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table.MsoTableGrid {mso-style-name:"Table Grid"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-unhide:no; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> <o:colormenu v:ext="edit" fillcolor="#cff"/> </o:shapedefaults></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=685 style='width:513.8pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-top-alt: solid 3.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid 3.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:thin-thick-small-gap 4.5pt; mso-border-right-alt:thin-thick-small-gap 4.5pt;mso-border-color-alt:navy; mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh: 4.5pt thin-thick-small-gap navy;mso-border-insidev:4.5pt thin-thick-small-gap navy'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#B4FFFF; mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe aqua'><a name="_top"></a><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:JasmineUPC; color:navy;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'><br> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:34.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:JasmineUPC; color:navy;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>V</span></b><b><span style='font-size:29.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:JasmineUPC;color:navy;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading: windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>DIC </span></b><b><span style='font-size:34.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:JasmineUPC;color:navy;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading: windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>N</span></b><b><span style='font-size:29.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:JasmineUPC;color:navy;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading: windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>EWSLETTER</span></b><span style='font-size:23.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:".VnCooper","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading:windowtext; mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'><br> </span><span style='font-size:23.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading:windowtext; mso-pattern:horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>November </span><span style='font-size:23.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#993300;background:#E7FFFF;mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern: horz-stripe #CCFFFF'>2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#B4FFFF; mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:horz-stripe aqua'><span style='font-family: ".VnCooper","sans-serif";color:fuchsia'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:green'>CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoToc1><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>TOC \o &quot;1-2&quot; \f \h \z \u <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]--><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678964">VDIC News<span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678964 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360034000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678965"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>VDIC Move Announcement</span><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678965 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360035000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678966"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Free Training Sessions Provided by VDIC</span><span style='color:black;display: none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>.. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678966 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360036000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678967"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Exhibitions at VDIC</span><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>.. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678967 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360037000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678968">Library<span style='color:black;display:none; mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678968 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>3<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360038000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678969"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Selected resources on urban development at VDIC</span><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>.. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678969 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>3<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900360039000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678970"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Highlights from the New Additions to VDIC Library</span><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>.. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678970 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>4<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370030000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678971">Selected Publications for Sale at VDIC<span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>.. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678971 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>5<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370031000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678972">Distance Learning Center Events in November 2009<span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678972 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>10<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370032000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678973">Information on Development Projects in Vietnam<span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>... </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678973 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>10<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370033000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc2><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678974"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>New Disclosure World Bank Operational Project Documents for Vietnam</span><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>... </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678974 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>10<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370034000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="#_Toc244678975">Funding Opportunities<span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-tab-count:1 dotted'>. </span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span> PAGEREF _Toc244678975 \h <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]--><span style='color:black;display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'>10<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:data>08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003200340034003600370038003900370035000000</w:data> </xml><![endif]--></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style='color:black; display:none;mso-hide:screen;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext; font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678964"></a><a name="_Toc192156835"></a><a name="_Toc163040071"></a><a name="_Toc130022841"></a><a name="_Toc130014230"></a><a name="_Toc129762544"></a><a name="_Toc129691316"></a><a name="_Toc129691317"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc129691316'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc129762544'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130014230'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130022841'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc163040071'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156835'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678964'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>VDIC News</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana; color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#CCFFFF'><a name="_Toc192156836"></a><a name="_Toc244678965"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'>VDIC Move Announcement</span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>The VDIC is planning to relocate from the ground floor to the 2nd floor of the same building at 63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi. Therefore, the Center will be closed from November 30, 2009, and expected to re-open in mid January 2010. Once the relocation process has been completed, we will announce the open date via email to all VDIC newsletter subscribers and via VUFO-NGO mailing lists. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Thank you very much for your understanding and we look forward to welcome you at our new premises shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156836'><a name="_Toc244678966"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'>Free Training Sessions Provided by VDIC</span></a></span><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Class contents</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>1.  Searching the Internet: basic skills class<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Date: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>             </span>November 19, 2009 -- Time: 09:30am to 12:00 <st1:time Hour="12" Minute="00" w:st="on">noon</st1:time><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Aims: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>             </span>After the workshop, participants should: (i) have a better understanding of information-finding possibilities on the Internet (ii) have a broad overview of different search tools (iii) be able to phrase search queries effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>2.  Referencing skills plus EndNote instructions<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Date: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>             </span>November 19, 2009 -- Time: 01:30pm to 04:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Aims: <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>             </span>After the workshop, participants should know how to: (i) manage their references (ii) cite the references appropriately (iii) create a reference list or bibliography and (iv) learn how to use EndNote software to automatically manage your referencing works.