[gdnews] Research in Focus Newsletter - Issue #32, August 2006


August 14, 2006.  

Welcome to the "Research in Focus", a free monthly e-bulletin to keep you

abreast of the latest policy research knowledge from the Global south

 

Issue # 32 , August 2006

 

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CONTENTS

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*** KNOWLEDGE BASE HIGHLIGHTS

 

1-FEATURED RESEARCH

 

* Private returns to higher education in Nigeria

* Banking and financial matters on Croatia’s road to the European Union

* Trade liberalization and growth of less developed countries

 

2-FEATURED RESEARCHERS

 

* Charles Adwan, Executive Director, The Lebanese Transparency Association

(LTA), Lebanon, Lebanon

* Asif Shehzad, President, The Volunteers Organization, Pakistan

* Gloria Momoh, Researcher, Human Development Konsult, Nigeria

 

3-FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS

 

* Gender Information and Policy Centre (GIPC), Belarus

* International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN), Brazil

* Jordan National Competitiveness Team (JNCT), Jordan

 

4-FUNDING NEWS

 

* Fellowships at the Wilson Center 2007-2008

* The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship, IDRC

 

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1-Featured Research

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>>>> Private returns to higher education in Nigeria

 

What is the nature of returns to higher education in Nigeria?

by Okuwa, O. for African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), 2004

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>>>> Banking and financial matters on Croatia’s road to the European Union

 

Behavior and structure of financial service sector in Croatia

by Sonje, V. for Institute of Public Finance (IPF), Croatia, 2003

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

 

 

>>>> Trade liberalisation and growth of less developed countries

 

Can openness promote growth in the long-term?

by Sarkar, P. for Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, 2005

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****You can find 1000 more documents on the Knowledge Base

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

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2-Featured Researchers

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>>>> Charles Adwan

 

Executive Director, The Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA), Lebanon,

Lebanon

Research interests: governance, transparency, democratization,

institutional reform and development, civil society, elections, youth

issues, fighting corruption and policy formulation.

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>>>> Asif Shehzad

 

President, The Volunteers Organization, Pakistan

Research interests: NGOs/CBOs and social development (education,

reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, human institutional development and adult

literacy).

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>>>> Gloria Momoh

 

Researcher, Human Development Konsult, Nigeria

Research interest: human development, social science, health and

nutrition,environmental sustainability, refugee protection, reproductive

health and information science.

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

 

****You can find 1000 more researchers profiles on the Knowledge Base

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3-Selected Organizations

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>>>> Gender Information and Policy Centre (GIPC), Belarus

 

Organization promoting the position and interests of women in all spheres

of life

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

>>>> International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN), Brazil

 

Worldwide network of specialists analysing the gendered impacts of trade

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

>>>> Jordan National Competitiveness Team (JNCT), Jordan

 

A research oriented unit building the competitive advantage of Jordan’s

economy

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

****You can find 1000 more organizational profiles on the Knowledge Base

www.gdnet.org/middle.php

 

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4-Funding Opportunities

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>>>> Fellowships at the Wilson Center 2007-2008

 

The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to

individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the

social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues.

Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or

provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues

of contemporary importance.

Deadline: October 2, 2006

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>>>>The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship, IDRC

 

The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship provides assistance to Canadian

and developing country graduate students with a university degree in

Agriculture, Forestry or Biology, who wish to undertake post-graduate,

applied on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country.

Deadline: October 1, 2006

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For more funding, visit:

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