Global Development Network: Promoting Development Research

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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

Addressing Agriculture and Trade policy issues in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia

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

Global Research

Regional Networking

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"It's good policy that drives growth, and at the end of the day its growth that will lead to lasting reductions in poverty."
Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute

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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) will focus 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. 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
Finding solutions to prevent financial shocks

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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Inter-Regional Research Project launched in Latin America, Africa
To focus on commodity dependence in oil, copper and food security

It is no secret that the economies of Latin America and Africa remain highly dependent on a few commodities. The first in a series of Inter-Regional Research Projects (IRPs) – a new GDN initiative – will study institutional designs that better facilitate the management of volatile income from oil, copper and agricultural commodities, while at the same time promoting food security, economic growth and long-term development. Utilizing a comparative perspective, the project involves partners in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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	Announcements				Opportunities at GDN				Regional News

GDNet/AERC Workshop - Communication for Policy Influence: GDNet Research Communication Workshop Series: From November 26-28, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya

GDNet/CEPA/ODI Workshop - Communication for Policy Influence: GDNet Research Communication Workshop Series: From December 2– 3, 2009 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

3ie will award up to $10 million in research grants to improve development effectiveness. Open Window Round 2 - Deadline: 27 November 2009

Semi-finalists announced for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development and the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project

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.

Internship opportunities currently available
We are seeking two/three outstanding young scholars for two/three Internship vacancies. The Interns to be appointed will be based at our Headquarters in New Delhi. The Internship program is for a fixed term period of six months. The deadline for submitting applications is November 30, 2009.

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) announces a CIS region research competition within the framework of the wiiw Global Development Network Southeast Europe (wiiw GDN-SEE) research project. Proposals must be postmarked by 11 December 2009

Call for Proposals for Individual Research Grants hosted by the East Asian Development Network (EADN): Deadline: 18 December 2009.

AERC Biannual Research Workshop- November 29-December 4, 2009. The theme of the workshop is "Central Banking in a Changing African Environment"

Call for papers: The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is organizing a three-day conference from 6-8 December 2009 on the theme Rethinking African Economic Policy in Light of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis.

The Seventh Annual AfD / EUDN Conference on the topic "Fragmentation in a globalised world" will be held in Paris on December, 9th 2009.

Latest Research

Evaluating the impact of community based health interventions: evidence from Brazil’s family health program

Analyzing the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil’s Family Health Program

By Soares, R., 2009

Produced by: Global Development Network (GDN)

An impact evaluation of the safe motherhood program in China

Evaluating the impact of the program national Safe Motherhood (SM) Program

By Feng, X., 2009

Produced by: Global Development Network (GDN)


	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.