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>Who</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>: Everyone is welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>How to register</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>: Please visit the VDIC to sign up at the front desk, or send an email to <a href="mailto:nvu2@worldbank.org">nvu2@worldbank.org</a> with your name, organisation, and telephone number and specify the class(es) you want to participate. Acceptance of registration will be done on first come first serve basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>Location</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>: VDIC, Ground Floor, 63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Course materials</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black'>: Please read the course materials available online at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=339&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=361">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=339&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=361</a> <span style='color:black'>before attending the class. It is useful to take them to the class for additional notes since we do not provide participants with printed course materials. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>What to bring</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black'>: Please bring your own laptop to the classes if possible since these training sessions require computer use and Internet access while number of computers for class participants are limited. Wifi is provided free of charge at VDIC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:68.1pt;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#CCFFFF'><a name="_Toc244678967"></a><a name="_Toc192156837"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc244678967'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'>Exhibitions at VDIC</span></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#993300'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#993300'>Please see Library section for lists of selected resources on the exhibition themes below.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p><span style='text-decoration: none'>&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>8 November 2009 - Vietnam Urban Day<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Vietnam is at the early stages of a historic transition from a primarily rural economy to a primarily urban economy and a transition from a state dominated economy to market economy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Both trends are mutually reinforcing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Vietnam s future economic growth path will depend on its ability to develop competitive, market driven industry and services.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>These are primarily urban-based activities.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Already Vietnam s cities and towns account for about 70 percent of total economic output.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Economic opportunities in urban areas are propelling rapid growth in the urban population with significant rural to urban migration.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Halong is reported to be growing at about 12 percent per year, Ho Chi Min City and Hanoi about 7 percent per year. Urban growth is in turn creating further opportunities for deepening economic prospects through agglomeration economies. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Evidence throughout East Asia indicates that urban business clusters are the  pace setters for economies and potent vehicles for generating and utilizing knowledge from a host of activities within the urban region and from around the world. (Yuseff, 2001).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Small exhibition at VDIC provides brief information on this topic. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678968"></a><a name="_Toc192156838"></a><a name="_Toc163040072"></a><a name="_Toc130022853"></a><a name="_Toc129762545"></a><a name="_Toc129691325"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc129762545'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130022853'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc163040072'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156838'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678968'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Library</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993300'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993300'>For more information about VDIC library services and resources, please visit <a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=354&amp;mid=322">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=354&amp;mid=322</a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993300'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name="_Toc244678969"></a><a name="_Toc192156839"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678969'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'>Selected resources on </span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678969'><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'>urban development</span></u></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678969'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'> at VDIC</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>For more comprehensive list materials on urban development available at VDIC, please contact <a href="mailto:nvu2@worldbank.org">nvu2@worldbank.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 14. Rimmer, Peter J.; Dick, Howard. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The city in Southeast Asia. Patterns, processes and policy</b>. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 15. Wheeler, Stephen M.; Beatley, Timothy (editors). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>The sustainable urban development reader</b>. Routledge. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 10. Spence, Michael; Annez, Patricia Clarke; Buckley, Robert M.; Commission on Growth and Development. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Urbanization and growth</b>. World Bank. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 11. Asian Development Bank (ADB). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Managing Asian Cities</b>. Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2008. http://www.adb.org/Documents/Studies/Managing-Asian-Cities/default.asp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 12. Choe, K. ; Laquian, A. City Cluster Development. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Toward an Urban-Led Development Strategy for Asia</b>. Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2008. www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Urban-Development-Series/2008/default.asp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 21. Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Chi¿n l°ãc phát triÃn ô thË: Ñi m·t vÛi nhïng thách théc vÁ ô thË hóa nhanh chóng và chuyÃn Õi sang nÁn kinh t¿ thË tr°Ýng</b>. Hà NÙi, ViÇt Nam: Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi, 2006. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPINFRASTRUCT/Resources/urbaneng.pdf <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 21. World Bank. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Urban development strategy: meeting the challenges of rapid urbanization and the transition to a market oriented economy</b>. World Bank. 2006. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPINFRASTRUCT/Resources/Urban.pdf <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 24. Nguyen, Thi Thieng; Pham, Thuy Huong; Gubry, Patrick. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>ô thË ViÇt Nam trong thÝi kó quá Ù</b>. Hà NÙi, ViÇt Nam: Nhà xu¥t b£n Th¿ giÛi, 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 5. Leautier, Frannie, ed., World Bank Institute, WBI. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Cities in a globalizing world: governance, performance and sustainability</b>. washington, dc<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>: world bank,. 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 5. Leautier, Frannie, ed.; Ngo, Hoang Diep, translated; World Bank Institute (WBI ). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>ô thË trong th¿ giÛi toàn c§u hóa: Qu£n trË nhà n°Ûc, thành tích ho¡t Ùng và tính bÁn vïng</b>. Hà NÙi: National Political Publishing House, 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 8. ào, Hoàng Tu¥n. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Phát triÃn bÁn vïng ô thË. nhïng v¥n Á lý lu­n và kinh nghiÇm cça th¿ giÛi</b>. Nhà xu¥t b£n Khoa hÍc Xã hÙi. 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB-V [Internet]. Rosengard, Jay K. ; Bui Van ; Huynh, The Du ; Vu, Pham Tin ; Xu, Fang<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>; Pasha, Mochamad; UNDP Viet Nam; Institute for Economic Research HCMC. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Paying for Urban Infrastructure and Services. A Comparative Study of Municipal Finance in Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai and Jakarta</b>. United Nations Development Programme. 2007. http://www.undp.org.vn/undpLive/System/Outreach/Publications/Publication-Details?contentId=2350&amp;languageId=1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB-V [Internet]. Rosengard, Jay K. ; Bùi Vn Van ; Huónh, Th¿ Du ; Vi, Ph¡m Tín ; Xu, Fang<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>; Pasha, Mochamad; Ch°¡ng trình Phát triÃn Liên Hãp QuÑc; ViÇn Kinh t¿ Thành phÑ HÓ Chí Minh. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Chi tr£ cho các dËch vå và h¡ t§ng ô thË. Nghiên céu so sánh tài chính ô thË ß Thành phÑ HÓ Chí Minh, Th°ãng H£i và Jakarta</b>. Ch°¡ng trình Phát triÃn Liên Hãp QuÑc. 2007. http://www.undp.org.vn/undpLive/System/Outreach/Publications/Publication-Details?contentId=2350&amp;languageId=4<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB-V1. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Hanoi People's Committee. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The Comprehensive Urban Development Programme in Hanoi Capital City of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (HAIDEP). Final report (3 volumes)</b>. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Hanoi People's Committee. 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB-V2. Steinberg, Florian. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Revitalization of Historic Inner-City Areas in Asia. The Potential for Urban Renewal in Ha Noi, Jakarta, and Manila</b>. Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2008. www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/revitalization-inner-city/default.asp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:25.55pt;text-indent:-25.55pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name="_Toc244678970"></a><a name="_Toc192156840"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678970'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'>Highlights from the New Additions to VDIC Library</span></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#993300'>Full list of new additions to VDIC library can be found at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=161&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=325">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=161&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=325</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>BAN-CRI [Internet]. Growth Commission. