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GDN Policy Briefs communicate results of research on specific policy issues. They succinctly present the rationale for choosing a particular policy alternative or course of action and offer options for decision-makers involved in the policy planning process.

Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality: An evaluation of Ukraine’s Mother and Infant Health Project. The project has introduced several best practices as part of its plan to work towards two of the Millennium Development Goals – improving maternal health and improving infant health.

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"GDN’s role has been decisive in strengthening the dialogue within Latin America; and between Latin America and the developed world"
Mauricio Cardenas, Senior Fellow and Director, Latin America Initiative, The Brookings Institution

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Varieties of Governance: Effective Public Service Delivery
Examining service delivery within a political economy framework

The GDN Global Research Project titled Varieties of Governance: Effective Public Service Delivery explores the role of formal and informal institutions (at both country and sector level) in service delivery mechanisms in the areas of basic education, water supply and transportation infrastructure (roads).
 
GDN is now inviting researchers (teams and organizations) to participate in this project. APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to 15th September, 2010 .


For more details on how to submit applications for the Call for Proposals for this project, click here
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2010 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition launched
Channeling finance to sustainable development

GDN invites researchers from developing and transition countries to submit new research proposals, completed research papers and proposals for scaling up development projects. Reflecting the global nature of GDN’s activities, the three research themes are – external capital flows and financing for development; domestic resource mobilization and financial sector development; and innovative sources of development finance. The Competition funded by the Government of Japan and other donors offers grants and travel expenses to finalists to present their research/proposals at GDN’s next conference in Bogota, Colombia in January 2011.The deadline for development projects is September 22, 2010 and for research proposals/papers is October 25, 2010.
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Global report on migration launched
Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts

This report captures the main results from Development on the Move: Measuring and Optimising Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts, a joint project of the Global Development Network (GDN) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).

The ground-breaking global research project, supported by a consortium of international donors, has gathered new, comparative qualitative and quantitative data about migration’s development impacts. It has done so through an ambitious methodology involving primary research in seven countries, across six continents over three years. Researchers spoke to thousands of people and gathered comparable in-depth data from close to 10,000 households.

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Global report on migration
Measuring and Optimising Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts
By Chappell, L. ; Angelescu-Naqvi, R. ; Mavrotas, G. and Sriskandarajah, D. , 2010
Produced by: Global Development Network (GDN)

Measuring and Optimising Migration’s Economic and Social Impacts in Ghana
Different policies are needed to manage the migration of different types of individuals
By Yeboah, I., 2010
Produced by: Global Development Network (GDN)

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