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Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

Fuente: Center for Global Development Many reform initiatives in developing countries fail to achieve sustained improvements in performance because they are merely isomorphic mimicry—that is, governments and organizations pretend to reform by changing what policies or organizations look like rather than what they actually do. In addition, the flow of development resources and legitimacy without demonstrated improvements in performance undermines the impetus for effective action to build state capability or improve performance.
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The Carlos Slim Foundation's business approach to aid

The Carlos Slim Foundation has been expanding its reach across Latin America, with new, large-scale partnerships like Mesoamerica, the health initiative with governments across the region, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. In this short interview, Dr. Roberto Tapia, Director General of the Carlos Slim Foundation talks about the kind of relationship the Foundation have with its partners and beneficiaries.

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Poverty strains cognitive abilities, opening door for bad decision-making, new study finds

Fuente: Health and Science Poverty consumes so much mental energy that people struggling to make ends meet often have little brainpower left for anything else, leaving them more susceptible to bad decisions that can perpetuate their situation, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
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UNDESA DSPD e-Discussion on ''Rethinking and strengthening social development in a contemporary world''

Fuente: UNDESA DSPD This E-dialogue on "Rethinking and strengthening social development in the contemporary world" is part of the preparatory process for the 54th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) to be held in February 2016, and organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors – 2nd ed.

Fuente: World Health Organization Since the first edition was published in 2000, Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth has been translated into several languages and today is used widely in training for and the provision of emergency obstetric care. The new edition brings the guidance in the manual into line with WHO’s current recommendations for emergency obstetric and newborn care.
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