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January 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. IFPRI Dataset
    Egypt Integrated Household Survey, 1997-1999

    The 1997 and 1999 Egypt Integrated Household Survey (EIHS) was undertaken by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, and the Ministry of Trade and Supply of the Government of Egypt.

    The 1997 questionnaire was administered to 2,500 households from 20 governorates using a two-stage, stratified selection process from March through May 1997. The dataset contains household information on housing characteristics, access to facilities, migration, subsidized food expenses, all food expenses, non-food expenses, health, anthropometrics, maternity history, childcare, wage employment, farming, livestock ownership, non-farm enterprises, credit and savings, remittances and transfers, and other income. In addition to the household level data, data were collected on the overall characteristics of the community/villages containing the surveyed households.

    The EIHS 1999 survey was conducted on a sub-sample (348 households) of the 1997 survey. The EIHS 1999 household questionnaire collected information on the household, housing characteristics, income sources, food expenses, non-food expenses, farming, livestock ownership, non-farm enterprises, non-farming assets, other income sources, and subsidized food expenses. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/Egypt04.htm.

  2. Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
    The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative compiles, processes, and makes available internationally comparable data on institutional developments and investments in agricultural research and development worldwide. The initiative makes available a large amount of original and ongoing survey work focused on developing countries, but also enables access to relevant data for developed countries produced by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Science and Technology Indicators unit, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and other similar agencies. ASTI’s work involves collaborative alliances with a large number of national and regional research and development agencies as well as international institutions. For more information, visit http://www.asti.cgiar.org/index.htm.

  3. Global Competition Launched for the Second Development Gateway Award
    The Development Gateway Foundation is seeking nominations for the second Development Gateway Award. The $100,000 award will recognize outstanding achievement in using information and communication technologies to improve people's lives in developing countries. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2005. For more information, visit http://home.developmentgateway.org/award?intcmp=900.

  4. Tools for Policy Impact: A Handbook for Researchers
    The Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) program at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has produced the handbook Tools for Policy Impact: A Handbook for Researchers. It presents tools for achieving policy impact that are geared towards the needs of researchers. It includes research tools, context assessment tools, communication tools, and policy influencing tools. The handbook is targeted at civil society organizations, research institutes, and universities. For more information, visit http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC16876.

  5. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) portal in Bangla
    The Sustainable Development Networking Program (SDNP) of Bangladesh has launched the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) portal in Bangla. The web portal exchanges information on sustainable development. For more information, visit http://www.mdgbangla.org/index2.htm.

  6. Evaluating the Poverty and Distributional Impact of Economic Policies
    The one-week course, Evaluating the Poverty and Distributional Impact of Economic Policies, arranged by the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis Group of the World Bank during May 2004, presented techniques and tools that can be used to evaluate the poverty and distributional impact of economic policy choices. It featured presentations on tools that help quantify the trade-offs and consequences of economic policies that affect countries through various channels. Each session addressed a specific evaluation technique and its applications. The courses are available online in audio and video streaming. For more information, visit http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC17185.

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PROFILE OF A TRAINER
  • Benno Ndulu currently serves as Sector Lead Specialist with the Macroeconomic Unit for Eastern Africa of the World Bank. He is best known for his involvement in setting up and developing one of the most effective research and training networks in Africa, the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). He served first as its Research Director and later as its Executive Director. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague in recognition of his contributions to Capacity Building and Research on Africa. Following his PhD degree in economics from Northwestern University in the U.S., he taught economics and published widely on economic growth, adjustment, governance, and trade. He has been involved in policy advisory roles worldwide and has served in a wide range of Boards locally and internationally.

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INSTITUTION PROFILE
  • African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
    AERC, established in 1988 and based in Nairobi, Kenya, is a public, not-for-profit organization that is devoted to advancing policy research and training in economics. It strengthens local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems pertinent to the management of economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The mandate of AERC includes enhancing the local capacity to conduct policy-relevant economic research; promoting retention of such capacity; and encouraging its application in the policy context. AERC’s Research Program offers small grants to groups of individuals from academia and policy institutions to conduct research on a set of pertinent themes including poverty, income distribution, and labor market issues; trade, regional integration, and sectoral policies; macroeconomic policies, stabilization, and growth; and finance, resource mobilization, and investment. It also supports collaborative research projects carried out by teams of African researchers and their counterparts elsewhere on mutually agreed-upon themes. The training program manages a Collaborative Master's Program (CMAP) in Economics in partnership with 21 universities in 17 SSA countries and a Collaborative PhD Program (CPP) in Economics with eight SSA universities. For more information, visit http://www.aercafrica.org.

