Tax and Development short course (Africa)
This four day course offers an opportunity to get to get an understanding of the main issues in taxation in developing countries; and to share knowledge amongst practitioners and researchers.
This four day course offers an opportunity to get to get an understanding of the main issues in taxation in developing countries; and to share knowledge amongst practitioners and researchers.
Building on and presenting the work of “Research in Gender and Ethics: Building Stronger Health Systems” (RinGs), this presentation will explore why it is important to consider gender within health systems and health systems research.
Technological innovation in agriculture can be an important source of productivity gains, and agricultural research has correspondingly been the focus of many development efforts.
UK Launch event of the World Development Report 2016 ‘Digital Dividends’
Melissa Leach walks through the kinds of architectures and capacities that could strengthen the social dimensions of epidemic preparedness and response, across activities from foresight, anticipation and contextual research to developing rapid response networks and strengthening trust in...
2015 Global Go To Think Tank Launch in Washington DC, US. Why Think Tanks Matter: Helping Make People Centered Public Policy & Development a Priority
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Yashodhan Ghorpade will examine the causal effects of long-term exposure to conflict, measured at the micro-level, on households’ receipt of remittances.
Rajesh Tandon, Founder-President, PRIA on new approaches to community-based participatory research.
Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development Seminar Series
Deborah Bräutigam, Director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies will be speaking about her new book Will Africa Feed China?, which probes the activities behind headlines.
Dr Wendy Harcourt on her on-going research and engagement in the changing values and livelihoods of Bolsena, Italy in a theoretical and reflective exploration of environment, community and self.
Professor Keith M Lewin reviews progress and identifies the opportunities that will shape educational development through to 2030 and beyond under the new U.N. framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Alison Evans, Chief Commissioner at the Independent Commission for Aid Impact joins Rosalind Eyben to discuss the results agenda and its impact on the effectiveness on UKAid.