry McKinley. One Pager # 42. September 2007.

Raising Domestic Revenue for the MDGs: Why Wait until 2015?
Terry McKinley. One Pager # 39. July 2007.

MDG Targets: Misunderstood or Misconceived?
Hamid Tabatabai. One Pager # 33. April 2007.

MDGs: Misunderstood Targets?
Jan Vandemoortele. One Pager # 28. 2007.

Inequality and the Education MDG for Latin America
Eduardo Zepeda. One Pager # 23. 2006.

Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications
John Weeks and Terry McKinley. Country Study # 5. September 2006.>

Measuring the Impact of Price Changes on Poverty
Hyun H. Son and Nanak Kakwani. Working Paper # 33. November 2006.

Can Privatisation and Commercialisation of Public Services Help Achieve The MDGs? An Assessment
Kate Bayliss and Tim Kessler. Working Paper # 22. July 2006.

"How costly is it to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty between 1990 and 2015?"
Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son. Working Paper # 19. May 2006.

"Gearing macroeconomic polices to manage large inflows of ODA: The implications for HIV/AIDS programmes"
Anis Chowdhury with Terry McKinley. Working Paper # 17. May 2006.

"Monetary Policies for an MDG-Related Scaling up of ODA to Combat HIV/AIDS:Avoiding Dutch Disease Versus Supporting Fiscal Expansion"
Matías Vernengo. Conference Paper # 02. March 2007.

"Managing the Exchange Rate Consequences of an MDG-Related Scale-up in HIV/AIDS Financing"
John Serieux. Conference Paper # 01. March 2007.

MDG-related events organized by IPC

July 10-12, 2007 Workshop - The Millennium Development Goals: Beyond Averages 2007 IDB/BID, IPC, UNDP Honduras and INE Honduras More information (en Español)
July 10, 2007 Conference – The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America: Inclusion and Human Development More information (en Español)
November 20-21, 2006 Global Conference on Gearing Macroeconomic Policies to Reverse the HIV/AIDS Epidemic UNDP HIV/AIDS Group and International Poverty Centre More information
October 9 – 11, 2006 Workshop - The Millennium Development Goals: Beyond Averages IDB/BID, IPC, DFID and IPEA More information
October 9 , 2006 Conference - The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America: Inclusion and Human Development IDB/BID, IPC, DFID and IPEA More information