Red Cross medical center, Haiti Earthquake response (Eric Quintero/IFRC/Flicker CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Red Cross medical center, Haiti Earthquake response (Eric Quintero/IFRC/Flicker CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Fortnightly links: women’s empowerment, rebalancing globalisation, and more

By Sachini Muller, Terence Wood and Tara Davda
3 November 2017

The Washington Post writes about a new report which says that the whole idea of ‘women’s empowerment’ is broken.

Here, environmental journalist David Roberts argues that talking about overpopulation is not the solution to overpopulation (or environmental issues).

Jo Chandler reports on the fight against the polio virus.

The International Committee of the Red Cross has an e-briefing on how to generate respect for international humanitarian law, particularly in times of war.

Dani Rodrik, who has the distinction of identifying some of the challenges of globalisation two decades ago, wants to rebalance globalisation, in this paper [pdf] he explains why and how.

Dharma platform is revolutionising data collection in disaster zones, allowing first-responders to act quickly and effectively using up-to-date data.

And finally, following a decade-long debate on the need for a more nuanced approach to benchmarking international poverty, the World Bank hasĀ announced two new poverty lines; an upper bound — equivalent to $US 5.50 p/day, and a middle bound — worth $US 3.20 p/day. The move is a welcome development, and will take into account differences in purchasing power across countries.

About the author/s

Sachini Muller
Sachini Muller was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre. She is currently completing a Master of Globalisation at ANU.

Terence Wood
Terence Wood is a research fellow at the Development Policy Centre. His research focuses on political governance in Western Melanesia, and Australian and New Zealand aid.

Tara Davda
Tara Davda was a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre from 2016 to 2018. She holds a Masters in International and Development Economics from Crawford School of Public Policy, and currently works at Abt Associates.

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