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Global Development Conference 2023: Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

GDN's 23rd conference went off successfully in Quito, Ecuador....

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Workshop | Global Development Awards Competition

Grantees of the Global Development Awards Competition from 2019 to 2022...

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Final Peer Review Workshop l Biodiversity and Development Awards Program

Researchers of the AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Awards convened for...

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Mentoring at GDN

At GDN, we think of mentoring as a pretext for critical discussion around...

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Evaluating Social Science Research Systems

GDN calls for applications from research teams in LMICs, especially Tunisia and...

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RESEARCH THEMATIC AREAS

GDN in the News

Watch Pierre Jacquet talk about the Global Development Conference on Tax Policy for Sustainable Development on JT 19/20 - Auvergne  I  Read Francesco Obino and other authors in On Think Tanks, on COVID-19 and research systems: An urgent need for fresh thinking in the Global South  I  Read Pierre Jacquet's piece on Revisiting Knowledge for Development in OECD Development Matters  I  Read this opinion piece from the European Investment Bank and GDN on Investing in 'deep dives' to measure development impact in Devex  I  Are research links with the developing world still a one way street? Read Francesco Obino's comments in THE World University Rankings  I  Watch Pierre Jacquet talk about sustainable development and sustainable debt for African nations on CNBC Africa  I  Inaya Rakhmani and Zulfa Sakhiyya say that Indonesian policymaking is not informed by quality research and academic freedom in The Conversation  I  Read Anindya Chaudhuri on safe and ethical artifical intelligence in The Economic Times  I  Read a blog by Madhuri Dass Woudenberg on The Research Whisperer on how to approach data visualization | How can research lead to Greener Outcomes? Read a piece by Pierre Jacquet on The Green Climate Fund Blog on how research can facilitate bottom up understanding of local natural and social facts  I  Read this op-ed in The Hindustan Times by GDN's Ramona Angelescu Naqvi and Madhuri Dass Woudenberg on how to include more women in social science research.

GDNews – September 2023

GDN’s new working paper series, last call for conference registrations...

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BENIN | Mapping Biodiversity of Local Forest Food Products to Boost Food and Nutrition Security in Benin

Dr. Ir. Flora Chadare is an agricultural engineer, who specializes in food science and nutrition...

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INDIA & BANGLADESH | Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in Vulnerable Areas through Float Farming

In 2016, SAFE won an MIDP Award of 30,000 USD and the JSDF Award of 200,000 USD in 2017, to...

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