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Research in Focus
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK NEWSLETTER
Issue #44 / September 2007



Welcome to "Research in Focus", a free monthly e-bulletin to keep you abreast of the latest policy research knowledge from the Global South featuring the latest highlights from the GDNet Knowledge Base. Our Knowledge base brings together social science knowledge from research centers world-wide in one easily searchable database.
It includes more than 11,730 research papers, 3,520 organizations and 6,660 researchers.

All information is freely accessible from the GDNet Knowledge Base: http://www.gdnet.org/development-research


KNOWLEDGE BASE HIGHLIGHTS
FEATURED RESEARCH
FEATURED RESEARCHERS
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS
GDN LIBRARY
FUNDING NEWS
TOOL KITS

  Featured Research

Political economy of frozen conflicts in ex-Soviet states: challenges and prospects for the U.S. and Russia

Is there another cold war on the horizon?
by Ciobanu, C. for Institute for Public Policy, (IPP), Moldova Republic, 2007

Read the paper

Changing the status of government debt to the NBU: policy options

NBU needs to develop effective monetary policy instruments
by Giucci, R.; Kravchuk, V.; Kirchner, R. for Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, (IER), Ukraine, 2007

Read the paper

Encouraging innovation for productivity growth in Africa
Improving the environment and creating more incentives to increase the level of innovation
by Wolf, S. for African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), 2007

Read the paper
>>> Find more than 11,730 research papers on the GDNet Knowledge Base

  Featured Researchers

Yusup Rysbekov
Assistant Director, Academy for State and Public Administration, Scientific-Information Centre, Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Research interests: Training and Distance Learning, Policy Process, Environmental Law, International Law, Water Resources Management More >>
Uzochukwu Amakom

Research Fellow, African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE), Nigeria
Research interests: Gender, Poverty and Economic Policy, Trade & Regional Integration, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Water and Sanitation More >>

Shohina Faizullaeva
Teacher, Khujand Branch Technological University of Tajikistan, Tajikistan
Research interests: Economic Growth, E-commerce, Information Systems and Technology, Telecommunications, Research Dissemination More >>
>>> Find details of over 6,660 development researchers worldwide

  Featured Organizations

Economics Institute (Ekonomski Institut), Serbia
Economics Institute operates as research institution More >>

Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA), China
Discussing the problems of planning in Asian countries More >>
Centro Internacional de Estudios en Desarrollo y Comunicación / International Center for the Study of Development and Communication (CIEDESCO), Venezuela
Providing advisory and consultancy services for information and communication systems in the Third World More >>
>>> Find details of over 3,520 policy research centers and organizations worldwide

  GDN Library

Evolution or revolution? Disparities in earnings and family income in the Czech Republic 1988-2002
Regional Research Competition, 2005 Read the paper

Social capital and economic development: a case study of the northern resource management project in Pakistan
Annual conference, 2006 Read the paper
Market informational efficiency and investors' rationality: some evidences on Romanian capital market
Regional Research Competition, 2005 Read the paper
>>> Access research produced as part of GDN activities from the GDN Library

  Funding News

Leadership Fellowships on Climate Change
The ESRC is inviting full applications from researchers from across the social sciences for a number of high profile research fellowships proposing innovative approaches or application of leading edge social science to addressing key research issues in mitigating and/or adapting to climate change.
Deadline: October 9th, 2007 More>>

>>> Find details of funding information services carrying up-to-date news of grants, fellowships and other funding opportunities

  Tool Kits

Toolkit: Proposal Writing and Fundraising
This toolkit provides tips and practical suggestions for applying for funding and proposal writing. It is based on interviews with experienced research fundraisers. Obtaining funding for your research is a difficult achievement, so we hope this guide will help give your proposal the best possible chance of success. More>>

>>> Find out more tool kits providing practical and hands-on advice.

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