[gdnews] Research in Focus Newsletter - Issue #21,
May 16, 2005.
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Issue #21, May 2005
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CONTENTS
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*** KNOWLEDGE BASE HIGHLIGHTS:
1-FEATURED RESEARCH:
* Understanding international differences in trade and capital market
integration
*Can economic instruments mitigate carbon emissions? An Indian perspective
* Exchange rates in the new EU accession countries: what have we learned
from the forerunners
2-FEATURED RESEARCHERS:
* Bustanul Arifin, Associate Professor, University of Lampung (UNILA),
Indonesia
* Fatma Ülkü Selçuk, Instructor, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey
* Alexander Vasin, Professor, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
3-FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS:
* The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS),
Gambia
* Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
* Users' Perspectives With Agricultural Research and Development (UPWARD),
Philippines
4-FUNDING NEWS:
* Visiting Experts from Academic and Research Institutions Programme, Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Partnership Programme
* The Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowships
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1-Featured Research
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>> Understanding international differences in trade and capital market
integration
Trade and capital market distortions are alternative means for protecting
non-competitive industries
By S. Claro
Produced by: the Institute of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of
Chile / Instituto de Economia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
(IEUC), 2005
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>> Can economic instruments mitigate carbon emissions? An Indian
perspective
Carbon taxes may be a weak instrument for reducing carbon emissions in
India
By Das, S.; Mukhopadhyay, D.; Pohit, S.
Produced by: National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India,
2005
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>> Exchange rates in the new EU accession countries: what have we learned
from the forerunners
The new accession countries should not join the ERM2 too early
By Bulir, A.; Smidkova, K.
Produced by: Czech National Bank (CNB), Czech Republic, 2004
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For more documents, visit:
www.gdnet.org/knowledge_base/research_papers/
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2-Featured Researchers
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>> Bustanul Arifin, Associate Professor, University of Lampung (UNILA),
Indonesia
Research interests: Agricultural and rural development, agro-industry,
poverty alleviation, natural resources management, and environmental
services.
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
>> Fatma Ülkü Selçuk
Instructor, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey
Research interests: Political science and sociology; state theory,
comparative politics, political structure of Turkey, industrial relations,
labor unions, informal sector, social classes, child labour, gender
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>> Alexander Vasin
Professor, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Research interests: evolutionary models of collective behavior, solutions
of multi-stage and repeated games, theory of imperfect competition, models
of tax evasion and tax inspection organization, models of electorate
behavior.
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For more researchers, visit:
www.gdnet.org/knowledge_base/researchers/
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3-Selected Organizations
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>> The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS),
Gambia
Research, capacity building, and advocacy Institute
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>> Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Research institute focusing on economics, law, political science, and
gender studies
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>> Users' Perspectives With Agricultural Research and Development
(UPWARD), Philippines
Agricultural participatory research and development network in East Asia
www.gdnet.org/cf/search/display.cfm
****You can find 1000 more organizational profiles on the Knowledge Base
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4-Funding Opportunities
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>> 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
>> The Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowships
Scholars from all disciplines and nationalities, resident outside Germany,
for six to twelve months research to be conducted in Germany.
Deadline: Ongoing
www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/funding_news/humboldt.html
For more funding, visit:
www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/
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