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries. A Special Report of the Commission on Growth and Development on the Implications of the 2008 Financial Crisis</b>. Growth Commission. 2009. Full text <a href="http://www.growthcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=115&amp;Itemid=213">http://www.growthcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=115&amp;Itemid=213</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ECO-ADM 93. Frankel, Michael E. S.. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>M&amp;A mua l¡i và sáp nh­p cn b£n. Các b°Ûc quan trÍng trong quá trình mua bán doanh nghiÇp và §u t°</b>. Nhà xu¥t b£n Tri théc. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ECO-ADM-P38. Miner, Jeremy T.; Miner, Lynn E.. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Proposal planning and writing</b>. Greenwood Press. 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>WBV 2. Cling, Jean-Pierre; Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Boubaud, Francoise; NguyÅn, ôn Ph°Ûc dËch. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi. i tìm mô hình phát triÃn và tr°Ýng hãp ViÇt Nam</b>. Nhà xu¥t b£n Tri théc. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ECO-DEV 8. Easterly, William. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Truy tìm cn nguyên tng tr°ßng [The elusive quest for growth].</b> Nhà xu¥t b£n Lao Ùng Xã hÙi. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ECO-DEV-A26. Lim, Chong Yah. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Southeast Asia. The long road ahead</b>. World Scientific. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ECO-DEV-A27. Dayley, Robert; Neher, Clark D.. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Southeast Asia in the new international era</b>. Westview Press. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>EDU-RES 8. Baddeley, Michelle; Barrowclough, Diana. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Running regressions. A practical guide to quantitative research in economics, finance and development studies</b>. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>EDU-TEC 3. Mayer, Richard E.. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Multimedia learning</b>. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ENV-CLI 10. Pittock, A. Barrie. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Climate change. The science, impacts and solutions</b>. Earthscan; CSIRO Publishing. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>GOV-POL-V1. Lucius, Casey. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Vietnam's political process. How education shapes political decision-making</b>. Routledge. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IND-ENE-V14. Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petro Vietnam). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>The petroleum geology and resources in Vietnam</b>. Science and Technics Publishing House. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IND-POL-V2. Ganne, Bernard; Lecler, Yveline (editors). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Asian industrial clusters, global competitiveness and new policy initiatives</b>. World Scientific. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 14. Rimmer, Peter J.; Dick, Howard. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The city in Southeast Asia. Patterns, processes and policy</b>. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>INF-URB 15. Wheeler, Stephen M.; Beatley, Timothy (editors). <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>The sustainable urban development reader</b>. Routledge. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>LAW-ENT 7. World Bank; IFC. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Doing business 2010. Reforming through difficult times</b>. World Bank; IFC. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>LAW-ENV 10. Koh, Kheng-Lian. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>ASEAN environmental law, policy and governance. Selected documents</b>. World Scientific. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>SOC-ETH-V8. Shanks, Edwin. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Review of UNICEF's ethnic minorities program and work in Viet Nam</b>. Committee for Ethnic Minorities; UNICEF. 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-align:right; text-indent:-30.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-indent:-30.25pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;background:#CCFFFF; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678971"></a><a name="_Toc192156842"></a><a name="_Toc176666485"></a><a name="_Toc173749810"></a><a name="_Toc163040073"></a><a name="_Toc130022854"></a><a name="_Toc129762546"></a><a name="_Toc129691330"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc129762546'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130022854'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc163040073'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc173749810'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc176666485'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156842'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678971'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Selected Publications for Sale at VDIC</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Please note that books are only available for sale at VDIC premise and <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>we provide no courier service for this activity.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#CCFFFF; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>To help protect our environment, VDIC stops giving clients plastic bags. VDIC clients can choose between buying paper bags at 1,000 VND each or fabric bags at 5,000 VND each. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#993300'>More titles for sale are listed at<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#993300'><a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=bookstore&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=155&amp;mid=328"><span style='font-style:normal'>http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=bookstore&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=155&amp;mid=328</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Vietnam: Higher education and skills for growth &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>World Bank -- 2008 -- English<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: 4 USD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Like other socialist economies, Vietnam had a highly specialized education system. Graduates of secondary and tertiary education, including higher-level vocational graduates, were traditionally assigned jobs in the public sector upon convocation-including both government and state-owned enterprises. Tertiary institutions were highly-specialized and focused on one field of study, which often reflected the public sector employment the graduate was to be placed. Since doi moi, the Government has taken important steps in diversifying the availability of higher education and training, types of degrees offered by institutions, ownership in higher education (by allowing non-public universities) and funding sources (by allowing charging tuition fees). As a result, Vietnam s higher education institutions today are better organized, better funded and more diversified. Despite these improvements, there are concerns regarding access, quality and relevance of higher education in the context of an expanding system. These concerns have become even more important to address as the need for higher education graduates in the labor market grows and Vietnam looks to shift to a more knowledge-based economy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The report focuses on the higher education sector, including public, semi-public and non-public institutions. It also examines the changing labor market in Vietnam and its implications for the higher education system. Key overarching questions that the report seeks to address are:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Should the country go for a significant expansion of tertiary education?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Does tertiary education provide the right kind of skills for employability, productivity and innovation? Are the necessary incentives and mechanisms for adaptability to labor market needs in place?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The report is organized into two main parts. Part I provides a diagnostic of the higher education system in Vietnam, including an analysis of access and quality indicators (Chapter I), governance (Chapter II) and financing (Chapter III). In particular, these chapters look at institutional constraints that may be affecting access and quality of the higher education system in light of recent expansion and government reforms, specifically the Higher Education Reform Agenda 2006-2020. Part II takes a closer look at the labor market in Vietnam and analyzes the demand for higher education and skilled labor (Chapter IV), the impact of higher education employment on firm labor productivity (Chapter V) and measures of adequacy and relevance of higher education to labor market needs (Chapter VI). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Country Social Analysis: Ethnicity and development in Vietnam &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>World Bank -- 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: 4 USD (English); 1 USD (Vietnamese)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>A Country Social Analysis (CSA) is designed to understand the macro social and political processes of a country and how social, political, and cultural factors influence the opportunities and constraints to more equitable, inclusive development. This report the first CSA undertaken for Vietnam focuses on ethnic minorities, particularly on the social or cultural dimensions of their development. In particular, it seeks to provide research findings to support both the Bank s and the government of Vietnam (GoV) s goals of social inclusion for ethnic minorities and poverty reduction. Previous studies, including the Bank s Country Partnership Study for Vietnam (CPS) and the government s Socioeconomic Development Plan (SEDP), both use four broad objectives as organizing principles: (1) improving the business environment; (2) strengthening social inclusion; (3) strengthening natural resource and environmental management; and (4) improving governance. This study focuses particularly on the issue of strengthening social inclusion. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The specific study objective was to understand why ethnic minorities continue to lag behind the majority Kinh population in Vietnam, and why poverty reduction efforts have not had as much success among minorities as among Kinh. While policy recommendations have developed from the CSA work, it was not designed as a policy analysis exercise, and readers with a specific interest in policies toward ethnic minorities are urged to consult several other recent reports on this topic (McElwee 2004; MOLISA/UNDP 2004; MPI 2005; Pennarz et al 2006; Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong and Baulch 2007). