Pascal Lamy guest of honor of a CUTS-GDN forum

New Delhi, 30 JANUARY 2013 — "The current deadlock in international discussions on trade or on climate change and other global issues find their sources in the big geopolitical transformation that accompanies the rise of emerging countries in the world economy," said Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO. "Consensus is still lacking on the balance of contributions and benefits between the US, the EU, Japan and the like on the one side, and India, China, Brazil and the like on the other side, particularly on the Doha Round." Lamy was speaking on the challenges of global governance at the signing of a MoU between CUTS International and Global Development Network (GDN) on Capacity Building, in New Delhi, 30 January 2013.

South Asian Researchers Say Women Farmers Should be a Priority for Food Security

Colombo, 23 OCTOBER 2012 — Empowering women to be confident farmers should be a priority of South Asian countries, according to a GDN Policy Brief on addressing challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in South Asia; launched today.

Global Development Network–OECD Development Centre Joint Policy Dialogue

10 OCTOBER 2012 — The Global Development Network (GDN) is to hold a joint policy dialogue with the OECD Development Centre, on 15 October 2012, at The Claridges, New Delhi, from 4pm—7pm.

Researchers and Policymakers from Sub-Saharan Africa Access the Role of Agricultural Research to Support African Policy

Nairobi, 7 SEPTEMBER 2012 — Global Development Network (GDN), leading agricultural policy researchers and policymakers from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) convene to bring forth policy issues that are relevant to the region in question. Following two rounds of the project meetings held previously, the Sub-Saharan Africa Country Research Teams presented today their findings of a systematic review of agricultural research, on the five key agricultural policy topics in the SSA region. These presentations were made at the ‘Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia’ Project Regional Workshop at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi.

Global Development Network Announces New President

1 JUNE 2012 — Global Development Network (GDN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre Jacquet as its new President. He will be officially joining GDN on 16 July, 2012. GDN is an independent International Organization that allies researchers and institutes in development globally. Founded in 1999, GDN is headquartered in New Delhi, with offices in Cairo and Washington, D.C.

Budapest, 2012. május 30.— A Globális Fejlesztési Hálózat (GDN) (Global Development Network) 2012. június 16. és 18. között  Budapesten  tartja az év várva várt eseményét, az immár tizenharmadik éve megrendezésre kerülő Globális Fejlesztési Konferenciát (Global Development Conference). „Az  urbanizáció és a fejlődés: mélyebb betekintés e két tényező kapcsolatába” (Urbanization and Development: Diving Deeper into the Nexus) című konferenciát a GDN és a Közép-európai Egyetem (CEU) közösen szervezi.