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Joint Global Health Trials Scheme: Launch of the third call for proposals
24 May 2012
The Department for International Development (DFID), Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust have recently announced nine new projects funded under the Joint Global Health Trials scheme.
Call for Proposals: Review of the evidence on indicators, metrics and monitoring systems for agriculture, poverty and environment
22 May 2012
DFID is seeking to initiate a process to collate and review evidence on indicators, metrics and monitoring systems for agriculture, poverty and the environment.
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Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund: Call for Proposals
17 May 2012
The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund has just launched its first call for proposals with a deadline of 4th June.
Call for Rigorous Literature Reviews in Education
16 May 2012
DFID seeks experienced multi-disciplinary research teams to undertake Rigorous Literature Reviews of existing evidence in areas of priority for DFID.
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GDN Conference to take place on Urbanisation and Development
15 May 2012
The Global Development Network’s 13th Annual Global Development Conference will take place between 16-18th June 2012 in Budapest, Hungary.
Barriers to interaction can limit research uptake by the media
02 May 2012
Two case studies from Panos London’s Relay Programme show that limited interaction between researchers and journalists are a barrier to increasing the amount and quality of reporting using research findings.
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Groundwater in Africa: Harnessing the hidden sea for climate adaptation
A DFID-funded study provides new information on the extent and potential of groundwater as a way to support development and help buffer the impact of climate change.
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Safeguarding the Future of Rural Livelihoods: World’s first environmental health index
30 April 2012
A project supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA) has produced the world’s first environmental health index to be based on long term historical data.
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COMDIS-HSD Publish Field Communications Toolkit
25 April 2012
COMDIS-HSD has just released a Field Communications Toolkit for members of their partners’ research team in order to develop more effective communications about COMDIS-HSD research for wider research uptake.
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K* 2012: The first global conference on knowledge intermediaries
The global conference on K* begins today in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and will run until Thursday 27th April. Registration slots are still open for Webex participation.
Exploring the Impact of Cash Transfers in Africa
13 April 2012
There is convincing evidence from a number of countries that cash transfers can reduce inequality and the depth or severity of poverty. The Transfer Project is exploring their impact across Africa.
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Wellcome Move Makes Research more Accessible
12 April 2012
The Wellcome Trust has announced that it is launching an initiative to support free, online publication of scientific research to compete with established academic journals.
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ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation). Call for Proposals: Evidence Synthesis Research Awards (ESRA)
27 March 2012
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and DFID are inviting applications to review and synthesise the research that has been funded under the ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation) on the themes of social protection and food security.
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Young Lives: New publication on Global child poverty and well-being
21 March 2012
A new book published earlier this month by the Young Lives research programme, provides evidence that economic growth itself will not solve the problems associated with poverty in childhood, and in some instances can accentuate inequalities.
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DFID Health Research Competition for the Development of New Technologies to Impact on Diseases of Poverty
13 March 2012
This competition for DFID health research funding concerns developing new technologies to impact on diseases of poverty e.g. vaccines, drugs, insecticides, diagnostics, reproductive health commodities.
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PEDL Launch First Call for Major Research Grants
Applications are now open for a Major Grant under the CEPR – DFID research initiative on Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL).
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ESPA Announces 2012 Grants
08 March 2012
The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme Executive Board invites Expressions of Interest to attend a Grant Development Workshop near London on 2–4 July 2012.
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What works to prevent violence against women by their partners?
07 March 2012
A new DFID-funded Evidence Overview, now available on R4D, brings together key empirical evidence of what works in low- and middle- income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners.
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Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Launched
06 March 2012
A groundbreaking step in the measurement of women’s empowerment in this field has just been made with the launch of a new “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index” (WEAI).
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IDS Hosts Roundtable on Radio Convergence and Development in Africa
01 March 2012
The Radio Convergence and Development in Africa progamme (RDCA) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) are hosting a roundtable to discuss 'Putting Communication for Development Research into Use'.
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