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December 2009
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In this issue: - THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL GDN'S 11TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE More »
- WORKSHOPS AT 11TH ANNUAL GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, PRAGUE, JANUARY 2010 More »
- GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND MEDALS COMPETITION 2009 More »
- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN AFGHANISTAN: GDN RESEARCH IN NEWS More »
- GDN BOARD MEMBER WINS RESEARCH HONOUR More »
- GDN AT EU-UNDP/HDRO CONSULTATION FOR 20TH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT More »
- GDNet RESEARCH COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP SERIES: "COMMUNICATION FOR POLICY INFLUENCE" More »
- NEWS FROM OUR NETWORK PARTNERS More »
- CALL FOR PAPERS More »
- ANNOUNCEMENTS More »
| THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL GDN'S 11TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The countdown has begun! GDN's Eleventh Annual Conference is only four weeks away. Speakers from a wide range of disciplines and countries will discuss key issues related to globalization and regional integration at the event, on January 16-18, 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference is being held under the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The City of Prague, and in partnership with the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education Economic Institute (CERGE-EI).
This year, the conference will begin with an opening session featuring remarks from the honorable H.E. Dr. Juraj Chmiel, Minister for European Affairs, Czech Republic. The opening session, "Globalization Under Threat," will feature discussions on the emergence of protectionist voices against free trade and for a more regulated international financial sector. Prof. Guillermo Calvo from Columbia University will be the Keynote Speaker. GDN Chairman Prof. Ernesto Zedillo will chair the session. Plenary two, "Lessons for regional integration from the EU" is the EU sui generis?," will discuss the European Union model, widely regarded as an example of the highest degree of regional integration, and what lessons can be drawn from it to achieve greater economic convergence.
Plenary three, "One Way or many? Varieties of Capitalism" will discuss the various forms of Capitalist economic systems, characterized by differences in the extent of regulation and structures of capital and labour institutions, and which one is more likely to be most stable given the economic meltdown.
At the fourth plenary, a roundtable on "Regional Responses to the Crisis," participants will reflect on how different regions of the world have been affected by the global economic crisis, how they have responded and how a global, unified agenda can be pursued against future crises to minimize their effect on the poor.
Another roundtable, the fifth plenary called "Reforming Global Financial Governance" will discuss changes necessary to the global financial governance in view of the recent crisis, and implications for Official Development Assistance (ODA).
Also scheduled is a special session on Climate Change, in which Prof. Lord Anthony Giddens from London School of Economics will be the keynote speaker. The conference program also includes 8 workshops and 15 plenary sessions on important development issues and GDN's ongoing projects.
A complete program is now available on the GDN website. Watch that space for further news and updates. More » | WORKSHOPS AT 11TH ANNUAL GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, PRAGUE, JANUARY 2010
GDN's Annual Conference in 2010 conference will be the venue for five pre-conference workshops on ongoing projects covering a variety of current issues. Following is a brief description of some of them:
Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability: Partners on the project, from 15 countries, will share their findings on program budgeting and benefit incidence analysis and will receive technical training on the next project analytical activity: cost effectiveness analysis.
Cities: An Analysis of the Post-Communist Experience: The recently-launched Inter-Regional Project studies the move of 'out-of-market-equilibrium' post-Communist cities towards a more normal structure over the past 20 years. The conference workshop will feature presentations of papers on four themes: City Growth, the Economics of Cities and the Sociology and Governance of Cities.
Latin America and Africa: Cross-regional Dialogue on the Effects of Commodity Dependence: The project studies the role of commodities in development, comparing pairs of countries with similar abundances and/or dependences but with markedly different outcomes. First drafts of 3 cross-country case studies on Oil (Colombia and Nigeria), Copper (Chile and Zambia) and Food Security (Argentina and Malawi) will be presented at the conference workshop.