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NETWORK PROFILE
  • Users' Perspectives With Agricultural Research and Development (UPWARD)
    UPWARD, launched in 1989 under the sponsorship of the International Potato Center (CIP), is a network of scientists and development specialists working to increase participation by farmers and other users of agricultural technology in research and development. Over 50 institutions (national/local research institutes, universities/colleges, international research/donor organizations, development and extension agencies, NGOs and local government units) in Asia and around the world participate in UPWARD. Its mission is to enhance the contribution of rootcrops to rural livelihood in Asia through participatory research and development (PR&D). Its goals are to introduce innovations that optimize the contribution of rootcrops within specific functional niches in local agricultural livelihood systems; to field-test and promote participatory approaches in developing and sustaining local innovations; and to strengthen PR&D capacity and networking among Asian R&D professionals and their organizations. For more information, visit http://www.eseap.cipotato.org/upward/AboutUs.htm.

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COURSES/WORKSHOPS

Africa

  • Organization: IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom
    Title: Development Planning and Management
    Location: Nairobi, Kenya
    Date: May 9-20, 2005
    Fees: £ 2,800 (including accommodation)
    Contact:
    Donna Kelly
    Course Administrator
    IMA International Ltd
    Randolphs Farm
    Brighton Road
    Hurstpierpoint
    West Sussex
    BN6 9EL
    United Kingdom
    Phone: 44-0-1273-833-030; Fax: 44-0-1273-833-230
    Email: post@imainternational.com/ Faye@imainternational.com
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/dpmkmay2005.php

Asia

Australia

  • Organization: IMA International Ltd, United Kingdom
    Title: Development Planning and Management
    Location: Brisbane, Australia
    Date: April 18-29, 2005
    Fees: £ 2,800 (including accommodation)
    Contact:
    Donna Kelly
    Course Administrator
    IMA International Ltd
    Randolphs Farm
    Brighton Road
    Hurstpierpoint
    West Sussex
    BN6 9EL
    United Kingdom
    Phone: 44-0-1273-833-030; Fax: 44-0-1273-833-230
    Email: post@imainternational.com/ Faye@imainternational.com
    Web: http://www.imainternational.com/dpmaapril2005.php

Europe

North America

  • The Mosaic.net International, Inc., Canada is offering the following courses:
    Contact:
    Francoise Coupal
    Director
    Mosaic.net International, Inc.
    705 Roosevelt Avenue
    Ottawa
    Canada
    K2A 2A8
    Phone: 613-728-1439; Fax: 613-728-1154
    Email: workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca/ fcoupal@mosaic-net-intl.caai

  • Title: Participatory Development in Planning, Needs Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Key Concepts, Tools, and Application in PLA/PRA Methods
    Location: Ottawa, Canada
    Date: July 11-16, 2005
    Fees: US $850 (10% discount given to NGOs, community groups, and full-time students)
    Web: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca/workshop.html

  • Title: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E)
    Location: Ottawa, Canada
    Date: July 25-30, 2005
    Fees: US $850 (10% discount given to NGOs, community groups, and full-time students)
    Web: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca/pmeworkshop.html

  • Organization: Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University, United States
    Title: Gender, Sustainable Agriculture, and Natural Resource Management
    Location: East Lansing, Michigan, United States
    Date: May 15-27, 2005
    Fees: US $250 (registration fee non-refundable) and US $2,950 (course fee non-refundable after April 15, 2005)
    Deadline: April 1, 2005 (application)
    Contact:
    Women and International Development
    206 International Center
    Michigan State University
    East Lansing
    Michigan 48824-1035
    United States
    Phone: 1-517-353-5040; Fax: 1-517-432-4845
    Email: wid@msu.edu; Web: http://www.prgaprogram.org/hosted_docs/wid_shortcourse_flyer.pdf

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CONFERENCES

Europe

  • Organization: French Ministry for Research, France
    Title: Biodiversity: Science and Governance
    Location: Paris, France
    Date: January 24-28, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC15693 or email biodiversite2005@egide.asso.fr.

  • Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
    Title: International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems
    Location: The Hague, the Netherlands
    Date: January 31-February 5, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.fao.org/ag/wfe2005/index_en.htm.

  • Organization: International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR)
    Title: 9th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: Ten Years After
    Location: Ravello, Italy
    Date: July 6-10, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr2005/call_for_paper.asp or email icabr@economia.uniroma2.it.

  • Organization: Swiss Federal Research Station for Agricultural Economics and Engineering (FAT), Switzerland
    Title: Causes and Impacts of Agricultural Structures
    Location: Tänikon, Switzerland
    Date: January 10-11, 2006
    Deadline: June 30, 2005 (paper)
    For more information, visit http://www.fat.admin.ch/eaae96.

Europe and Central Asia

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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS

  • Organizations: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), and Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos)
    Title: Gender and Agriculture/ Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS): Announcing round 2 of GenARDIS small grants program
    Eligibility: Organizations in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP countries). For a list of ACP countries, please see http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/country/country_en.cfm. Proposals can be submitted in English or French.
    Deadline: February 25, 2005
    Contact:
    GenARDIS Small Grants Fund
    Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
    Attn. Dorothy Okello
    P.O. Box 4411
    Kampala
    Uganda
    Fax: 256-0-41-234924
    Email: GenARDIS@cta.int; Web: http://www.cta.int/about/genardis_round2.htm

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