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Contact us:
Development Studies Network
Resource management in Asia-Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
7 Liversidge Street
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)2 6125 2466
Fax: +61 (0)2 6125 9785
Email: devnetwork@anu.edu.au |
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Implementing disability-inclusive development
in the Pacific and Asia:
Reviewing progress, planning the future
An international conference and action planning roundtable
15-17 September 2010
Darwin Convention Centre, Australia
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Disability, Disadvantage and Development in the Pacific and Asia
This is the first publication in the region and possibly the world that provides a solid body of information on the relationship between disability, disadvantage and opportunities for social and economic development. The papers include the perspectives of people with disabilities - in particular those from developing countries - academics, disabled people's organisations, aid donors, government and non government organisations and international development agencies. While these papers show the close link between disability, gender and poverty they also provide overwhelming evidence of the abilities of people with disability.
These papers are available for free download. If they are reproduced please acknowledge the Development Bulletin.
Welcome to the Development Studies Network homepage
The Development Studies Network is a small multidisciplinary organization which encourages discussion and widespread exchange of knowledge of global social and economic development issues, development-related research, and international aid policy and practice. We promote and provide opportunities for open discussion on development issues between universities and colleges, government and non government organizations, aid practitioners, communities and the private sector.
What does the Network do?
We publish a bi-annual journal, Development Bulletin, maintain an electronic forum for news about current research and discussion on development issues and organize regular seminars and international conferences. We provide information on development studies courses, resources and research.
Our mandate is to examine key development issues from a number of disciplinary perspectives; to consider a wide range of opinions, research and approaches to development issues; and to provide opportunities for a broad range of development personnel from developing and developed countries to contribute to the discussion.
WE HAVE RECENTLY RESTRUCTURED
To strengthen the focus on the human aspects of development and on the role of social, environmental and cultural factors in development studies and development practice the Network has established new links within The Australian National University and other universities in the region and with a wider range of government, non government and regional organizations.
How to find us
We are now located within the Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies at ANU and affiliated with ANU’s Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program (RMAP) (link to RMAP). Our physical, email, and website addresses remain the same. We are still located in an historic wooden cottage at 7 Liversidge Street, Building 70 (see pix), at the developing end of the ANU campus (click here to see ANU map).
Next Activities
To provide a more human face to development studies, research, policy and programming we are re-establishing our email forum, setting up a blog for discussion on new approaches to development and development studies. We will maintain our occasional seminar series, organize cutting edge conferences and encourage a multi-disciplinary approach to development studies. We have an international conference organized for September 2008. It is the first conference of its kind in the Asia Pacific region to examine the inter-relationship between disability, disadvantage and development with a special focus on the relationship between poverty and disability. See Conferences section.
DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN
The Development Bulletin is being established as a free on-line journal through ANU E-press with hard copy available on request for a small fee. The journal will be published bi-annually and will retain its current structure and format. We will continue to provide multi-disciplinary perspectives on cutting edge development issues and provide the opportunity for cross disciplinary debate.
All back issues of the Development Bulletin are available here for free download (link). We also have available for free download a special Network edition, Women, Gender and Development in the Pacific. This collection of 87 papers, edited by Pamela Thomas focuses on gender issues in governance, policy, legislation, access to resources and decision-making, and economic involvement.
Next Issue: In response to the Australian aid program’s new focus on the impact of disability on development opportunities, the next issue of Development Bulletin (Issue 73) will cover the inter-relationship between disability, disadvantage and poverty – an aspect of development that has been given very little recognition in development studies, research or development assistance. It is a critical issue for improving equality, inclusion and human rights. Let us know if you would like to offer a paper.
CONFERENCES
DISABILITY, DISADVANTAGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PACIFIC AND ASIA, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 29-30 September 2008
The Network’s next international conference (link to programme) focuses on “Disability, Disadvantage and Development in the Pacific and Asia”. It will be held on September 29-30, 2008 at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. It has been organized by the Development Studies Network at ANU in collaboration the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC) (link to www.addc.org.au) and the Australian Council for International Aid (ACFID) (link to www.acfid.asn.au) and with financial support from AusAID. (Click here for on line registration).
For further information contact us.
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Development Bulletin
Development Bulletin is the biannual online publication of the Development Studies Network through ANU epress. Each issue contains concise papers on a significant and topical development issue. Contributors include development professionals from NGOs, multilateral and donor agencies, academics, as well as researchers and field workers from developing countries.
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AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ...
WOMEN, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PACIFIC: KEY ISSUES
A collection of 87 key papers on women, gender and development in the Pacific previously published in the Bulletin. Due to high demand, hard copies of these issues are out of print and, with support from AusAID, are now available for free download. Please click here for access. |
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Development Bulletin No. 72
ADDRESSING POVERTY: ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC APPROACHES
For many years, economic growth has been the major strategy for addressing poverty. But as the papers in this issue show, sustainable poverty reduction among the very poor remains elusive. The papers in this issue of the Bulletin provide results of new and innovative economic models that challenge the existing economic orthodoxy that national economic growth is the answer to poverty reduction. The papers were generated from from a two-day symposium Addressing Poverty held at the National Museum of Australia 5-6 December 2006 and a one-day workshop on Bridging Research and Economic Policy facilitated by the Overseas Development Institute, London. Click here for table of contents. Order a copy here. |
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Development Bulletin No. 71
MEASURING GENDER EQUALITY
This issue of the Bulletin considers effective ways to measure progress towards the achievement of gender equality in ways that are straight forward and relevant and that provide useful information at international, national and community or project levels. The papers, discussion and recommendations resulted from a two-day symposium on the harmonisation of gender indicators, organised by the International Women's Development Agency and held at the Australian National University, June 15-19, 2006. Click here for table of contents. Order a copy here. |
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Development Bulletin No. 70
BUILDING BETTER PACIFIC ECONOMIES
Key papers from the Oceania Development Network conference held in Papua New Guinea in October 2005 together with commissioned papers covering aspects of economic growth and poverty reduction not covered in the conference. A range of perspectives to stimulating growth as well as the opinions and experience of decision makers in government, business, civil society and the donor community. Click here for table of contents.
