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1. KfW financial sector development symposium

   Event - Conference - 29 - 30 November 2012

   "Microfinance 3.0 - Reconciling Sustainability with Social Outreach and Responsible Delivery" is the topic of this year's Financial Sector Symposium. Maren Duvendack will present on 'Knowing About the Success of the Success Story – the Impact we (hope to) get'.

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   The Japanese Fast Start Finance contribution

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 28 November 2012

   Takeshi Kuramochi, Noriko Shimizu, Smita Nakhooda, and Taryn Fransen

   This study considers the scope and distribution of Japan’s climate change finance in a global context.

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3. Growth and livelihoods in fragile and conflict-affected situations

   Publication - Discussion papers - 23 November 2012

   Richard Mallett and Rachel Slater

   This Working Paper reviews the evidence on growth, economic activity livelihoods in fragile and conflict-affected situations with the aim of identifying key findings, pinpointing specific weaknesses in the literature and shedding light on the nature and composition of the evidence base.

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   Step down from your ivory tower: why researchers may need to find a new model for engagement

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 November 2012

   'Additional linear approaches to communicating research to policymakers are inadequate. Researchers now share the field of knowledge production and communication with many others.'

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   The effects of EU aid on receiving and sending countries

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 12 November 2012

   Dawn Holland and Dirk Willem te Velde

   This report explores how EU aid to the poorest countries will give a 20% return on investment for the EU economy by 2020 – equivalent to a €11.5bn net gain for the EU and its citizens.

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   Community loan and repayment schedule. Mumbai, India

   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie
   Source: Flickr
   

   Inter-agency social protection financing workshop 2012

   Event - Workshop - 6 November 2012 09:30 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

   Inter-agency social protection financing workshop 2012 is a follow up to the 2011 Financing Social Protection Conference. The workshop aims to i) share and review progress on work on the key issues relating to financing social protection identified at the 2011 conference, ii) identify priority issues for future research, and iii) agree a work-plan for financing social protection issues which we will together incorporate into a joint project proposal for donor funding.

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   The power of film: turning your talking head video into a story

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 November 2012

   'Unless you have a professional or semi-professional in house, or at the very least a good editor, then you are going to have to call on external help... once you have selected a professional, it’s time to sit down and give them a strong, clear brief about what you want. Be as explicit as you can.'

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   Enhancing the redistributive role of fiscal policy in developing countries

   Publication - Articles and blogs - 31 October 2012

   Inequality In Focus, Volume 1, Number 3

   Francesca Bastagli, David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta

   This article explores how the greater redistributive impact of fiscal policy in high-income countries has enabled high-income countries to tackle high inequality better than developing countries.

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9. Expanding our understanding of K*: concept paper and case studies

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 26 October 2012

   Louise Shaxson et al

   This short paper represents the beginning of a process to elucidate the core principles shared by K* component functions and processes. Furthermore, it suggests an overarching framework for thinking about K*, which will make sharing approaches and lessons learned easier.

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    Social protection and basic services in conflict-affected situations: what do we know?

    Publication - Briefing papers - 25 October 2012

    Rachel Slater, Richard Mallett and Samuel Carpenter

    This SLRC briefing paper summarises the findings of a working paper exploring social protection and basic services (health, education and water) in fragile and conflict-affected situations.

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