Keep up to date with the latest news and events from around the department and the wide-ranging projects our staff and students get involved with.
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- A special of the journal Public Management Review edited by Richard Batley (IDD) and Willy McCourt (World Bank) examines how political factors affect the provision of public services such as health-care, water, social insurance and cash transfers. The special issue carries an article by the editors with Claire Mcloughlin (IDD).
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- Thursday 9th August 2012
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- Birmingham University is really a good place, you feel like home, there's no gap to miss home, to miss Botswana, you feel like wow…this is a good place to be! I have received a scholarship award called Congleton. It's for women who have passion to go back to their country to make some impact in the development of their country. I'm really happy about it and I'm glad to be part of it.
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- Thursday 5th July 2012
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- A special issue of the journal Public Administration and Development for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was launched on Monday 18th June, containing an article from staff of UoB's Government and Society.
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- Friday 22nd June 2012
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- As the Rio+20 summit discusses the institutional framework for sustainable development, this brief – by Fiona Nunan, Adrian Campbell and Emma Foster – highlights lessons on how organisational structures can facilitate environmental mainstreaming.
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- Friday 22nd June 2012
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- A new guide to current literature on gender and international development includes practical guidance, lessons learned and case studies.
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- Thursday 14th June 2012
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- Fiona Nunan announces the publication of the article "Finding Space for Participation: fisherfolk mobility and co-management of Lake Victoria fisheries", written from her work on Lake Victoria, East Africa, with colleagues from the Fisheries Research Institutes of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: J. Luomba, C. A. Lwenya, B. Ntambi, K. Odongkara and E. O Yongo.
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- Monday 11th June 2012
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- Sippi has worked for many years as a consultant and country expert on Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. From informing the military and UK Ministry of Defence to defending Afghan women's rights both before and during the reign of the Taliban, Sippi spent 16 and a half years working both in Afghanistan and all around the world imparting her wisdom on Afghan politics, development and culture. We recently caught up with Sippi to find out the impact the MSocSc has had on her life and career.
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- Thursday 7th June 2012
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- On Thursday 24th May 2012, Simon Fraser, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, visited the University to speak to staff and students.
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- Tuesday 29th May 2012
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- IDD welcomes Lawrence Bategeka, a visiting researcher from the Economic Policy Research Centre at Makerere University, Uganda
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- Friday 25th May 2012
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- IDD staff members Heather Marquette and Brian Lucas join the largest ever EU-wide multidisciplinary research project on corruption
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- Friday 25th May 2012