International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences is calling for applications for PhD positions. The positions are fully funded, and are enumerated as full time job according to Norwegian regulations. Full details of all the positions here. One...
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Category: MDGs
A reading list for the data revolution
If you have sat through more than two conferences and workshops on the post-2015 development agenda or the Sustainable Development Goals (or tracked #SDGs or #data2015 on Twitter) you will be aware that there is a certain repetition of ideas. The same soundbites are...
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What did we learn from measuring the costs of monitoring the SDGs?
In response to my costing estimate of the MDGs, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network took the initiative to host a group of 'experts' to come up with a collective estimate. The group first met in October in Paris and New York, and the final...
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Why so grumpy? The datarevolution and its discontents
In "Big Questions for Big Data and what it can do for African Economic Development" I wrote about some of the basic knowledge problems that remain in development statistics, and concluded that, as of yet, Big Data does not seem well equipped in addressing...
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