Wednesday, October 1, 2008

[EQ] Development: A misconceived theory can kill

Development: "A misconceived theory can kill”

Sabina Alkire
Working Paper 11: April 2008 -
forthcoming in C. Morris, Ed. Amartya Sen: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. CUP
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

Available online at: http://www.ophi.org.uk/pubs/Alkire%20Development%20OPHI%20WP.pdf

 

“… The first section of this chapter orients the reader to the relationship between development and freedom.
The second section demonstrates how Sen uses aspects of the capability approach in relation to poverty measurement, the market, education, gender, population and reason, health and hunger…”

 

 

 

 

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[EQ] Assessing the Impacts of Public Participation: Concepts, Evidence and Policy Implications

Assessing the Impacts of Public Participation: Concepts, Evidence and Policy Implications

 

Julia Abelson, PhD1,2

François-Pierre Gauvin, MA, PhD (candidate)1

1 Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University

2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University

The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) Working Paper Series

 

Available online PDF [54p.] at: http://www.chepa.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=pdf%2fCHEPA+WP+08-01.pdf&tabid=130&mid=450

 

“…..The expansion of ordinary citizens’ roles in a variety of policy and decision-making processes has created a pressing need to draw out the lessons from accumulated work in the field of public engagement to inform the design and evaluation of new public engagement processes. In particular, the effects of these roles on decision processes and outcomes, and on the citizens themselves, warrant scrutiny.

 

These questions are increasingly relevant to health policy makers and health system managers working in local, provincial and national or pan-Canadian settings to find meaningful and effective ways to involve citizens in their decision-making processes. In this paper, we explore what is known about the extent to which the goals of public participation in policy have been met.

 

The current state of knowledge about the impact of public participation on policy and civic literacy is reviewed along with the conceptual and methodological approaches to evaluation and their associated challenges. The published (English and French) empirical public participation evaluation literature is also reviewed and reflections from key informant interviews with policy makers and public participation practitioners are shared. The limits to evaluation and its uptake are discussed and strategies for advancing the practice and methods of public participation evaluation are outlined..’

 

 

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[EQ] Violence and Injuries

Progress in preventing injuries in the WHO European Region  

 

WHO EURO - ECEH Rome Office, 2008

 

“….Injuries are a leading cause of death in the European Region, particularly in people under the age of 45 years. Every year about 800,000 people of all ages (235,000 in the European Union) lose their lives from injuries, whether unintentional or intentional. Huge inequalities, both between and within countries, have important implications of social justice and inequity in access to preventive programmes   …”

 

Available online PDF [53p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/document/E91710.pdf

 

Implementing the WHO Regional Committee for Europe resolution EUR/RC55/R9 on prevention of injuries in the WHO European Region and the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union on the prevention of injury and promotion of safety  

     

European inventory of national policies on the prevention of violence and injury (2007)  

 

URL: http://data.euro.who.int/injuryprevention/


This inventory collects policy initiatives undertaken at national level in countries across the Region by different sectors involved in the prevention of violence and injuries. It is one of the products of a joint WHO/EC project on preventing injury and promoting safety in Europe

 

Online tools for injury prevention: learn how to use them

Tutorial   http://www.euro.who.int/Document/VIP/Tutorial.pdf

 

 

National assessments

These two-page summaries include a synthesis country profile and an assessment of the country's progress in preventing violence and injuries based on the effectiveness of interventions in place. The pillars of the analysis include national policies, implementation of effective interventions, impact of resolution EUR/RC55/R9 and next steps.

The assessments are based on WHO/Europe's data and information and on responses to a WHO/Europe questionnaire gathering information on key elements of the European Council Recommendation of 31 May 2007 and of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe Resolution EUR/RC55/R9.

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Albania (2008) [pdf, 94KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Armenia [pdf, 96KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Austria [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Belgium (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bulgaria (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Croatia (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cyprus (2008) [pdf, 93KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Czech Republic (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Denmark (2008) [pdf, 96KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Finland (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greece (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hungary (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Israel (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Latvia (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lithuania (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Malta (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the Netherlands (2008) [pdf, 96KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Norway (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Poland (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portugal (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Russian Federation (2008) [pdf, 99KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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San Marino (2008) [pdf, 96KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Serbia (2008) [pdf, 96KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Slovakia (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Slovenia (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Spain (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2008) [pdf, 98KB]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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United Kingdom (2008) [pdf, 97KB]

 

 

 

WHO/EUROPE VIP - PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

ECEH Rome Office

Via F. Crispi 10 - 00187 Rome, Italy

Tel.: +39 06 4877 538 - FAX: +39 06 4877 599 URL: http://www.euro.who.int/violenceinjury

 

The network in WHO/Europe:

Violence: http://www.euro.who.int/violenceinjury/network/20050311_1

Injuries: http://www.euro.who.int/violenceinjury/network/20050311_2

 

 

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