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Ethnicity and Development in Vietnam improves our understanding of the underlying factors that help explain why ethnic minorities continue to lag behind the majority Kinh population in Vietnam. The study suggests a range of options to move toward a framework for social inclusion that allows ethnic minorities equal opportunities as citizens and to avail themselves of the benefits of<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>development. The study provides a timely recognition of the need for social inclusion to foster real sustainabilitynow and into the future. Increasing voice among the world s minority communities will provide the foundations for a more participatory global development for the 21st century.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Phân tích xã hÙi quÑc gia: Dân tÙc và phát triÃn ß ViÇt Nam &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi -- 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Giá tiÁn: 4 USD (ti¿ng Anh); 1 USD (ti¿ng ViÇt)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Báo cáo này  mÙt phân tích xã hÙi quÑc gia  t­p trung vào v¥n Á dân tÙc và phát triÃn t¡i ViÇt Nam, là mÙt phân tích táo b¡o vÁ v¥n Á bên lÁ cça sñ phát triÃn chung trong bÑi c£nh ông Nam Á hiÇn ¡i. Nó nh±m giúp hiÃu °ãc các quá trình phát triÃn xã hÙi và chính trË v) mô, và °a ra nhéng phân tích trong viÇc các nhân tÑ xã hÙi, chính trË và vn hóa £nh h°ßng nh° th¿ nào tÛi c¡ hÙi và kìm hãm sñ phát triÃn hÙi nh­p và bình ³ng h¡n nïa. Nghiên céu này cung c¥p nhïng phát hiÇn nh±m h× trã các måc tiêu cça c£ Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi và chính<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>phç ViÇt Nam vÁ hÙi nh­p xã hÙi cho các dân tÙc thiÃu sÑ và gi£m nghèo. Nhïng nghiên céu tr°Ûc ây, bao gÓm Nghiên céu quan hÇ Ñi tác quÑc gia cho ViÇt Nam cça Ngân hàng Th¿ giÛi (CPS) và K¿<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>ho¡ch phát triÃn kinh t¿ xã hÙi cça chính phç (SEDP) t­p trung vào bÑn nguyên t¯c tÕ chéc: (1) c£i thiÇn môi tr°Ýng kinh doanh; (2) tng c°Ýng hÙi nh­p xã hÙi; (3) tng c°Ýng qu£n lý tài nguyên và môi tr°Ýng; và (4) c£i thiÇn qu£n lý nhà n°Ûc. Nghiên céu này ·c biÇt chú trÍng vào v¥n Á tng c°Ýng hÙi nh­p xã hÙi.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Báo cáo s½ giúp chúng ta hiÃu rõ h¡n nhïng nhân tÑ c¡ b£n giúp lý gi£i viÇc vì sao các dân tÙc thiÃu sÑ ti¿p tåc bË tåt h­u so vÛi ng°Ýi Kinh. Nghiên céu Á xu¥t mÙt lÍat lña chÍn h°Ûng tÛi mÙt khung hành Ùng cça hÙi nh­p xã hÙi nh±m mang l¡i cho ng°Ýi dân tÙc thiÃu sÑ, vÛi t° cách là nhïng công dân cça ¥t n°Ûc, nhïng c¡ hÙi bình ³ng h¡n và cho phép hÍ t­n dång nhïng lãi ích cça sñ phát triÃn. Nghiên céu giúp °a l¡i nh­n théc úng lúc vÁ sñ c§n thi¿t ph£i hÙi nh­p xã hÙi à ©y nhanh tính bÁn vïng thñc sñ cho hiÇn t¡i và cho c£ t°¡ng lai. Tng ti¿ng nói cça cÙng Óng các dân tÙc thiÃu sÑ trên toàn th¿ giÛi s½ cung c¥p nÁn t£ng cho sñ phát triÃn toàn c§u có sñ tham gia cça ng°Ýi dân nhiÁu h¡n nïa trong th¿ k÷ 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Human development report 2009: Overcoming barrier: Human mobility and development &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Available for sale on 6 October 2009<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) -- 2009 October -- ISBN: 978-0-230-23904-3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: 9 USD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people. Migration can expand their choices in terms of incomes, accessing services and participation, for example -- but the opportunities open to people vary from those who are best endowed to those with limited skills and assets. These underlying inequalities, which can be compounded by policy distortions, will be a theme of the report. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The report will investigate migration in the context of demographic changes and trends in both growth and inequality. It will also present more detailed and nuanced individual, family and village experiences, and explore less visible movements typically pursued by disadvantaged groups such as short term and seasonal migration. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Spatial Disparities and Development Policy: Berlin Workshop Series 2009 &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius , Boris Pleskovic<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Published June 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7723-X<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: 12 USD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The Berlin Workshop Series 2009 presents selected papers from meetings held from September 30  October 2, 2007, at the tenth annual forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank s World Development Report. At the 2007 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to identify and brainstorm on spatial disparities and development policy, which are later examined in depth in the World Development Report 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>This volume presents papers from the Berlin Workshop sessions on issues relating to understanding spatial trends: perspectives and models; new economic geography and the dynamics of technological change: implications for developing countries; perspectives on rural-urban transformation: leading, lagging and interlinking places; spatial disparity and labor mobility; country realities and policy options; learning from Europe s efforts at integration and convergence; and spatial policy for growth and equity.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact &lt;</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by World Bank -- Published May 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7605-5 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 15.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Information and communication technology (ICT) is a critical part of the ever more integrated global economy, where knowledge-based activities have become increasingly important and pervasive. ICT enables people, governments, and businesses around the world to acquire and share ideas, expertise, and services, helping to create and sustain opportunities for economic development on an unprecedented scale. Accelerated knowledge transfer and technological diffusion amplify the competitive advantages of fast-learning economies. As the information requirements for innovation in economic and social activities increase, the importance of ICT for the development agenda will only continue to expand.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Information and Communications for Development 2009 first examines the economic impact of mobile, broadband connectivity, and e-government applications. It highlights country experiences with different institutional arrangements for e-government and discusses policy options for advancing access to ICT infrastructure and services. It also reviews policy options that encourage the development of information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services industries in the developing world. The report then analyzes the trends in ICT sector development, drawing on the most recent national data on key indicators that are also presented in the at-a-glance tables for 150 economies. ICT performance measures, on a scale from 1 to 10, are introduced for ready comparisons of countries ICT capacities, as well as for benchmarking their progress along three key dimensions of ICT development over time: (1) access to ICT services, (2) affordability of ICT services, and (3) adoption of ICT applications in government and business.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Highlighting elements of good practice that are emerging for policy, regulatory, and investment frameworks, this report addresses some of the most challenging issues faced by developing countries on the agenda of ICT for development.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>The role that ICT can play as an enabler of social and economic development is increasingly evident. Information and Communications for Development 2009 presents a thorough analysis of the development potential of ICT, as well as the difficulties, constraints, and uncertainties faced by both developing and mature economies. It also offers thoughtful considerations of the different policy, regulatory, and investment options in the ICT space. As such, it is an essential and practical guide for policy makers, government officials, and academic practitioners who are working to ensure that their countries seize the opportunities offered by ICT.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>- Dr. Craig R. Barrett<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Chairman, United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, and <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Global Monitoring Report 2009: A Development Emergency</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by World Bank -- Published April 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7859-7<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 12.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>A Development Emergency, the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor countries are especially vulnerable, as they have the least cushion to withstand events. The crisis, coming on the heels of the food and fuel crises, poses serious threats to their hard-won gains in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty. It is pushing millions back into poverty and putting at risk the very survival of many. The prospect of reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, already a cause for serious concern, now looks even more distant. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>A global crisis must be met with a global response. The crisis began in the financial markets of developed countries, so the first order of business must be to stabilize these markets and counter the recession that the financial turmoil has triggered. At the same time, strong and urgent actions are needed to counter the impact of the crisis on developing countries and help them restore strong growth while protecting the poor. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Global Monitoring Report 2009, prepared jointly by the staff of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, provides a development perspective on the global economic crisis. It assesses the impact on developing countries, their growth, poverty reduction, and other MDGs. And it sets out priorities for policy response, both by developing countries themselves and by the international community. This report also focuses on the ways in which the private sector can be better mobilized in support of development goals, especially in the aftermath of the crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Global Development Finance 2009 (Vol I. Analysis and Outlook)</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by World Bank -- Published June 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7840-6<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 20.