Past Events

Webinar - Challenges to Trust and Legitimacy: Working with the Media

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The Role of Social Sciences and Sustainable Development in Asia

Learn more about the webinar, held on 28 April 2022, with top researchers and policy makers on, ‘Putting people at the center: Why investing in social research will set Asia on the path towards sustainable development?’

(Non-)Role and (In)Significance

To what degree social science and scientists have been involved in national COVID-19 responses across the region to address the pandemic’s multi-dimensional effects?

A Talk by Professor Marie Stenseke

Prof. Marie Stenseke delivered a talk titled, 'It takes humans to make peace with nature: On the critical role of social science and humanities research for addressing biodiversity loss.'

Webinar on Assessing Impact Investments

The Global Development Network and the European Investment Bank are co-hosting two webinars in March, focused on the theme of 'Assessing Impact Investments.'

Dissemination of Findings from Doing Research in Indonesia

A webinar based on the results of the Doing Research Assessment in Indonesia.

Dissemination of Findings from Doing Research in Myanmar

A webinar co-hosted by GDN and the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) initiative of IDRC.

Building Performing Social Science Research Systems in Developing Countries

The importance of social sciences for sustainable development cannot be understated: in its applied version, social science research offers solutions and recommendations to inform concrete action

Promoting Research in Social Sciences in Peru

11-12 June, Peru. GDN presented the implications of the Doing Research program in Peru for Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo's (GRADE) international conference 'How to promote research in the social sciences in Peru?'.

Research Agenda for Central Banks

Global Development Network, along with Banque de France organized a four-day seminar 'Research Agenda for Central Banks' from 4-7 June 2019, in Paris, France.

Closing Program on Firm Level Quality and Productivity

20 February 2019 | In a half day event, the Global Development Network will close its program on quality and improvement in the public and private sectors. The two-year research program documents the link between productivity increases at the firm level and managerial innovation such as Kaizen, a Japanese management approach.

The Challenges of International Collective Action in a Changed Environment.

At a seminar jointly hosted by the Global Development Network and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in India, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Senior Fellow Bruegel, spoke on "The Challenges of International Collective Action in a Changed Environment."

Doing Research Kick-off

On 20-21 December 2018, teams from national research institutions in Bolivia, Indonesia and Nigeria met for the first time in GDN's global office in New Delhi, to discuss emerging research -- including context analyses, stakeholder mapping and data collection -- to document the health of social science research systems in their respective countries.

Knowledge to Action Lab: Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation to Climate Change

The #Knowledge2Action lab aimed to define a strategy and develop the tools to close the knowledge gaps in the HKH subregion and downstream countries in South and Southeast Asia

EIB-GDN Impact Finance Workshop Cycle 2

European Investment Bank and Global Development Network will hold an eight days Impact Finance Workshop at EIB headquarters in Luxembourg from 22 to 29 October 2018 to induct ten fellows for cycle two of their project in Applied Development Finance.

Session on Development Studies and Knowledge Production at World Social Science Forum

Global Development Network presented ‘Development Studies and Knowledge Production – Which Way? In Search of a Transdisciplinary and Transformative (Research) Agenda on Equality,' in a panel organized by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, at the World Social Science Forum 2018 held from 25-28 September in Fukuoka, Japan.

Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning

The Global Development Network worked together with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies to develop a discussion paper on regional adaptation planning which was shared at the at the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) 2018 from 18-19 July 2018 in Yokohama, Japan.

A Research Agenda for Central Banks

Global Development Network helped organize a four-day seminar, in partnership with Banque de France to shape a research agenda for central banks.

KAIZEN Researchers meet in Bangkok

KAIZEN Researchers meet for a peer review and communictions trianing in Bangkok

Assessment in Water and Natural Resources Management

The Global Development Network will participate in the 'Assessment in Water and Natural Resources Management' forum on 17-18 May, 2018 in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

High Level Round Table | African researchers interact with development aid experts

The Global Development Network held a high-level roundtable on the 24th of May, 2018 in Washington D.C. to promote the voices of African researchers.

