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Award: Researcher Shortlisted for Political Science Prize
Posted: 2013-06-19
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| Image / Z.Nimeh |
The Dutch Political Science Association shortlisted Zina Nimeh’s PhD thesis on ‘Social Citizenship Rights: Inequality and Exclusion’ for this year’s political science thesis award. Seven theses were shortlisted, judged for their theoretical depth and the thoroughness of their empirical research. The jury sought evidence that the research filled a gap in the political science literature and combined both quantitative and qualitative methods. Further criteria included proof of a problem-driven research method and socio-political relevance. The prize was won by Gijs Schumacher of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. |
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Video: Remittances, Entrepreneurship and Development Debate
Posted: 2013-02-08 | Updated: 2013-06-12
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| UN Photo / A.Gonzalez Farran |
‘Are most migrants circular migrants?’ was among the questions raised at a policy debate co-organized by the Dutch Foreign Ministry and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance on 29 May 2013. Before an audience of academics, policy makers and practitioners the day focused on three aspects: current evidence on the links between migration, remittances, entrepreneurship and development; the state-of-the-art on related policies and programmes; and policy options to strengthen development in this field. See the brief video interviews with some of the speakers below. |
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Blog: What Next for Global Development?
Posted: 2013-06-10
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| UN Photo / A.González Faran |
A UN High Level Panel has set out a post-2015 development agenda: recommendations for the future of global development, including a new list of aims to follow up on the Millennium Development Goals. In this briefing note, Director Bart Verspagen says that more light will now be shed on a larger set of policy issues. However, there are various problems with definitions and causality. Are institutions a means for development, or is development a means for ‘better’ institutions? Is knowledge a means to an end, or an end in itself? Moreover, has the label of sustainability run its course? See the blog below for more. |
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Blog: Latin America’s Transport Revolution
Posted: 2013-06-07
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| Flickr / F.Garcia |
By 2050 around 90 per cent of Latin Americans will live in cities, yet soaring car ownership is already fuelling air pollution across the continent. Policymakers need to be clear on the impacts of motorization on public health and city spending, says Carlos Cadena Gaitán in his latest blog. Using data from UN reports and interviews with local officials and journalists, he looks across the continent – at Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas and Mexico City – and asks if the humble bicycle could be the key to transport sustainability. Is it a question of mass mentality or political will? See the blog below for more. |
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