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Over the past two years, the world has seen turmoil in a relatively small segment of the U.S. credit markets morph into a severe global economic and financial crisis. Although aggressive monetary policy, fiscal stimulus, and guarantee programs to shore up the banking industry have begun to stabilize financial markets and slow the pace of economic contraction, policy makers face an extended battle to revive the global economy. Going forward, national and international policy makers must support emerging signs of recovery with persistent, robust efforts to restore confidence in the financial system and transform the adverse feedback loop between the financial sector and the real economy into a positive one. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>With analysis and data extending from short-term bank lending to long-term bond issuance in both local and foreign currency, Global Development Finance 2009: Charting a Global Recovery is unique in its breadth of coverage of the trends and issues of fundamental importance to the financing of the developing world, including coverage of capital originating from developing countries themselves. The report is an indispensable resource for governments, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics, bankers, and the entire development community.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by Linda G. Morra Imas , Ray Rist -- Published June 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7891-0<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 19.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>This comprehensive text is an essential tool for those involved in development evaluation. It presents concepts and procedures for evaluation in a development context. It provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a &quot;rigorous&quot; quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The book begins with a description of the context of development evaluation and how it arrived where it is today. It then discusses current issues driving development evaluation, such as the Millennium Development Goals and the move from simple project evaluations to the broader understandings of complex evaluations. The topics of implementing &quot;Results-based Measurement and Evaluation&quot; and constructing a &quot;Theory of Change&quot; are emphasized throughout the text.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Next, the authors take the reader down &quot;the road to results&quot;, presenting procedures for evaluating projects, programs, and policies by using a &quot;Design Matrix&quot; to help map the process. This road includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- determining the overall approach <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- formulating questions <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- selecting designs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- developing data collection instruments <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- choosing a sampling strategy <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- planning data analysis for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method evaluations. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The book also includes discussions on conducting complex evaluations, how to manage evaluations, how to present results, and ethical behavior--including principles, standards, and guidelines. The final chapter discusses the future of development evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Endorsements<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&quot;Programs aimed at the betterment of human welfare in the zones of turmoil and transition of the developing world face unprecedented challenges. This is why Ray Rist and Linda Morra's book is so important and timely. Nurtured by exceptional knowledge and experience, it captures in a convenient format the essentials of good evaluation practice in the field of development. Given its authoritative and up-to-date treatment of the real-life evaluation problems created by the complex and volatile operating environment for development, it belongs on the bookshelf of all evaluation and development professionals.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- Robert Picciotto, former Director General, Evaluation, World Bank Group;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Visiting Professor, King's College, London<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&quot;This book exemplifies everything I look for in an evaluation text: Well-tested material, carefully evaluated, proven in practice. Credible because done by people who know what they are talking about through experience and expertise. Content that teaches and exemplifies the profession's standards, and so is useful, practical, ethical, and accurate. Makes evaluation understandable, accessible, and doable. Communicates the importance and value of monitoring and evaluation. A good mix of theory and practice, methodologically solid, illustrated with relevant and understandable examples. Substance that is real-world and realistic, that is, grounded in the political, economic, cultural, and management realities of development. Narrative that both teaches and inspires. Those are the things I look for in a book and this book delivers on every criterion.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- Michael Q. Patton, former President of the American Evaluation Association;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>author of 'Utilization-Focused Evaluation, and Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods';<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>independent evaluation and organizational development consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&quot;Development evaluation is rapidly growing in developing countries. The book's structure and approach make it useful to a cross-section of users such as evaluation specialists and practitioners, policy makers, parliamentarians, public sector officials, and students of development evaluation. This book will make a significant contribution to development evaluation in the developing world.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- Kabir Hashim, Member of Parliament, Sri Lanka; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>former Minister of Tertiary Education and Training; development evaluation consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>&quot;The need for this book has never been greater, as the evaluation of development cooperation becomes increasingly important. Readers, presented with comprehensive and yet concise coverage of the main topics and current concerns, will acquire insights into this increasingly complex field of inquiry. Essential reading for both novice and more experienced development evaluators, it is clearly written and easy to understand, with an assortment of real-world examples and valuable gems of practice wisdom. It is sure to become the most indispensable and widely read text for anyone wishing to learn about contemporary development evaluation.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- Penny Hawkins, Head of Evaluation, New Zealand Agency for International Development;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Vice-Chair, DAC Network on Development Evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Building Commitment to Reform through Strategic Communication: The Five Key Decisions</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by Cecilia Cabanero Verzosa , Helen R. Garcia <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Published October 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7621-7 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 12.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Strategic communication is a powerful tool for creating broad-based support for reform and change initiatives. Much has been written about why communication matters in reform efforts, but there is scant material available to help those who manage reforms apply communication concepts and approaches to their own programs and policy-reform initiatives. This book attempts to bridge that gap. The authors present a pragmatic and systematic approach for reformers ready to use communication strategically to achieve their reform goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The Five Communication Management Decision Tool helps reformers and their teams develop a framework for their communication strategies. This decision tool helps managers see change initiatives through the eyes of those who will be affected by the reforms. When the decision tool is used in the early stages of the development of change programs, reformers gain an even deeper understanding of the stakeholders perspectives on the reforms, which influence stakeholder opposition or support for them. Such understanding will not only be instructive, but possibly transformative for both change agents and those stakeholders whose support is critical to the success of reform. Reform agents may recognize the source of stakeholder resistance and be able to revise reform goals and redesign change interventions. Stakeholders who have a shared understanding of why the status quo is not acceptable and change is necessary are more likely to create coalitions of committed allies and supporters who will work together to achieve reform goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>This workbook illustrates how the decision tool can be used for various types of change and reform initiatives. Tested and used in learning interventions across cultures, regions, and sectors, the tool has been used successfully by teams in the government, nongovernmental and business sectors. The book will be of great interest to readers working in all of these areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Stolen Asset Recovery: A Good Practices Guide for Non-Conviction Based Asset Forfeiture</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by Theodore S. Greenberg , Linda Samuel , Wingate Grant , Larissa Gray <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Published April 2009 by World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7890-2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 16.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Non-Conviction Based (NCB) asset forfeiture is a powerful tool for recovering the proceeds of corruption, particularly in cases where the proceeds have been transferred abroad. Because it provides for the restraint, seizure, and forfeiture of tainted assets without the need for a criminal conviction, it can be the best option when the wrongdoer is dead, has fled the jurisdiction, is immune from prosecution, or is too powerful to prosecute. A growing number of jurisdictions have established a system to allow NCB forfeiture, and it has been recommended as a tool for asset recovery at regional and multilateral levels. