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Gender and health: COVID-19 preparedness in the Solomon Islands

The brief works with data from the timely IDM Solomon Islands study, collected in March and April 2020. It looks at a broad range of influences on vulnerability and preparedness from sanitation, access to water, and barriers based on levels of education, to forms of deprivation that may interact to magnify the potential economic and health risks of the pandemic.

Jul 17, 2020 Briefs

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Global leaders on why measuring what matters, matters.

This video captures thoughts from global leaders in poverty measurement and stakeholders of the Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) on why it is important to measure at the individual-level and take a multidimensional look at poverty.

Jul 7, 2020 Videos

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South Africa IDM study presentation at the Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference

A 10 minute presentation on “Measuring poverty to leave no-one behind: The IDM in South Africa” presented by Janet Hunt on behalf of the ANU IDM Team at the virtual Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference 2020.

Jul 6, 2020 Videos

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Food security, gender and resilience in the Solomon Islands

Food security, gender and resilience in the Solomon Islands
Food insecurity is associated with several poverty-related variables. This multidimensional analysis integrates gender to reveal the depth of inequality at the intersections of multiple deprivations.

Jul 1, 2020 Briefs

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Costs and Contributions of the Individual Deprivation Measure

In 2020, IWDA and the Australian National University concluded a four-year program of work funded by the Australian Government to ready the Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) for global use. A multi-component end-line review was undertaken to assess the extent to which the IDM Program achieved its intended outcomes, identify any unintended outcomes, capture learning about enablers and inhibitors, and inform future directions.

Jun 23, 2020 Reports