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The Global Development Network (GDN) is an International Organization of research and policy institutes promoting the generation, sharing and application to policy of multidisciplinary knowledge for the purpose of development.

Policy Implications From Ongoing Health Programs across Africa and Asia

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Shaping Global Policy Debates: Bridging Research and Policy consultations held in conjunction with GDN's Annual Global Conference in Kuwait

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"You can have a lot of money, but if you have the wrong policies you don't go very far."
Mauricio Cardenas, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute and president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)

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Annual GDN Conference Delivers Key Messages on Economic and Regional Integration
Call to Arms by Gerardo della Paolera and George Mavrotas..

There is no learning without dialogue, and no action without reasonable consensus...

This assumption was put to the test over the course of the recent 11th Annual Global Development Conference, Prague. The event was framed by one central question – Regional and Economic Integration: Quo Vadis? The 450 participants from around the world attending the event had their own distinct views on exactly where regional and economic integration is going. It is these views we wanted – and the world needs – to hear.

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11th Annual Global Development Conference
Regional and Global Integration: Quo Vadis?

The Global Development Conference in Prague (January 16-18, 2010) focused on globalization and regional integration in the context of the recent economic crisis. While the economic and political consequences of the crisis will undoubtedly cast a deep shadow on the economies of developing countries, it is also likely to hasten the structural shift in global economic power from the Western countries to the emerging economies. Some of the questions addressed in the conference were, will political pressures to push back globalization now come from the West? And how can developing countries counter it? Is a new variant of globalization likely to emerge from this crisis, and if so, what will its contours be?

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ERF 16th Annual Conference

The global economy is showing signs of recovery, but poor countries are still suffering the consequences of the financial crisis and global recession. There is clearly no single solution to the financial crisis. In order to widen the debate and find better solutions, the theme of the Economic Research Forum’s (ERF) Annual Conference was “Shocks, Vulnerability and Therapy”. Held in Cairo, Egypt from November 7-9, the conference by GDN’s Regional Network Partner for the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region, is today the most important regional platform for ERF and non-ERF affiliates discussed frontier thinking about economic development.

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	Conference Special				Announcements				GDN in the News

Share your thoughts: Follow, participate and engage in our conference discussions online!

Conference papers and presentations from GDN's 2010 conference are online. Stay tuned to our latest stories by following the red box featured on all the Eleventh Annual Global Development Conference section pages.

Call for proposals: World Bank is organizing the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 30 - June 2, 2010.The deadline for the submission of proposals is Friday, February 5, 2010.

GDN Working Paper Series launched, comprising research papers and findings from specific studies conducted as part of GDN’s Global Research Projects (GRPs), Global Development Awards & Medals competition and Strategic Research Partnerships.

Economist/Senior Economist vacancy at GDN Secretariat, New Delhi

Media / January 29, 2010
Economists urge continued cooperation to address global imbalances

Media / January 22, 2010
What about the economics angle of science stories?

Press Release / January 18, 2010
Fundacion Paraguaya bags MIDP Award

Press Release / January 17, 2010
Post-Crisis Capitalism: A New Paradigm?

Press Release / January 16, 2010
Domestic Politics could hurt Global Financial Governance Reform: Zedillo

Press Release / January 16, 2010
Global Financial Authority need of the hour: Calvo

Latest Research

Evaluating innovative health programs: a twenty-program study

Focuses on innovative local initiatives that address the Millennium Development Goals for health

By Thomas, R.;Squire, L., 2009

Produced by: Brookings Institution

Assessment of the distributive impact of national and external trade reforms in Brazil

Quantifying the distributional and poverty effects of national and external trade reform in Brazil using household survey data

By Borraz, F. and Ferres, D., 2009

Produced by: University of Montevideo


	Online Services				Knowledge Base				Regional Windows

GDNet supports the generation and sharing of local social science research by providing a number of web and email based services to help researchers produce, share and disseminate their work. This section presents a detailed overview to help researchers make the most of these services.

Check out our Online Services portofolio available to GDNet Eligible Registered Researchers on the Knowledge Base. Join NOW!

People: Researcher profile featuring affiliations, research interests, CVs and contract details.
Research Papers: Clear conclusion-based summaries sign-posts to document freely available online.
Organizations: Profiles of research institutes, with details of their work, contacts, links to researchers' profiles, online publication and websites.

The GDNet Regional Windows offer an authentic dimension to development research. Each window is intended to disseminate homegrown expertise, stimulate networking within the region and offer local research communities a window to the world. The GDNet Regional Windows are a key part of realizing GDN's commitment to decentralisation and capacity building in developing countries. The regionalization strategy is driven by the requirements expressed by the GDN affiliated regional partners and is characterized by a demand-driven, user-led approach.




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