These three modular workshops provided an opportunity for researchers, policy makers and practitioners to learn how to improve the use of research in development policy and practice.
The principal subject of this workshop is to consider how the recent increase in aid raises strategic questions about the future architecture of the international aid system. Even with the full implementation of the Paris agenda, the industry will be characterized, all else being equal, by a large number of players, complex institutional arrangements, relatively high transactions costs, and, often, poor accountability.
This workshop looked at how business and social networks help overcome barriers to international trade, and the ways social networks are important in facilitating migration both within and across countries.
This workshop aimed to enable the discussion and validation of the preliminary results from the project case study work and to provide training and dissemination of the wider results from the CSSP.
principal subject of this workshop is to consider how the recent increase in aid raises strategic questions about the future architecture of the international aid system. Even with the full implementation of the Paris agenda, the industry will be characterized, all else being equal, by a large number of players, complex institutional arrangements, relatively high transactions costs, and, often, poor accountability.
This workshop reviewed tsunami cash responses in Tamil Nadu.
A half-day workshop on bridging research and policy and planning meeting for a regional community of practice on bridging research and policy at the International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus, held in Argentina and in Uruguay from February 20 to 24 2006, breaking new ground in connecting social science research to policy.
Perceptions and thinking about what 'Trade in Services' means, have changed over the course of recent years. Modelling work has begun to develop and the links between economics and law and between trade and migration are being explored. It has been a highly contentious element of debates on the WTO. There is intense discussion about whether outsourcing of services is different from goods imports. This workshop offers space to scholars to approach this area theoretically and empirically.
main rationale for the workshop was to promote an informal dialogue on the different ways in which these countries have tried or are trying to change the terms of the aid relationship by setting up mechanisms of different kinds to manage their relation with donors, keep donors accountable for their promises and commitments, and enhance aid effectiveness.
workshop aimed to promote informal discussions, learning and sharing of experiences among on engaging with the international aid system.