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) urges countries to consider taking such measures as may be necessary to allow NCB asset forfeiture in cases in which &quot;the offender cannot be prosecuted by reason of death, flight or absence or in other appropriate cases.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>With this increased focus on the issue, there is a corresponding need for a practical tool that jurisdictions contemplating NCB forfeiture legislation can use. Stolen Asset Recovery is that practical tool. It is the first book of its kind on the subject and the first knowledge publication under the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative. Stolen Asset Recovery identifies the key concepts legal, operational, and practical that an NCB asset forfeiture system should encompass to be effective in recovering stolen assets. Thirty-six key concepts are explored through practical experiences, examples from cases, and excerpts from NCB asset forfeiture legislation. Included in the book and companion CD-ROM are tools that can be used by practitioners, such as samples of cases, investigative forms, court pleadings, and pre-seizure planning guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'> <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&lt;</b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>new</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Published September 2009 by Palgrave Macmillan , World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-7961-5<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Price: $ 14.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Doing Business 2010 is the seventh in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 183 economies--from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe--and over time. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Regulations affecting 10 stages of a business's life are measured: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business. Data in Doing Business 2010 are current as of June 1, 2009. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#CCFFFF;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678972"></a><a name="_Toc192156843"></a><a name="_Toc183835721"></a><a name="_Toc178766601"></a><a name="_Toc163040074"></a><a name="_Toc130022855"></a><a name="_Toc129762547"></a><a name="_Toc129691341"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc129762547'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130022855'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc163040074'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc178766601'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc183835721'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156843'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678972'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Distance Learning Center Events</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc130022855'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc163040074'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc178766601'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc183835721'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156843'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678972'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'> in November 200</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678972'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>9</span></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993300'>For more information about our Distance Learning Center services, facilities and events, please visit <a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=learningevents&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=311&amp;&amp;mid=330">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=learningevents&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=311&amp;&amp;mid=330</a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>International Symposium for Cardiac Care Teleconference Training Series (by invitation only)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>November 12, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>Funded by the VinaCapital Foundation Vietnam, the World Heart Foundation and supported by the World Bank Global Development Learning Network Asia Pacific, this regional program links surgeons and doctors involved in cardiac care in developing countries with the world s best in cardio-thoracic surgery, cardiology and pediatric cardiac care. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>The International Symposium for Cardiac Care will allows doctors from all over Vietnam to congregate in GDLN centers in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and other Asian sites for a series of lectures by exemplary leaders in the field of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Cardiology. The series is interactive and enables participants to ask questions after the presentations. The lectures are also webcast to enable worldwide participation and then compiled into a DVD series which will be distributed by World Heart Foundation to surgical programs in developing countries around the world. This session will connect Vietnam (Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city), Bangladesh, China, Cambodia and Indonesia via videoconferencing, with the presentation of doctors from Saint Louis Children's Hospital, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>For more information, please contact Ms Dang Thi Thu Huong, email <a href="mailto:hdang2@worldbank.org">hdang2@worldbank.org</a>, telephone: 04-3934 6600, ext. 706. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:30.25pt;text-align:right; text-indent:-30.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;background:#CCFFFF; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678973"></a><a name="_Toc202761661"><span style='mso-bookmark: _Toc244678973'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue'>Information on Development Projects in Vietnam</span></span></a><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a name="_Toc244678974"></a><a name="_Toc202761662"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678974'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:green;font-style:normal'>New Disclosure</span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc202761662'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678974'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc202761662'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678974'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'>World Bank Operational Project Documents for Vietnam</span></span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:green;font-style:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Disclosure Unit of the World Bank is responsible for the implementation and dissemination of documents relating to the World Bank s&nbsp;disclosure policy <a href="http://www1.worldbank.org/operations/disclosure/">http://www1.worldbank.org/operations/disclosure/</a>.&nbsp;On a regular basis, the Unit&nbsp;releases&nbsp;operational documents to the public through a network of Public Information Centers (PICs) worldwide. For assistance on disclosed documents, please contact one of the PICs at a location near you.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>For previous listings, please visit <a href="http://go.worldbank.org/QU93EOHWG1">http://go.worldbank.org/QU93EOHWG1</a>. Alternatively, you are welcome to visit VDIC or World Bank s mini Public Information Corners (mini-PICs) at your city/province libraries to view hard copies of World Bank project documents in Vietnam. List of mini-PICs in Vietnam can be found at <a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=162&amp;&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=327">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=162&amp;&amp;mid=322&amp;cmid=327</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'>List of World Bank s projects in Vietnam and detail project information can be found at <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/vn">www.worldbank.org/vn</a> &gt;&gt; select  <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Projects &amp; Programs</i> .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>Vietnam - <a href="http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&amp;piPK=73230&amp;theSitePK=486752&amp;menuPK=486784&amp;Projectid=P095275">Central North Health Support Project</a></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'> - Environmental Assessment; Indigenous Peoples; Resettlement Instrument <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>Vietnam - <a href="http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&amp;piPK=73230&amp;theSitePK=40941&amp;menuPK=228424&amp;Projectid=P104097">First Program 135 Phase 2 Support Operation for Communes Facing Extreme Hardship in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas</a></span></b><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>  Implementation Completion and Results Report <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;background:#CCFFFF'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=685 valign=top style='width:513.8pt;border:solid navy 3.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid navy 3.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#33CCCC'><a name="_Toc244678975"></a><a name="_Toc192156844"></a><a name="_Toc163040075"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc192156844'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Toc244678975'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'>Funding Opportunities</span></span></span></a><span style='font-size:20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#993300'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>- For more funding opportunities, please read previous VDIC newsletters at </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:#993300'><a href="http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=newsletter&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=230&amp;mid=350">http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=newsletter&amp;op=viewDetailNews&amp;id=230&amp;mid=350</a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>- For further information on the news provided below, please contact the organization directly.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>- Please let us know if you have directly benefited from an opportunity information disseminated by VDIC.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Asia Pacific Economics Association (APEA) Annual conference - Call for papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Asia Pacific Economics Association has called for papers for its sixth Annual Conference Hong Kong, July 8-10, 2010. Drafts/extended abstracts to be submitted by January 31, 2010 to submit@apeaweb.org. