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2007 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition

Year: 2007

The Brisbane conference provided the venue for the finale to the Eighth Annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition. Fourty researchers and development practitioners presented their selected papers/proposals at the conference and the winners were announced at the Awards dinner on January 30, 2008.

Awards & Medals: 2007 Winners

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project
Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
Medals for Research on Development

View details of 2007 winners by theme:

Fragile States: Addressing Vulnerability
Household Exposure to Risk: Effects on Poverty
The Rule of Law: Providing Security for Development
Women's Rights, Security and Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Natural Resources: Risks and Implications for Sustaining Development

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project

Sustainable solid waste management in rural cities of Peru A program for cleaner cities and healthy individuals in Peru
Prizes: First Prize USD 20,000; Second Prize USD 10,000 and Third Prize USD 5,000 First Prize: Albina Ruiz Country: Peru Organization: Citizen's Proposal Group


Safe Water for Everyone using Effective Technology (SWEET) A program aiming to improve the water situation in India
Prizes: First Prize USD 20,000; Second Prize USD 10,000 and Third Prize USD 5,000 Second Prize: Verghese Jacob Country: India Organization: Byrraju Foundation
Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development

Court decentralization and women’s well being Are formal mechanisms of law enforcement effective interventions to empower and enforce women’s rights?
First Prize: Raul Francisco Andrade Ciudad Country: Peru Organization: Analysis Group of Development


Crafting a socially inclusive service policy to address vulnerability of marginalized communities: lessons from Nepal's education policy Addressing how to produce the effective and appropriate social inclusive policy
Second Prize: Nephil Matangi Maskay Country: Nepal Organization: Nepal Rastra Bank


Political economy of transnational water insecurity: What does the Mekong River (1985-2005) say? The discussion on whether water pollution will be restricted only to pollutants that are directly or indirectly made by human activities
Second Prize: Rongxing Guo Country: China Organization: Regional Science Association of China (RSAC)
Fragile States: Addressing Vulnerability Medal

Impact of land use regulations: Evidence from India’s cities Impacts on city growth and the urban poor have drawn little attention
First Prize: Kala Seetharam Sridhar Country: India Organization: National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)


Is a governmental micro-credit program for the poor really pro-poor? evidence from Vietnam Examining poverty targeting and impact of Vietnam's micro-credit program
Second Prize: Nguyen Viet Cuong Country: Vietnam Organization: National Economics University (NEU)
Household Exposure to Risk: Effects on Poverty Medal

Household vulnerability to transient and chronic poverty: evidence from rural Kenya Enhancing human capital and agricultural technologies can reduce poverty in Kenya
First Prize: Milu Muyanga Country: Kenya Organization: Egerton University


Responses to poverty and risks in Vietnam: How effectively does the Vietnamese public safety net target vulnerable populations? Vietnam’s current safety net system fails to target the most vulnerable groups
Second Prize: Quynh Nguyen Country: Vietnam Organization: Vietcom Bank (VCB)
The Rule of Law: Providing Security for Development Medal

Linking urban vulnerability, infra-power and 'Communal' violence: extralegal security and policing in South Central Mumbai Reducing urban vulnerabilities can reduce urban communal violence
First Prize: Jaideep Gupte Country: India Organization: University of Oxford


Enforcement and Compliance with Labor Regulations Enforcing labor regulations can enhance welfare
Second Prize: Lucas Ronconi Country: Argentina Organization: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Berkeley
Women's Rights, Security and Development: Challenges and Opportunities Medal

Gender discriminations and HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa Educating and empowering women can help reduce HIV/AIDS infections
First Prize: Chrystelle Tsafack Temah Country: Cameroon Organization: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International (CERDI)


Glass ceilings, sticky floors sticky doors? a quantile regres approach to exploring gender wage gaps in Sri Lanka Policies should address gender bias in hiring and in workplace practices
Second Prize: Dileni Gunewardena Country: Sri Lanka Organization: University of Peradeniya
Natural Resources: Risks and Implications for Sustaining Development Medal

The paradox of groundwater scarcity amidst plenty and its implications for food security and poverty alleviation in West Bengal, India: what can be done to ameliorate the crisis? Defining causes and solutions to water scarcity in West Bengal
First Prize: Aditi Mukherji Country: India Organization: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)


An auction mechanism for protecting the commons: theory and application Inducing firms to reveal their private information
Second Prize: Juan-Pablo Montero Country: Chile Organization: Institute of Economics, Catholic University of Chile