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1st Issue April 2020

Editorial
The COVID 19 crisis is turning everything upside-down, which is why we have decided to postpone the long-awaited EADI/ISS General Conference for a full year: Not only because of the uncertainty regarding the general lock-down, but, more importantly, due to our commitment to leave no-one behind: especially the Global South is hit hard by the current crisis, and we were hoping to welcome as many participants as possible from countries of the South. Apart from that, we - like everybody else - are currently looking into options to offer further events online and to promote the online-activities of our members. To stay informed, please watch our space: news are coming soon!
#eadi2020iss becomes #eadi2021iss
The unanimous decision by EADI and ISS to postpone the joint General Conference in The Hague from June/July 2020 to 5-8 July 2021 also implies that the Development Dialogue (PhD conference) as well as other events linked to the conference will be postponed to next year. Our priority will be to raise additional funding to actively involve Southern-based researchers, as these are mostly affected. All participants with accepted papers, panel convenors, as well as registered participants will be informed separately over the next few weeks. EADI will also approach panel convenors individually to critically review their planned panels and to explore whether a new call for panels and papers is needed. Registered participants can choose to get a refund or  re-register for 2021 at no extra cost. Read more
Statement on COVID 19: Solidarity with the Most Vulnerable
In the light of the heavy implications of the COVID 19 crisis and the responses to it, EADI has issued a statement of solidarity, particularly with the most vulnerable: "Those who do not have time to reflect as they continue their daily struggle. They have been denied the benefits of so-called development in our world of inequality and social injustices and now face barriers erected out of fear or ignorance or disrespect of life. (...) The world-wide crisis risks reinforcing North/ South asymmetries and inequalities in all areas and societies. It risks exacerbating underlying problems, and insular mentalities and deepening we-they divides. All this is the opposite of unity, of solidarity, of social justice and human dignity. We need to use the challenges as an opportunity to reconsider what “development” means and what the implications for “development studies” are. Read the full statement
Wanted: Online-Moderators for Virtual Events
As we are planning to hold our workshops, seminars, meetings and trainings online for the time being, we are looking for experienced facilitators in this field. Online session moderators will manage online seminars and participants’ online activities including discussion groups, live chats and polls. Apply before 19 April. To the announcement
COVID 19: Research Collaborations, Platforms, Activities
Life with Corona is a citizen science project that was initiated by a team of scientists from ISDC,  IGZ, UNU-WIDER and IDS  and cooperates closely with international partners. The study will continue throughout 2020 at least. Participation in the Life with Corona survey will provide valuable information for researchers studying the social and economic implications of the Coronavirus pandemic. The survey should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete. To the survey
The International Science Council (ISC) has launched an online hub for scientific commentary and analysis on responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic from its community of members and partners. The portal shares scientific commentary and analysis and provides access to information on various initiatives, highlighting the scale and scope of response, and encouraging ISC members and partners to collaborate and share best practices during this global emergency. Read more
Join the Graduate Institute for a free webinar on 7 April: "The Geopolitics and Governance of a global Pandemic". This is the first event of a public webinar series aiming to offer an interdisciplinary analysis of the COVID-19 epidemic. The series will serve as a platform for regular in-depth discussions between researchers from the Graduate Institute and other institutions and address various emerging thematics by leveraging the Graduate Institute’s and Global Health Centre’s networks. To the webinar
Reminder:  EADI Webinar on 16 April
In this webinar "How to reach the (extreme) poor through inclusive development policies in sub Saharan Africa?", Nicky Pouw from University of Amsterdam and Marleen Decker from Leiden University will introduce a policy analysis framework to understand inclusive development from a bottom-up perspective of the poor and diversified vulnerable groups, the stakeholders involved and the importance of uncovering the transaction costs related to access and reaping the benefits of the interventions, programs and processes. Read more and register
Latest Open Access Article in the EJDR
Insecurity, Dispossession, Depletion: Women’s Experiences of Post-War Development in Myanmar: This article explores the gendered dynamics of Myanmar’s post-war economic reforms through an analysis of women’s experiences of development in Kayah (Karenni) state. In Myanmar, ceasefires and a reduction of armed violence combined with state-driven economic liberalization reforms are conditioned by, but also contribute to remake, gendered relations of power, privilege and marginalization. By Jenny Hedström and Elisabeth Olivius. Read
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Premium Member Publication Picks
Mitigating the COVID Economic Crisis: Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes
2020/03 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); book; Author(s): Richard Baldwin (Ed); Beatrice Weder di Mauro (Ed).

