[gdnews] Research In Focus E-bulletin, Issue 17 -
February 08, 2005.
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abreast of the latest policy research knowledge from the Global south.
***Research In Focus E-bulletin***
Issue # 15, January 2005
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CONTENTS:
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*** KNOWLEDGE BASE HIGHLIGHTS:
1-FEATURED RESEARCH:
*Wage and labor regulation in Vietnam within the poverty reduction agenda
* Peace processes and conflict resolution in the Horn of Africa
2-FEATURED RESEARCHERS:
* Abdalla Uba Adamu Professor and Director, Bayero University, Kano,
Nigeria
* Damba Ganbat Executive director, Academy of Political Education of
Mongolia
3-FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS:
* Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
* Centro de Estudios Internacionales (CEI), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
(UTDT)
4-FUNDING NEWS:
* Deadline extended: SANEI Call for Proposals
* Visiting Experts from Academic and Research Institutions Programme, Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Partnership Programme
5-ONLINE SERVICES: Toolkit: Proposal Writing and Fundraising
Providing practical suggestions for applying for funding and proposal
writing, this toolkit is based on interviews with experienced research
fundraisers in both developing and developed countries. 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. (Soon will be
available in French)
www.gdnet.org/online_services/toolkits/proposal_writing/
Knowledge Base Highlights
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1-Featured Research
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>> Wage and labor regulation in Vietnam within the poverty reduction
agenda
Can a strategy to control wages impact pro-poor policies positively?
by Brassard, C. for the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University
of Singapore, 2004
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
>>Peace processes and conflict resolution in the Horn of Africa
Learning lessons from peace processes and conflict resolution
by Yoh, J. G. N. for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), South
Africa, 2003
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
***You can find 1000 more research papers on the Knowledge Base
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2-Featured Researchers
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>>Abdalla Uba Adamu
Professor and Director, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Research interests: Media technologies and cultural transformation,
transnational flow of media, indigenous knowledge systems, Popular culture
in traditional societies
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
>>Damba Ganbat
Executive director, Academy of Political Education of Mongolia
Research interests: models of democracy, democracy and new values,
democratization process in East Asia
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
****You can find 1000 more researchers profiles on the Knowledge Base
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3-Featured Organizations
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>>Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Sociological research institute focusing on Central and Eastern Europe
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
>> Centro de Estudios Internacionales (CEI), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
(UTDT)
Research centre on globalization and the Southern Cone
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
****You can find 1000 more organizational profiles on the Knowledge Base
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4-Funding News
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>> Deadline extended: SANEI Call for Proposals
The South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) invites
researchers to submit proposals on Good Governance and Infrastructure.
Maximum funding per project will be US ,000. Grants are awarded for one
year only.
Deadline: December 31, 2004
www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/funding_news/sanei.html
>>Visiting Experts from Academic and Research Institutions Programme, Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Partnership Programme
The Visiting Experts from Academic and Research Institutions Programme
supports highly qualified academics and researchers to undertake work in
FAO for a maximum of one year. The programme covers salary costs, monthly
allowances and travel expenses.
Deadline: None specified
www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/funding_news/fao.html
For more funding opportunities and many other online resources, visit our
new website www.gdnet.org/online_services/
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