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>More information can be found at<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><a href="http://apeaweb.org/confer/hk10/index.htm">http://apeaweb.org/confer/hk10/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Erasmus Mundus - Funding Opportunities for Institutions, Scholars and Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying at Partner universities throughout the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>If you are a graduate student and would like to find out about enrolling in an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, applying for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, and other details about the scholarship scheme, click on &quot;Opportunities for STUDENTS&quot;. A list of all Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses can be found here.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>If you are a scholar (academic or professional) you may also both contribute to and benefit from Erasmus Mundus. The section entitled &quot;Information for SCHOLARS&quot; provides information on teaching and research scholarships.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Other organisations interested in working with Erasmus Mundus to promote European higher education throughout the world will find information under &quot;Opportunities for INSTITUTIONS other than higher education institutions&quot;.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For more information, please visit <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html">http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Asia Leadership Fellow Program 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>To create a close, personal, and professional network of &quot;public intellectuals&quot; in Asia, the Japan Foundation and the International House of Japan (I-House) have jointly been conducting the Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) since 1996. General Theme for 2010 &quot;Asia in Dialogue: Visions and Actions for a Humane Society&quot;.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The ALFP is open to citizens of Northeast-, Southeast- and South-Asian countries, aged 35 to 59, inclusive. A postgraduate degree is not a prerequisite, but applicants must have a good command of English and have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability or potential in their own professions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>There is no prescribed set of professions for an ALFP fellow; the professions of past fellows include, but are not limited to, academia, journalism, business, national and local politics, education, administration, the arts, publications, and NGO and non-profit activities. The ALFP is also eager to broaden the professional and disciplinary backgrounds of fellows. Regardless of his/her profession, a fellow is expected to have access to a wide audience in his/her country or region through publications, teaching, media, performance, etc. to disseminate his/her thoughts and findings.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Applicants should submit the required documents to the ALFP Secretariat by Monday, January 11, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For more details on the program and an application procedure, please visit <a href="http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/intel/exchange/organize/alfp/apply10.html">http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/intel/exchange/organize/alfp/apply10.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>2010 Call for Research Proposals from UNU &amp; GIST Joint Programme on Science &amp; Technology for Sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>UNU &amp; GIST Joint Programme is seeking research proposals in the area of science and technology for sustainability. General topic areas of consideration, along with some representative examples, are summarized in the list below. In 2010 the Joint Programme will continue to focus on research projects addressing key issues such as : 'Monitoring and Biotechnological Remediation of Heavy Metals and Emerging Organic Contaminants in Soils and Surface Waters Across East Asia', 'Transboundary Transport of Air Pollutants', and Climate Change and Sustainable Energy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>All applicants are required to submit a pre-proposal (up to ten pages) via email by November 30, 2009. Selected proposals from the first evaluation process will be notified around December 15, 2009 to submit a final proposal. The proposal should be provided in accordance with the Joint Programme's guidelines (proposal format-download). The description of the project should include basic elements as follows: 1) executive summary of research; 2) backgrounds and objectives; 3) expected scientific outcomes; and 4) budget plan. Resumes of the principle investigator and co-investigators must also be submitted. Final selection of the proposals will be made by January 15, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Due dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Pre-Proposal submission: November 30, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Notification of the result from the first evaluation process and request for the submission of the final proposal: December 15, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Final proposal submission: December 31, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Selection of proposals to be funded: January 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>All the information about the Joint Programme's 2010 research projects will be announced through the Joint Programme's website (<a href="http://www.ists.unu.edu">http://www.ists.unu.edu</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Oslo Peace Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Graduate Studies in International Affairs (GSIA) program in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, in partnership with the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and Bjørknes College, offers one scholarship each year for full-time study in the Master of International Affairs specialising in Peace and Conflict Studies degree program. Tuition fees will be covered by The Australian National University and Bjørknes College; and students will receive some funding towards living costs as a stipend.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Application Close: 30 April<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Applicants are encouraged to contact Graduate Studies in International Affairs office for more information: Email: gsia@anu.edu.au Phone: +61-2-6125 2167<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>More information <a href="http://rspas.anu.edu.au/gsia/oslops.htm">http://rspas.anu.edu.au/gsia/oslops.htm</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Request for Proposal on Workplace-based HIV Policy and Prevention Interventions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The USAID HIV Workplace Project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by Chemonics is seeking proposals from qualified organizations interested in providing services on workplace-based HIV policy and prevention interventions for enterprises with high concentration of people who have high risk for HIV infection. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The closing time is 17.00 November 16, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Please send questions to Dr Nguyen Hoang Yen at <a href="mailto:ynguyen@chemonics-vn.com">ynguyen@chemonics-vn.com</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Applications for HIV Research Trust Scholarships for 2010 are now open<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>This year the International AIDS Society (IAS) is again working with the UK-based HIV Research Trust to promote their 2010 competition for research training scholarships. These scholarships are for<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>physicians, nurses, scientists, and other health care professionals who are undertaking research in resource poor settings. The award is used to develop a candidate's career and, on return to the home institution, add to the capacity of their department to carry out research related to treatment and prevention.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Examples of acquired skills might be clinical trial experience, good clinical trial practice, data and trial management, acquisition of laboratory techniques and analyses, trial nurse skills, statistical expertise, aspects of ethics, economics, education and health behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The scholarships are usually for a period of 3-6 months depending on the nature of the proposal. Approximately US$1,200 a month will be available to cover return travel and subsistence while carrying out the research project with an additional sum (maximum US$2,000) to cover consumables and other additional expenses incurred by the hosting unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>This year, the top-scoring grantee will also receive a scholarship to attend the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Additional information is available on the IAS website at http://www.iasociety.org/Default.aspx?pageId=278 or on the HIV Research Trust website at http://www.hivresearchtrust.org.uk <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Master and Doctoral Scholarship at Saitama University (Japan) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>International Graduate Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Saitama University. In this prospectus you will find all the necessary information about the program for prospective international students. The program offers excellent opportunities to highly qualified international students for pursuing graduate studies and research in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This program first started accepting students in 1992 and has since awarded Master s and Doctorate Degreesto 268 students from 24 countries. Currently, we have 71 students from 14 countries enrolled in the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The program is highly competitive and admits about 20-25 students each year. Most students are awarded scholarships by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government, Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program, Joint World Bank-Japan Scholarship Program, or Special Program for Studies at Japanese Universities Program of the Inter-American Development Bank. In addition to these programs, several public and private organizations also grant scholarships to international students in our program. Not all students, however, are awarded scholarships, and we accept a few qualified self-financed students each year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://www.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp/fso/financial.htm">http://www.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp/fso/financial.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Chevening Scholarships Scheme and the Chevening Fellowship Scheme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Chevening scholarships are funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 160 countries. Currently, the scholarships enable more than 2000 talented future leaders study in the UK through the main Chevening Scholarships Scheme and the Chevening Fellowship Scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Who can apply? