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May 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. IFPRI Dataset
    Nicaragua: Red de Protección Social (RPS) Evaluación Dataset, 2000-2002
    The Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social (RPS), modeled after PROGRESA in Mexico, is a program designed to address both current and future poverty via cash transfers targeted to households living in poverty in rural Nicaragua. This household survey was conducted in collaboration with RPS and the Inter-American Development Bank. The survey sample is a stratified random-sample at the comarca (administrative locality) level from all 42 comarcas in Nicaragua. The comprehensive household questionnaire was based on the 1998 Nicaraguan LSMS (Living Standards Measurement Study) instrument. The community questionnaire was used to assess whether the community has basic infrastructure; health, educational, and postal services; sources of credit; and other development programs working in the area; and whether the community has experienced major economic events/shocks. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/Nicaragua01.asp.

  2. Agricultural R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Country Briefs and Datasets
    The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative at IFPRI recently released individual briefs and datasets for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The CD-Rom contains a set of 26 country briefs describing the state of agricultural R&D in those countries. It also provides the underlying snapshot data and country profiles for these 26 countries, including the agricultural R&D agencies that were identified in the national survey rounds. For ordering the CD-ROM, visit http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/pubs.htm#asticd or to download individual briefs in PDF, visit http://www.asti.cgiar.org/pubs-africa.htm.

  3. Gender and Diversity Program (G&D)
    The Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) launched the Gender and Diversity Program (G&D) in July 1999. The G&D Program's work is guided by four integrated values of diversity management--inclusion, opportunity, dignity, and well-being. It promotes activities like diversity-positive recruitment, international teamwork, cross-cultural communications, and advancement for women. For more information, visit http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org.

  4. Sustainable Livelihoods Toolbox and Training Materials
    “Livelihoods Connect” is a learning platform for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development’s (DFID). Its website (hosted jointly by DFID and the Institute of Development Studies) aims to enable the practical implementation of the sustainable livelihoods approach through information sharing, learning, and management tools. The website gives access to a toolbox of documents that provides help in using the sustainable livelihoods approach at different stages of the project cycle. It also contains training materials and ideas to help organize training events on the sustainable livelihoods approach. For more information, visit http://www.livelihoods.org.

  5. Gender and Rural Development
    The Gender and Rural Development Group at the World Bank is a community of practice that brings together specialists in many fields to promote systematic integration of gender concerns in the World Bank's rural activities. The Group provides a forum for sharing experience and information on gender analysis, policy formulation, project design, and project implementation. For more information, visit http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/ardext.nsf/11ByDocName/TopicsGenderandRuralDevelopment.

  6. Capacity Development Resource Center
    The World Bank's Capacity Development Resource Center provides an overview of case studies, lessons learned, "how to" approaches, and good practices pertaining to capacity development. It also includes links to international and local capacity development agencies and other knowledge sources including working papers, recent books, strategy notes, and diagnostics. For more information, visit http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTCDRC/0,,menuPK:64169181~pagePK:64169192~piPK:64169180~theSitePK:489952,00.html.

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INSTITUTION PROFILE

  • World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
    WIDER, established in 1984 by the United Nations University (UNU), was the first development economics research and training center in Helsinki. Its mandate is to undertake multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the living conditions of the world's poorest people; to provide a forum for professional interaction and the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable, and environmentally sustainable growth; and to promote capacity strengthening and training for scholars and government officials in the field of economic and social policymaking. For more information, visit http://www.wider.unu.edu.

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NETWORK PROFILE

  • Ghana Agricultural Information Network System (GAINS)
    GAINS was established as a component of the Government of Ghana/ World Bank-supported National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) in 1991. It aims to revitalize the library and information system in the agricultural sector of the economy. Its vision is to be a national agricultural information resource and coordination center of excellence that provides agricultural information to support agricultural research and development using appropriate information and communication technologies in Ghana. The goal of GAINS is to establish a coordinated network system that seeks to collect, process, share, and repackage for dissemination, agricultural information generated in Ghana or elsewhere to support agricultural research and sustainable development to ensure food security in the country. For more information, visit http://www.gains.org.gh

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COURSES/WORKSHOPS

Africa

  • Organizations: International Agricultural Centre, The Netherlands; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia; International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Italy; Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN); Plant Science Group and Animal Science Group both of Wageningen University, The Netherlands
    Title: Course on the Sustainable Use and Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity
    Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Date: October 23-November 5, 2005
    Contact:
    International Agricultural Centre
    P.O. Box 88
    6700 AB Wageningen
    The Netherlands
    Phone: 31-317-495-495; Fax: 31-317-495-395
    Email: training.iac@wur.nl
    Web: http://www.iac.wur.nl/iac/forms/80_07_05_refresherEthiopia.pdf