Evaluating Responses to Shocks: Conducted by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), a program-division of GDN, the workshop will focus on rigorous impact evaluation design, using examples of three different interventions to cope with shock - health insurance, emergency relief, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
GDNet Research to Communications Policy: The workshop is targeted at GDN awards and Medals finalists; on Outstanding Research on Development and the Most Innovative Development Project. The workshop aims to strengthen research communication to policy. Participants will be asked to prepare a summary of their research findings and communication products focusing on the key findings of their research or research projects. More »
| | GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND MEDALS COMPETITION 2009 | The results are in! GDN is pleased to announce the finalists for each of the three competition categories:
- Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
- Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project
- Medals for Research on Development
The finalists "3 each in the first two categories and 15 in the third" are from a wide range of courtries like China, Brazil, Uruguay, Thailand, India, Paraguay, Tunisia, Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. The concluding round of the competition will take place at GDN's forthcoming Global Development Conference in Prague, January 2010, where an eminent panel of judges will select the winners. More »
| BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN AFGHANISTAN: GDN RESEARCH IN NEWS
In a New York Times Op-Ed, Deepa Narayan, Director of GDN's 15-country study titled 'Moving Out of Poverty: Understanding Freedom, Democracy and Growth from the Bottom Up, 'claims there is a strong demand for' real democracy in Afghanistan at the grassroots, which is where counter-insurgency and reconstruction efforts should be directed. More » | |
GDN BOARD MEMBER WINS RESEARCH HONOUR
GDN congratulates Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, member of its Executive Board and the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, for being chosen as a winner of the Infosys Prize 2009, awarded for outstanding contributions and achievements by Indians in various streams of scientific research. More »
| GDN AT EU-UNDP/HDRO CONSULTATION FOR 20TH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
| GDN Chief Economist George Mavrotas was invited to give a keynote presentation at the Joint European Commission and UNDP/HDRO Consultation Meeting on Human Development and Development Cooperation. The meeting, held in Brussels on November 13th, was attended by high-level European Commission and UNDP/HDRO officials and many experts, who made suggestions towards the contents of the twentieth Human Development Report due next year.
| GDNet RESEARCH COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP SERIES: "COMMUNICATION FOR POLICY INFLUENCE"
The workshops are designed to help researchers understand the policy context and make strategic choices about what they should do to maximize the impact of their work to inform policy. Two workshops were held to strengthen regional research communications capacity in collaboration with the African Economic Research Council in Nairobi, 26-28 November 2009, and the Center for Poverty Analysis in Colombo, December 2-3 2009. The workshops were facilitated by Overseas Development Institute, UK. More » |
NEWS FROM OUR NETWORK PARTNERS
SANEI'S XIth REGIONAL RESEARCH COMPETITION 11 proposals have been selected for funding in the XIth Round of Regional Research Competitions conducted by the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI), a Regional Network Partner of GDN. A total of 48 proposals were received on the theme ' Growth, Employment and Poverty Nexus in the Current Financial Crisis.' Funded by GDN, grants under the Competition range from $10,000 to $30,000. More »
EADN MEMBER PLANNING MINISTER IN NEW INDONESIAN CABINET
GDN congratulates Dr. Armida Alisjahbana of Padjadjaran University, on being appointed the
State Minister for National Development Planning in the new Indonesian cabinet. A long-time member of the East Asian development Network (EADN), GDN's Regional Network Partner, and a recipient of its research grant, Dr. Alisjahbana will also chair Indonesia' s National Development Planning Board. More »
EERC RESEARCH WORKSHOP
GDN regional partner Economics Education and Research Council (EERC), Ukraine, is organizing the Fall 2009 round of its bi-annual research workshop at the Kyiv School of Economics on December 20-21, 2009. Designed for its EERC' s Economic Research Competition grantees, the workshops facilitate peer-review among researchers and enable teams of distinguished international Economists to mentor projects throughout the grant period. More » | |
CALL FOR PAPERS | EADN INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH GRANTS
The East Asian Development Network (EADN) has called for proposals for its Individual Research Grants program, on development-related, policy-relevant topics in the Social Sciences. Applications are restricted to individual researchers/teams with members who are nationals and residents of East Asian developing countries. Grants will range from USD 7,500 to USD 20,000, depending on scope, complexity and duration of the research (not more than 12 months). Deadline for submissions is December 18, 2009. More »
wiiw-GDN CIS REGION RESEARCH COMPETITION
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has announced a Commonwealth of Indian States (CIS)-region research competition, within the framework of the 'wiiw-Global Development Network-Southeast Europe (wiiw GDN-SEE) Research Project.' Proposals are invited in the research area 'Inequality and Public Policy.' Funding will range between € 5,000 and € 7,000. Deadline for submissions is December 11, 2009. More »
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
IDRC LAUNCHES GLOBALIZATION, GROWTH AND PVERTY PROGRAM WEBSITE
The International Development Research Centre's (IDRC) Globalization, Growth and Poverty program has launched a website containing a large number of its publications and data. More »
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