Policy Lab at UN World Press Freedom Day

The Global Development Network is holding a Policy Lab at the UN World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2018 in Accra, Ghana, in partnership with UNESCO.

EIB-GDN Impact Finance Workshop

GDN and the European Investment Bank (EIB) held a week-long Impact Finance Workshop at EIB Headquarters in Luxembourg from 20-27 September, 2017.

An Expert Formula for Climate Action

Experts from a range of international organizations, NGOs, universities, think tanks and government departments met in New Delhi for a high-level consultation on climate resilience on 15-16 September, sharing their experiences on how to reduce the risks of climate change, and how to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.

Using Evidence for Governance and Service Delivery in India

9 February 2017 | A half-day conference in New Delhi brought together experts from government institutions, non-governmental organizations and national research organizations to discuss the use of evidence in informing policy debate and decisions in India, and the gaps that limit the practice of using evidence for policy.

Final Progress Review Workshop with the Institute of Gross National Happiness Studies, Bhutan

7-8 November 2016 | GDN held a Final Progress Review Workshop with the Institute of Gross National Happiness Studies, (iGNHaS) Bhutan, a grantee of the GDN “Building Research Capacities in Least - Developed Countries” pilot program.

African Voices on Research, Policy & International Development

6 October 2016 | With the financial support of USAID, GDN partnered with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and the African Growth Initiative (AGI) at the Brookings Institution, to host a series of three high-level panels on the link between local research, domestic policy processes and international aid in sub-Saharan Africa in Washington DC.

Blended Finance for Local Development and Global Goals: How Will it Work?

16 September 2016 | In partnership with the OECD DAC, GDN organized a two-hour session at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris to explore the challenges of pursuing 'blended finance' as an engine of development.

Doing Research Webinar: "Funding for Social Science Research: Curse or Blessing?"

13 July 2016 | GDN organized the second webinar in its two-part series on its Doing Research program, titled “Funding for Social Science Research: Curse or Blessing?”

What Should Tomorrow's Aid Agencies Look Like?

28 June 2016 | GDN and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) organized a public panel discussion on the future of aid agencies at CGD in Washington DC, gathering key stakeholders in development and winners of GDN's Next Horizons Essay Contest to discuss new -- and ageing -- ideas on the sustainability of development assistance.

Doing Research Webinar: Why Study the Research Environment?

18 May 2016 | GDN organized a webinar, hosted by Research to Action, outlining ‘"Why the Research Environment Matters." It was the first in a two-webinar series drawing on findings from GDN's Doing Research program.

The Future of Data for Development

14 April 2016 | GDN co-organized a panel on "The Future of Data for Development" at the Civil Society Policy Forum on the sidelines of the Spring 2016 World Bank-IMF meetings. Winner of GDN's Next Horizon Essay Contest on the Future of Development Aid, Susannah Robinson presented key points from her essay on the role of of open data in improving aid accountability.

The Global Development Awards Competition

18 March 2016 | The Japanese Awards for Outstanding Research in Development (ORD) and Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) were presented at the Closing Ceremony of GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Peru.

Policy Lab: The Quality of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

15-16 March 2016 | The Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) hosted GDN's Policy Lab on "Public Policies on Quality of Education in LAC: From Evidence to Policy Effectiveness" on the sidelines on GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Lima, Peru.

Past GDN Events

Take a look at past GDN events from 2010-2015.

19th Global Development Conference

#K4SD asked how to strengthen the capacity of the current system of development research to meet new development challenges and facilitate sustainability.

Supporting Inclusion in Africa

3 December 2016 | In Dakar, Senegal, GDN and the African Economic Research Consortium hosted a half-day policy dialogue with high-level policymakers, representatives of aid agencies, and senior African researchers to discuss how local researchers, policymakers and aid institutions can advance the research agenda on aid effectiveness and support local development policies.

To Govern and to Serve | A New Book

15 June 2017 | The Global Development Network and the Peru-based Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) co-hosted the launch of the new book, ‘Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America: To Govern and To Serve’ at the GRADE offices in Barranco, Lima (Peru).

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