Democratising Economic Power: The Potential for Meaningful Participation in Economic Governance and Decision-Making (PDF)
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; IDS WORKING PAPER Volume 2020 No 535; Author(s): Jodie Thorpe; John Gaventa

Beyond National Climate Action: The Impact of Region, City, and Business Commitments on Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2020/03 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); Climate Policy, 1-17; Author(s): Takeshi Kuramochi et al.

The Imperial Roots of Global Trade
2020/03 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); Journal of Economic Growth; Author(s): Gunes Gokmen et al

The Changing Role of Chinese Development Aid (PDF)
2020/03 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); Author(s): Elling Tjønneland
 
Disrupted Development and the Future of Inequality in the Age of Automation (PDF)
2020/03 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); book; Author(s): Lukas Schlogl; Andy Sumner

Depicting Decline: Images and Myths in Environmental Discourse Analysis
2020/03 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); Landscape Research; Author(s): Tor A. Benjaminsen

The African Continental Free Trade Area: From Agreement to Impact (PDF)
2020/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); VOLUME 9 – ISSUE 1 2020; Author(s): Virginia Mucchi et al

Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures. Portfolio and Allocation Analysis (PDF)
2020/03 – Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut, der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gGmbH (DEval); Evaluation Reports; Author(s): Martin Noltze, Mascha Rauschenbach

The Paradox of Illicit Economies: Survival, Resilience, and the Limits of Development and Drug Policy Orthodoxy
2020/03 – International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); Globalizations; Author(s): Eric Dante Gutierrez
Find out more about EADI members
Thematic Focus: Agriculture
Degrowth and Critical Agrarian Studies
2020/03 – The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS); The Journal of Peasant Studies; Author(s): Julien-François Gerber

Sustainable Food Systems Through Diversification and Indigenous Vegetables: An Analysis of the Arusha Area (PDF)
2020/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Paulina Bizzotto Molina et al.

Trade-Offs in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification: (PDF)
2020/03 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); briefing paper; Author(s): Barbara Adolph

Agricultural Value Chains in Development Cooperation: Analyses and Recommendations (PDF)
2020/03 – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF); AVE-Study 23b/2020; Author(s): Jana Herold

The Role of Community Seed Banks in Achieving Farmers’ Rights
2020/03 – Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Noragric); Development in Practice; Author(s): Ronnie Vernooy et al.

Access to Land and Securing of Land Rights in Development Cooperation: Analyses and Recommendations (PDF)
2020/03 – Institute for Development and Peace (INEF); AVE-Study 22b/2020; Author(s): Karin Gaesing

Impact of ICTs-in-Agriculture on Rural Resilience in Developing Countries: Development Informatics Working Paper no.84 (PDF)
2020/03 – Global Development Institute (GDI); research paper; Author(s): William Hanson;Richard Heeks

Sustainable Food Systems Through Diversification and Indigenous Vegetables: An Analysis of the Arusha Area (PDF)
2020/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); research paper; Author(s): Paulina Bizzotto Molina et al

Making Agricultural Value Chains More Inclusive Through Technology and Innovation (PDF)
2020/03 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); WIDER Working Paper 2020/38; Author(s): Reena das Nair; Namhla Landani

Public-Private Partnerships in Irrigation – How Can Smallholders Benefit?
2020/03 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); journal article; Author(s): Annabelle Houdret et al.

Global-Scale Drought Risk Assessment for Agricultural Systems
2020/03 – United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 20, 695–712; Author(s): Isabel Meza et al.
Read more publications on agriculture!
Jobs
Postdoctoral Researcher in Multi-Benefit Solutions to Climate-Smart Agriculture (MULTA)
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Helsinki; Deadline: 13 April 2020

Associate Project Manager: Multi-Actor Partnership on Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Preparedness (MAPs) (PDF)
2020/03 – United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 15 April 2020

Project Manager: Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC)
2020/03 – United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Deadline: 19 April 2020

PhD Social Networks in the Emergence of Sustainable Cooperation
2020/03 – International Development Studies, University of Utrecht; Research School for Resource Studies for Development (CERES); Deadline: 19 April 2020