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Development Bulletin No. 69
ILLICIT DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT: CRITICAL ISSUES FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
A multidisciplinary exploration of links between illicit drugs and development in the region published February 2006. Click here for table of contents. For more details, including recommendations from Round table policy, click here.
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Development Bulletin No. 68
COOPERATING WITH TIMOR-LESTE: IDEAS FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
What constitutes good development practice for Timor-Leste? In-depth analysis published October 2005.
Details of June 17-18 conference. For more details including table of contents click here. |
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Development Bulletin No. 67
EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Expert analysis and personal accounts of development successes in Papua New Guinea, order today. |
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AVAILABLE FOR FREE ONLINE
Free download of Development Bulletin Nos. 50-71 now available, to access please click here.
BACK ISSUES
To see a comprehensive list of all our back issues, click here.
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Conferences and seminars
FUTURE EVENTS
Disability, Disadvantage and Development in the pacific & Asia
September 29-30,2008 For programme receive [PDF]
PAST EVENTS |
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ADDRESSING POVERTY: Pro-poor growth and financial inclusion in Asia Pacific
Canberra, 5-6 December, 2006
This international colloquium reviewed new understandings of pro-poor economic growth, community-based economies and the role of the private sector in contributing to policies and practices that will support the move out of poverty in the Asia Pacific region. A special focus was given to discussion on pro-poor economic models for the Pacific. Click here to go to conference homepage, you can also download the programme here. |
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Associated event: ODI workshop on bridging research, policy and practice
Canberra, 7 December, 2006
A practical workshop designed for high level personnel in research institutes, government and NGOs. The workshop focused on strategies for bridging research and policy taking into consideration the difficulty of incorporating into organisational policy small-scale, economic initiatives that focus on the very poor. |
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BEYOND THE CRISIS IN TIMOR-LESTE: Options for future stability
Canberra, 9 June, 2006.
Unfortunately, due to a lack of funding, we are unable to publish papers presented at the seminar in an issue of the Bulletin. However, the Network has made available an overview of the event, along with the programme, some papers and powerpoint presentations from the one-day event. Please click here for access to the seminar homepage. |
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SYMPOSIUM ON THE HARMONISATION OF GENDER INDICATORS
Canberra, 15-16 June, 2006.
Key papers from this symposium, convened by the International Women's Development Agency, will be published in an issue of Development Bulletin in early September. This issue considers effective ways to measure progress towards the achievement of gender equality in ways that are straight forward and relevant and that provide useful information at international, national, and community or project levels. To read an overview of the symposium outcomes, click here. To view powerpoint presentations from the event please click here. |
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ILLICIT DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT: Critical Issues for Asia and the Pacific
Canberra, 15-16 August, 2005
This conference was attended by 20 international and regional academics, researchers and experts in drug reduction, law enforcement and HIV/AIDS together with leading Australian development policy makers and professionals involved in drug eradication and treatment of drug users. The symposium was followed by a one-day workshop which looked at the policies needed to improve development outcomes of combating the illicit drug trade. Click underlined title to access conference homepage. |
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PEOPLE TRAFFICKING, HUMAN SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT
Canberra, 1–2 September 2004
In September 2004, the Development Studies Network convened a major international symposium, People Trafficking, Human Security and Development, to investigate fully the extent of the problem — who, why and how people are trafficked, trafficking in relation to policy and legislation and issues of governance and security. The symposium also looked at effective prevention, victim support and rehabilitation. Click underlined title to access conference homepage. |
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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMPROVING AID EFFECTIVENESS
Canberra, 24-25 June 2004
Does aid work and for whom? And how do you judge this? Small questions, but of enormous import, both to Australia's own interests, and, more importantly, to the people who are the recipients of aid. The Development Studies Network symposium, International Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness, set out to find some answers. This was a landmark event in Australian development practice and theory. With our co-conveners, and assistance from the National Institute of Social Sciences and Law and AusAID, we brought together leading academics, practitioners and policy makers to debate, discuss and dissect the issues. Click underlined title to access conference homepage. |
About us
The
Development
Studies Network is a self funding, not for profit organisation that
provides information and discussion on social and economic development
issues. In particular, it provides an Australian and Pacific focal point for information and outreach on social and economic
development research, policy, planning, project implementation and
teaching.
The Network aims to:
- enrich
knowledge of, and interest in, social and economic development and the
role of development assistance through providing information that
covers a broad range of experience, perceptions and opinions;
- inform
Australian development assistance policy and making this policy
known.
The Network
responds to numerous national and international requests for
information on issues such as human rights, aid delivery, sustainable
development, gender and development, governance and public policy, the
private sector and information technology. It also provides up-to-date
information on publications, conferences, courses of study and Australian-based development expertise.
Who are the
network members?
Membership is open
to anyone who wishes to join. Network members now include all major
Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island universities, government and
non-government aid organisations. You can also subscribe to our electronic forum, at no
charge.
Contact us:
Development Studies Network
Resource management in Asia-Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific & Asian Studie
Australian National University
7 Liversidge Street
Canberra ACT 0200 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)2 6125 2466
Fax: +61 (0)2 6125 9785
Email: devnetwork@anu.edu.au
Network staff
Director and
Managing Editor
Pamela
Thomas BA (USP), PhD (ANU). Click here to see cv.
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