The Global Research Project, jointly coordinated with the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) involved seven research teams from across the world (Colombia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Macedonia and Vietnam), with the objective of measuring the economic and social impacts of migration in developing countries.

The project examined the multidimensional nature of migration from a holistic perspective to further research and policymaking on North-South and South-South cross-border migration. The overall parameters of migration in the selected countries and its various impacts on the countries’ economic, social and political development were analyzed. All studies involved large, nationally representative household surveys.

Impact Map, Link to Studies, Global Dataset

Twenty program impact evaluations across 19 countries from the developing and transition world were involved in this Global Research Project which used experimental and quasi-experimental techniques of evaluating health interventions.

The project sought to identify the greatest potential for replication and contributing to the achievement of the three Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) directly related to health in Africa and Asia, namely, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.

List of Studies

GDN's fourth Global Research Project (GRP) was designed to measure the impact of key policies pursued by rich countries on poverty in developing and transition countries. The three main focus areas were trade, migration and capital flows (aid and foreign direct investment – FDI).

The GRP comprised 30 country studies from across the developing and transition world.

List of Studies
Global Exchange and Poverty: Trade, Investment and Migration (ed. Robert E.B. Lucas, Lyn Squire, T.N. Srinivasan)

Understanding the successes and failures of various reforms through a cross-country comparison of reform policies and experiences in different regions was the primary aim of this Global Research Project. The project comprised 10 thematic papers and 30 country studies.

The project's findings informed policymakers of promising reform paths that took into account economic, social, political, and cultural factors and reactions. Particular attention was given to policies that lower costs and increase benefits to low-income classes, poor minorities and other disadvantaged groups.

List of Studies
Understanding Market Reforms in Latin America: Similar Reforms, Diverse Constituencies, Varied Results (ed. Jose M. Fanelli)
Understanding Economic Reforms in Africa: A Tale of Seven Nations (ed. Joseph Mensah)
Understanding Market Reforms, Volume 2: Motivation, Implementation and Sustainability (ed. Jose M. Fanelli, Gary McMahon)
Understanding Market Reforms, Volume 1: Philosophy, Politics and Stakeholders (ed. Jose M. Fanelli, Gary McMahon)

The Global Research Project endeavored to improve and understand the links between research and policy, and bridge the gap between researchers, policymakers and intermediary organizations such as media and professional associations. The overarching goal was to promote evidence-based policymaking in low and middle income countries by closing the gap between ideas and their implementation.

The project generated valid and reliable knowledge about research-policy linkages (and gaps) in developing and transition countries, and developed a set of operational conclusions and tools that could assist policymakers, researchers and donors.

List of Studies

Research teams around the world examined the growth experiences of six regions in the developing and transition world – East Asia, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Researchers studied the complex nature of growth: its stimulants, constraints, benefits and pitfalls, by moving away from not just seeing economic growth as the ultimate measure of well being, but rather as one that also provides the opportunity to use resources well.

List of Studies
Explaining Growth in the Middle East (ed. Jeffrey B. Nugent, M. Hashem Pesaran)
Sources of Growth in Latin America: What is Missing? (ed. Eduardo Fernández-Arias, Rodolfo Manuelli, Juan S. Blyde)
The Economic Prospects of the CIS: Sources of Long Term Growth (ed. Gur Ofer, Richard W.T. Pomfret)
Explaining Growth: A Global Research Project (ed. Gary McMahon, Lyn Squire)
The South Asian Experience with Growth (ed. Isher J. Ahluwalia, John Williamson)