THREE COUNTRIES TO STUDY SOCIAL SCIENCE SYSTEMS

GDN has shortlisted three institutions — the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (Indonesia), the Center for the Studies of Social and the Economic Realities (Bolivia) and the National Centre for Technology Management (Nigeria) — to act as national focal points for the Doing Research program in their countries. The teams will be implementing Doing Research Assessments to conduct an objective assessment of social science research systems in their countries. See press release. Learn more about our Doing Research Program.

STUDYING IMPACT FINANCING IN ACP COUNTRIES

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and GDN have shortlisted ten candidates from over 150 applicants, for the second round of EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance. These highly qualified young researchers from Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya will spend 12 months studying the impact of EIB's projects in the African, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries, under the mentorship of top international experts. Read more about the project. 

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH?

Under 30% of the world’s researchers are women, indicating the lack of women’s perspectives in research. In a recent op-ed in India’s leading newspaper, the Hindustan Times, authors call for immediate efforts to level the playing field for women researchers, coupled with upstream measures that see more women completing the higher education needed for research-based careers. The article was also featured in the India Development Review, the country's first independent online knowledge platform for leaders in the development community.

FOREIGN AID IN NEPAL SHOULD GENERATE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

GDN President Pierre Jacquet was invited by the Ministry of Finance, and the International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Nepal to hold a talk on 'Considering the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid Global Trends, Challenges and Implications for Nepal.' He emphasized the role of foreign aid in building research capacity and putting local knowledge to use, in building better lives. Read more about the effectiveness of development aid. Watch Pierre Jacquet in Nepal last year on the 'Economic Development of Landlocked Countries.'

BUILDING A RESEARCH CULTURE IN HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY

In this edition of Five Questions, Mengitsu Ketema, associate professor at Haramaya University, Ethiopia talks about how GDN's program 'Building Research Capacity in the Least Developed Countries' has helped increase the level of research involvement and culture. Mr. Ketema believes external funding like that of GDN's can sustain research culture by actively involving its decision makers at the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management.

RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING

A new short film outlines GDN’s communications training and peer review workshop for researchers, advisors, and practitioners from JICA in April 2018. The communications training helped researchers convert their research into a variety of products designed to create and sustain a demand for their research findings, and was very well received by participants. Learn more about the research program looking into the effectiveness of Kaizen and other management practices.

GDN ARCHIVE | ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

This paper examines the abundance of natural resources in a country and the subsequent dependence it can cause by studying the case of copper deposits in Chile and Zambia. Findings show that a country’s economic growth and exchange rate does not depend exclusively on what happens with its main export commodity. Both Chile and Zambia show an increase in the importance of non-copper based inflows as the countries develop. Read more studies on economic transformation in developing countries. For more on natural resources management.

CAMPBELL | GLOBAL EVIDENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION SUMMIT

The Global Evidence and Implementation Summit 2018 (GEIS) will bring together experts from across the world to discuss their experiences in generating and implementing evidence for better policy and practice. The summit will explore the evidence for designing, implementing and reviewing effective programs and policies. GEIS 2018 will share the latest evidence synthesis and implementation science research and practice strategies for improving the lives of individuals, families, and communities worldwide. Know more about the program, speakers, and registration.

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CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Econalanya calls for submission of theoretical and empirical papers in the different domains of economics and related disciplines, within and across different levels of analysis. Deadline 25 September 2018. | The National Bureau of Economic Research invites the submission of papers for the 2019 NBER Research Conference on the theme of Transforming Rural Africa. Deadline 1 November 2018. | The Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Bari call for papers for their conference Equal Chances: Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Around the World. Deadline 15 September 2018.