Global Development Network: Promoting Development Research

Knowledge Base
Serving researchers from developing and transition countries by granting them access to the latest research paper, organization and research profile around the globe

Freely accessible from the GDN website, the Knowledge Base brings together social science knowledge from research centers world-wide in one easily searchable database. The Knowledge Base includes more than 15,815 research papers, 4,346 organizations and 9,784 researchers.

The Knowledge Base gives you:

» Researchers: specializations, affiliations, links to authored research online, plus CVs, contact details and photos.

» Organizations: Profiles of research institutes, with details of their work and contacts, links to researchers' profiles, online
publications and websites.

» Research Papers: Clear, conclusion-based summaries sign-post you to documents freely available online.

» GDN library: A collection of research papers and documents from GDN funded activities, with clear summaries of the main findings and policy implication.

APPLY NOW!! 2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition: Applications are invited for new research proposals, completed research papers and proposals for scaling-up development projects. The three research themes seek to explore pressing global issues – globalization, regulation and development; international migration; and regional integration. The deadline for submission of development projects has been extended till August 28, 2009; deadline for research proposals/papers is September 30, 2009. More »


	Featured Researchers				Featured Organizations				Featured Research Papers


	Amrit Amrit India Faculty , Icfai Business School, Hyderabad (Deemed University) Research interests: Gender and human development, decentralisation, effect of liberalization of life insurance in India



	Gbemiga Christophe Djossou Benin Multipurpose Consultant, Smartcard ID Group Research interests: Adjustment lending, banks & banking reform, economic growth, education reform and management, sustainable land management


	George Washington University USA Fostering personal and intellectual growth in our global community



	Economic Research Institute (ERI) Kazakhstan Governmental economic research with focus on the national economic strategy

Belief heterogeneity and survival in incomplete markets

The role of expectations in economy

By Coury, T. and Sciubba, E., 2009

Produced by: Dubai School of Government, United Arab Emirates

Non-agricultural labor from rural farmers in Bolivia: An analysis of determinants and effects

Determining the incentives of rural households to engage in non-farming activities

By Andersen, L.;Muriel, B., 2009

Produced by: Institute for Advanced Development Studies




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GDN Library

The GDN Library provides access to a selection of papers produced as part of GDN activities or that have been funded by GDN.