March newsletter from the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK
The IDS has released its latest newsletter. It features news of the latest research, publications, events and training, including the World Water Day, their new Centre for Development Impact, and other updates.
News
World Water Day
Access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a universal human right. Yet 780 million people still receive drinking water fromun improved sources and 2.5 billion people continue to live without access to improved sanitation facilities. IDS' work on water and sanitation has been looking at more needs to be done.
Listen to the event that IDS co-hosted which brought together parliamentarians with representatives from NGO and academic communities to discuss how we can accelerate universal access to water andsanitation.
Read IDS Researcher Lyla Mehta's blog entitled, 'World WaterDay 2013: What's missing in MDG7 for women and girls'.
The Centre for Development Impact
The new Centre for Development Impact, a joint initiative between IDS and ITAD, will be launched on 26 March 2013 at the Impact and Learning workshop. The Centre will explore innovation and learning in impact evaluation. It will engage in a programme of activities including carrying out evaluations that provide scope for innovation, conducting research on evaluations, delivering training, and publishing lessons and innovations through a new Practice Paper series.
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Credibility Across Cultures: expertise, uncertainty and theglobal politics of scientific advice
At a time when scientific authority is both in high demand and hotly contested, the relationship between science advice, evidence, expertise and policy have been magnified by debates over what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals.
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Rising Powers in International Development.
Two major resources for policymakers and researchers working on rising powers as development actors have been produced: An Annotated Bibliography and a new Resource Guideon the Eldis website.
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Publications
Piercing it Together: Post-Conflict Security in an Africa of Networked Multi-level Governance
Edited by David Leonard
IDS Bulletin 44.1
Making the Most of Resilience
IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 32
Improving the Evaluability of INGO Empowerment and Accountability Programmes
CDI Practice Paper 1
Tools and Guidelines for Improving the Evaluability of INGO Empowerment and Accountability Programmes
CDI Practice Paper Annex 1
Gender Equality and Economic Growth
IDS Working Paper 417
Sex Work and its Linkages with Informal Labour Markets in India
IDS Working Paper 416
Banking on Food: The State of Food Banks in High-income Countries
IDS Working Paper 415
Events
Impact Innovation and Learning: Towards a Research and Practice Agenda for the Future
Dates: 26 to 27 March
Location: 13.00 at the Institute of Development Studies. Key sessions will be streamed live.
Sussex Development Lecture, 'Rethinking Finance for Development in the Light of the Global Financial Crisis'
Speaker: Stephany Griffith-Jones (Financial Markets Director, Columbia University).
Date: 20 April 2013
Location: 17.00 in the Chichester Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex
Transforming Nutrition Ideas: Policy and Outcomes
Course Leader: Professor Lawrence Haddad
Date: 15 to 19 July
Location: Institute of Development Studies
Author: Institute of Development Studies
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