Asia

  • Organization: Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), Philippines
    Title: Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)
    Location: Manilla, Philippines
    Date: October 23-29, 2005
    Fees: US $850 (cost per participant for twin-sharing accommodation) and US $700 (cost per participant for triple-sharing accommodation)
    Contact:
    Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics
    4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street
    Baclaran
    Paranaque City 1700
    Philippines
    Phone: 63-2-8516934; Fax: 63-2-8322112
    Email: capwip@capwip.org; Web: http://www.capwip.org/training/mggr.htm

Europe

North America

  • Organization: Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program at the University of California at Berkeley, United States
    Title: Summer Certificate Course in Sustainable Environmental Management
    Location: Berkeley, California, United States
    Date: June 25-July 16, 2005
    Fees: $ 7,200 (partial scholarships available)
    Contact:
    Leslie Correll
    Program Representative
    Phone: 510-643-4200; Fax: 510-643-4483
    Email: BeahrsELP@nature.berkeley.edu
    Web: http://nature.berkeley.edu/BeahrsELP/certificate.html

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CONFERENCES

Africa

  • Organizations: World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER), Finland; Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), Africa; Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) of the University of Cape Town, Africa; and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya
    Title: The Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Africa
    Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
    Date: December 1-2, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/Call%20for%20Papers%20for%20Africa-1-2%20December%202005.pdf or email at impact3@wider.unu.edu.

Asia

  • Organization: Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Philippines
    Title: International Conference on Agricultural and Rural Development in Asia: Ideas, Paradigms, and Policies Three Decades After
    Location: Laguna, Philippines
    Date: November 10-11, 2005
    Fees: US $100 (international participants) and PhP 4,000 (local participants)
    For more information, visit http://web.searca.org/ard/ or email at ARD_conference@agri.searca.org.

Europe

Middle East

  • Organizations: World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) and College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
    Title: International Conference on Globalization, Technology, and Sustainable Development
    Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Date: November 21-23, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.cbe.uaeu.ac.ae/conf/ or email at cbe.conf@uaeu.ac.ae.

North America

  • Organization: InterAction, United States
    Title: Charting a Course for Relief and Development: Advancing the Millennium Development Goals and Other Global Commitments
    Location: Washington, D.C., United States
    Date: June 1-3, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.interaction.org/files.cgi/3799_Forum_2005_REG_Final.pdf or email at forum@interaction.org.

  • Organizations: Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) at the University of Minnesota and Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council in Southwestern Wisconsin, both are in United States
    Title: Ninth North American Agroforestry Conference of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA) on Moving Agroforestry into the Mainstream
    Location: Rochester, Minnesota, United States
    Date: June 12-15, 2005
    For more information, visit http://cinram.umn.edu/afta2005 or email at curre002@umn.edu.

  • Organizations: University of Kentucky and University of Tennessee, both are in the United States
    Title: Agricultural Biotechnology: Beyond Food and Energy to Health and the Environment
    Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Date: June 27-29, 2005
    For more information, visit http://www.outreach.tennessee.edu/ppd/nabc/.

  • Organization: International Council for Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA), Canada
    Title: The Third International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Energy, and Industry
    Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
    Date: August 22-27, 2005
    Deadline: June 30, 2005 (abstract)
    For more information, visit http://www.icsagr-fei.org/conference/ or email at conference@icsagr-fei.org.

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FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS / COMPETITIONS

  • Organizations: Iowa State University, United States and Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), Zimbabwe
    Title: Master’s Program Scholarship
    Eligibility: Applicants should hold a first degree in Agriculture Economics; be available to start studies in September 2005; applicants from the countries Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia are eligible; and incumbent will be expected to return to the region upon completion and provide technical support to FANRPAN.
    Contact:
    The Chief Executive Officer
    FANRPAN
    Email: linds@ecoweb.co.zw/ zinyemba@mweb.co.zw

  • Organization: Alexander von Humbolt Foundation (AvH), Germany
    Title: Georg Forster Fellowships
    Eligibility: Highly qualified researchers from developing countries (excluding Turkey, India, and the Peoples Republic of China) to carry out academic projects in Germany in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and geosciences, along with interdisciplinary projects relating to the environment and natural resource protection, age limit of 45 years
    Contact:
    Petra Marzouk
    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
    Jean-Paul-Street 12
    D-53173
    Bonn
    Germany
    Phone: 49-0228-833-0; Fax: 49-0228-833-199
    Email: forster.select@avh.de; Web: http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/gf.htm

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