Message from the Director As we approach the end of this year, I would like to thank you all for following the work of IPC-IG throughout 2011 and for collaborating with our mission as a global knowledge hub for inclusive growth. IPC-IG is dedicated to promoting applied research on inclusive growth and to facilitating the dialogue between developing countries on innovative approaches to social policy. Our research encompasses the analysis of innovative poverty and inequality reduction policies in the Global South, ranging from Conditional Cash Transfers and Public Works to programmes that empower smallholder farmers in the context of  Food Security as well as Socially Sustainable Development. The recent development trajectory of the 21st century show us that developing countries have made significant advances in economic growth, poverty reduction and human development, and have forged their own way forward in this endeavour, rather than following the historic mantra of ‘best practice’.  Hence a key strategic priority for 2011 was fostering networking mechanisms that facilitate efective South-South learning on development policy. IPC-IG has been advocating that “South-South cooperation today is not an alternative way of approaching the challenges of development; it is the mainstream”. Concretely, South-South dialogue has proven to be key in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and advancing sustainable development generally. The profound and multidimensional crises now affecting most of the developed world underscores the ongoing shift in the global development discourse towards the South and reminds all of us that reducing inequality must be an overarching policy goal if we are to achieve inclusive and sustainable development, either in the South or in the North. The path towards inclusive growth requires a long-term perspective within which a key focus is on social protection and employment generation. IPC-IG specialists evaluated the multidimensional impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers and Public Works programmes onto poverty, inequality and access to education and health services.  Our researchers also have been targeting initiatives to foster productive inclusion seen both as effective exit strategies to extreme poverty (refer to the new study highlighted in this edition) and as crucial support to indigenous and local communities in promoting their traditional knowledge. Among the major problems faced by developing countries, ensuring food security and adaptation to climate change are of increasing importance for achieving inclusive growth. The linkages between climate change and vulnerability to food insecurity, conflict and the further entrenchment of inequality are amongst the issues explored in our new published Poverty in Focus. This complements preceding studies on inclusion in climate policy, as well as several IPC-IG comprehensive studies on Food Security. The new publication highlights other inter-related dimensions of social sustainability including participation and benefit-sharing by indigenous peoples, women, the displaced and others. Our researchers will continue to study and showcase innovative approaches of the IBSA countries (India-Brazil-South Africa) to increasing food production while guaranteeing inclusive opportunities for smallholder farmers, as well as examining linkages between growth, gender, poverty and environment, with special focus in Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). As a contribution to South-South policy exchanges, IPC-IG has been actively involved in the providing fast policy responses to crises, such as the East Africa food crisis, and contributing to national development debates, ranging from Yemen to the Philippines. This Bulletin’s edition also presents learning materials from the IPC-IG Policy Seminar Series promoted throughout 2011 with the objective of informing international cooperation in the field of social policy. As part of our goal of fostering the exchange of knowledge and expertise on inclusive growth, we are glad to announce that IPC-IG has hosted Study Tours from South African and Indian delegations to Brasilia. The East Africa food crisis has demonstrated that the implications of climate change for sustained and inclusive growth cannot be ignored. The Brasil sem Miseria Plan makes an important start in connecting those dots. And in 2012, Rio +20 provides an opportunity to return to the fundamentals of development where issues of economic, social and environmental importance are given equal weight and we recognize their interdependence for sustaining human development. Wishing you a productive and exciting New Year, I present compliments from all of us here in Brasilia!   Stay connected to the latest news and information on IPC-IG’s research. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Rathin Roy Director, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) List of new publications 1) Dimensions of Inclusive Development Editors: Leisa Perch and Gabriel Labbate Series: Poverty in Focus #23 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCPovertyInFocus23.pdf 2) Assessment of the Implications of the Bolsa Família Programme for the Decent Work Agenda Authors: Ana Flavia Machado, Gustavo Geaquinto Fontes, Mariangela Furlan Antigo, Roberto Gonzalez and Fábio Veras Soares Series: Working Paper #85 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper85.pdf 3) Bolsa Familia  as Seen Through the Lens of the Decent Work Agenda Authors: Ana Flavia Machado, Gustavo Geaquinto Fontes, Mariangela Furlan Antigo, Roberto Gonzalez and Fábio Veras Soares Series: One Pager #133 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager133.pdf Also publications translated into Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish: Portuguese 1) Como a Petrobras Biocombustíveis pode Engajar Agricultores de Pequena Escala Enquanto Promove a Sustentabilidade do Programa de Biodiesel Brasileiro? Authors: Clovis Zapata, Diego Vazquez-Brust, José Plaza-Úbeda Series: One Pager #119 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager119.pdf 2) A Pobreza Global e o Novo Bilhão Inferior: Três Quartos da População Pobre do Mundo Vivem em Países de Renda Média Author: Andy Sumner Series: One Pager #120 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager120.pdf 3) O Programa Subsídio de Alimentos em Moçambique: Avaliação da Linha de Base Authors: Fábio Veras Soares, Guilherme Issamu Hirata, Rafael Perez Ribas Series: One Pager #118 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCPolicyResearchBrief14.pdf Chinese 4) The Global Economic Crisis Hampers Human Development. How? Author: Degol Hailu Series: One Pager #95 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/chi/IPCOnePager95.pdf Arabic 5) Integrating Public Works and Transfers in Ethiopia: An Innovative Approach to Social Protection, Employment and Decent Work Author: Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song Series: One Pager #132 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/arab/IPCOnePager132.pdf Turkish: 6) The Consolidation of Social Assistance Policy in Brazil Authors: Luciana Jaccoud, Patricia Dario El-Moor Hadjab, Juliana Rochet Chaibub Series: One Pager #122 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/tur/IPCOnePager19.pdf Click here to receive IPC-IG publications and here to stop receiving any. 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