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(Archived document, may contain errors) T1 608 October 5, 1987 THE CENTRE ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS: I HOW THE U.N. INJURES POOR NATIONS The United Nations has a long history of attacking the free enterprise system. A key elemeht in this is the campaign against multinational corporations or, as they are called at the U.N., Transnational Corporations (TNCs A leader in this attack is the New York-based Centre on Transnational Corporations (CTC). Corporations; which was established in 19

In this blog, we make the case that WHO should shift away from disease siloes and reorganize to streamline the cross-cutting functions that it delivers to member countries. The WHO has an opportunity to streamline its functions along the continuum of science practice—from registering clinical trials and aggregating scientific research and ultimately to evidence synthesis and health technology assessment (HTA) for informing policy recommendations—across the organization.

In this piece, I recap a few key messages on USAID’s call to action, honing in on the role of data and evidence in driving policy and decision-making. I argue that we need better data on the progress of maternal and child survival through improved health information systems as well as greater use of economic evidence to help drive priorities. These two approaches can help donors and governments drive reductions in preventable deaths of moms and babies.

States fail when the system of governance is so fragile and discriminatory that people lose faith in the government

Despite development assistance (often at extremely subsidized interest rates and generous repayment schedules), sub-Saharan Africa has performed dismally on various economic indicators.Developing countries must make their own internal reforms byimplementing policies that promote economic freedom, which, inturn, are known to be associated with higher levels of economicgrowth.

Sustainable policy is driven by lessons learned from the past. To learn, people, nations, and global societies need reliable measures of progress.

Women

We should not be fooled into giving up on the public sector which can – and should – look out for our best interests

While learners are at the heart of education, teachers are the main artery pumping blood to that heart. At the recent Comparative and International Education Society conference, I shared ten things—six I know and four I want to know—about supporting teachers to end the global learning crisis.

This article is divided into three parts. The first part deals with ‘why local government?’ The second with experiences during the 2001-2009 period and finally in the third part it...