KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 26 (IPS) – Current development fads fetishize data, ostensibly for ‘evidence-based policy-making’: if not measured, it will not matter. So,...
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NEW DELHI, India, Jan 25 (IPS) – Ten years ago on this day, January 25, one of the biggest revolutions in the world took...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 26 (IPS) – Current development fads fetishize data, ostensibly for ‘evidence-based policy-making’: if not measured, it will not matter. So,...
NEW DELHI, India, Jan 25 (IPS) – Ten years ago on this day, January 25, one of the biggest revolutions in the world took...
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