Post Doctoral Researcher/University Researcher in the Humanities
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Helsinki; Deadline: 23 April 2020

Research Officer (ICTD)
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; Deadline: 25 April 2020

Postdoctoral Researcher, Conservation Geography
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Helsinki; Deadline: 30 April 2020

Two PhDs Related to Urbanisation, Urbanity, and Urban Diversity
2020/03 – African Studies Centre (ASC); Deadline: 1 May 2020

Research Associate - WIID/GRD
2020/03 – United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER); Deadline: 5 May 2020

PhD Candidate in Political Theory of Financial Debt
2020/03 – Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR); Deadline: 15 May 2020

More jobs on the EADI Website
Calls
Call for Proposals: “Evaluation of Sweden’s Application of Internationally Agreed Principles for Engagement in Fragile States”
2020/03 – Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA); Deadline: 14 April 2020

Call for Papers: The 2020 NFU Conference: “Planning for Decolonization? Challenges, Transitions, and Transformations in Global Development and Planning”, 2-3 December 2020
2020/03 – Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU); Deadline: 15 April 2020

Call for Papers and Best Practice Award: Addressing Fragility and Conflict in Developing Countries, 10-11 September 2020, Kampala, Uganda
2020 – Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Growth Network (PEGNet); Deadline: 27 April 2020

Call for Papers: Workshop Living With Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Direction
2020/03 – Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas (CAPP); Deadline: May 31 2020

Call for Sessions and Papers: 6th Annual ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Conference, 28-29 October 2020, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2020/03 – International Security and Development Center (ISDC); Deadline: 10 June 2020

More calls on the EADI Website
Opinions
Blog: Lessons From COVID-19: Building More Effective Health Services for a Complex Future
2020/03 – Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton; blog post; Author(s): Gerald Bloom

Blog: What Will the World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures
2020/03 – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP); blog post; Author(s): Simon Mair

Blog: “People’s Science” Instrumental When Ebola Was Contained
2020/03 – Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); blog post; Author(s): Mattias Sköld

Blog: Dialogue in the Midst of ‘Social Distancing’
2020/03 – Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation (DHF); blog post; Author(s): Sarah Smith

Blog: COVID-19: A Looming Humanitarian Disaster for Somali East Africa
2020/03 – Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); blog post; Author(s): Nauja Kleist

Blog: Discovery of Oil and Gas Can Perpetuate 'Resource Curse' in Developing Countries
2020/03 – King’s International Development Institute (IDI); blog post; Author(s): Pierre-Louis Vezina

Opinion: Catalyst for Global Sustainability: Coronavirus as an Opportunity for International Cooperation
2020/03 – German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); The Current Column (2020); Author(s): Paul Marschall, Wulf Reiners

Blog: COVID-19: Impacts on Food Trade - Is Global Food Security at Risk?
2020/03 – Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF); blog post; Author(s): Lukas Kornher, Tekalign G. Sakketa

Blog: Turning the Tables: African and European Narratives in the Time of Corona
2020/03 – European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM); blog post; Author(s): Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw; Virginia Mucchi

Blog: Bringing Down Corruption in Sudan Through Law Enforcement? Some International Lessons Learnt
2020/03 – Chr.Michelsen Institute (CMI); blog post; Author(s): Sofie Arjon Schütte

Blog: The Politics Behind the COVID-19 Responses
2020/03 – Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM); blog post; Author(s): Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée

Blog: Will European Defense Survive Coronavirus
2020/03 – Real Instituto Elcano; blog post; Author(s): Daniel Fiott

Blog: Governing Renewable Natural Resources: How Can Governance Improve the Environment and People’s Lives in the Global South?
2020/03 – International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD); blog post; Author(s): Fiona Nunan

Opinion: Islamic Feminisms, the State and Social Movements
2020/03 – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC); Spotlight 51; Author(s): Fatima Sadiqi, Helmut Krieger

Blog: Globalisation, Inequality and Cities
2020/04 – Graduate Institute (IHEID); International History; Author(s): Michael Goebe

Blog: Dealing With COVID-19 in the Towns and Cities of the Global South
2020/03 – International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); blog post; Author(s): Diana Mitlin

Blog: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Time of COVID-19: Preventing the Vulnerable From Falling Behind
2020/03 – OECD Development Centre; blog post; Author(s): Federico Bonaglia; Sebastian Nieto
 
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