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Vietnamese nationals wishing to undertake post-graduate study or research at a UK university or institute of higher education. Individuals from all over Vietnam and officials from Government Ministries, the Communist Party, the National Assembly, Provincial People s Committees, the legal/law enforcement professions, mass organisations, non-governmental and civil society groups, and the media are all encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Priority courses<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Preference will be given to courses that contribute to the UK s global foreign policy objectives. In Vietnam, these are:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Tackling terrorism and weapons proliferation<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>and their causes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Preventing and resolving conflict (including issues of governance, human rights and the rule of law)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Promoting a low carbon, high growth global economy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Developing effective international institutions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Supporting the British economy and business <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Suppoting British Nationals overseas<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>" Supporting managed migration for Britain<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Deadline for applications: 23 November 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/vietnam-education-chevening-scholarships.htm">http://www.britishcouncil.org/vietnam-education-chevening-scholarships.htm</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Belgian Bilateral Scholarship Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Within the framework of its cooperation programme with Vietnam, the government of Belgium wants to support the government of Vietnam in its efforts to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. The Belgian Bilateral Scholarships (BBS) constitute an important component of this cooperation programme, which aims to contribute to the long-term growth and stability of Vietnam. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Belgian Bilateral Scholarships, funded through the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) under the Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, enable young professionals from Vietnam to pursue postgraduate studies in Belgium and gain new expertise for the benefit of their country. The program is managed and implemented by the Belgian Embassy in Hanoi and the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For the academic year 2010-2011, 40 scholarships are made available for Vietnamese nationals who want to obtain Master or PhD degrees from universities in Belgium. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Scholarships are awarded for Master and Mixed PhD studies which could be followed either in French or in English at a Belgian university. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Master studies in Belgium normally take 1 or 2 years, depending on the selected course and/or university. It is up to applicants to check on the website of the universities and to make their choice among the available Master courses. Applicants can apply for only one course at one university.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Mixed PhD studies normally last for 48 months of which 16 months will be spent in Belgium and the rest of the time in Vietnam. Applicants must choose the research subject and reach an agreement on the work plan with the promoters (Belgian and Vietnamese) before the submission of their application. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Within the framework of the Belgian Bilateral Scholarship Programme, the fields of study are not restricted. However, priority will be given to the areas of intervention of the Belgian development cooperation in Vietnam, notably: environment, water and sanitation, waste management, education, health, agriculture and rural development, engineering and governance. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Deadline for submission of applications: no later than 17h00, Monday 28th December 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://www.diplomatie.be/hanoi/default.asp?id=34&amp;mnu=34">http://www.diplomatie.be/hanoi/default.asp?id=34&amp;mnu=34</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Proposals Invited for Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank will co-host an international Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (2010 MIF) to be held in Paris on March, 4-5 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The 2010 MIF will be dedicated to smart, fine-tuned, innovative financial mechanisms for mobilizing, channeling, and spending funds for development issues. The event will bring together development practioners, donors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, academics, representatives from across a range of financial institutions and policy makers to exchange experience and ideas on innovative development finance solutions. The 2010 MIF will be structured around workshops and a marketplace where innovators can showcase their initiatives and projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The main objectives of the event are to: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>advance the agenda on innovative financial solutions for development; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>facilitate knowledge sharing and learning, including South/South learning, on what kinds of innovative financial solutions for development work, what don t, and how to design these solutions to maximize development impact and cost-effectiveness; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>spur the evolution of cutting-edge projects that apply innovative financial mechanisms to development challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Competition <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>A key feature of the 2010 MIF will be a competition to garner and highlight fresh ideas on how innovative financing mechanisms can be used to better solve development challenges at local, country, regional, or global levels, with the goal that successful innovations can be scaled up and replicated broadly. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The winners will be awarded pilot grants to assist them in the implementation of their proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Proposals are welcomed from all organizations involved in innovative finance focused on development, including financial institutions, private-sector companies, social enterprises, non-governmental and civil society organizations, government agencies, universities and other academic organizations, foundations, and development organizations. Guidelines and application forms can be accessed on this website. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Proposals must be submitted by November 15th 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>More information can be found at <a href="http://www.fininnov.org/">http://www.fininnov.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Grants for Increase Access to Financial Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), managed on behalf of its members by the German development organization (GTZ) and supported with a $35 million grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, is a coalition of countries from the developing world committed to making savings accounts, insurance, and other financial services available to millions of people living on less than $2 a day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>AFI s global network will enable developing countries to share knowledge so they can more effectively develop and implement policies designed to expand access to financial services. While many of the smartest policies to expand financial access have come from developing countries  such as mobile phone money transfer services in Kenya and agent banking in Brazil  knowledge of these solutions is scattered in pockets around the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>AFI provides policymakers with short- and long-term grants to develop and implement the most effective solutions for their countries individual circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Short-term grants are for addressing specific issues or making advances in the policy formulation process in preparation for larger initiatives. These grants, which cover a period of 6 to 12 months, will lead to outputs such as diagnostic studies, draft regulations and manuals, as well as build capacity in policy and regulatory agencies. The budget range for short-term proposals is $50,000 to $150,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Long-term grants are for implementing specific policy solutions that facilitate a rapid and significant expansion of financial services to the poor. The implementation period for these grants will be over 1 to 4 years. The normal budget range for long-term proposals is $400,000 to $1,200,000. AFI can also connect policymakers to donors and private sector partners for additional implementation support.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Knowledge exchange grants will be made available to raise collective awareness of policy solutions, create technical partnerships between countries, and link stakeholders to significantly develop the policy dialogue about universal access. Examples of knowledge exchanges include staff exchanges, study tours, national and regional conferences, peer reviews and regional working groups. The budget range for knowledge exchange proposals is $25,000 to $75,000. Applicants may apply independently or in association with desired exchange partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Who is eligible? AFI is looking for a diverse portfolio of grantees across the developing world, with a focus on Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The short- and long-term grants are primarily targeted at regional, national and sub-national government institutions including Central Banks, Finance or other Ministries, regulatory oversight bodies and public banks. However, South-South exchange proposals may also be submitted by microfinance networks and associations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.afi-global.net/grants.htm">http://www.afi-global.net/grants.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>2010 Global Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship Program - U.S. Embassy Hanoi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Funded by the U.S. Department of State s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program provides scholarships for one semester or one academic year, enabling undergraduate students to study in a non-degree program at American universities. The goal of the program is to provide a diverse group of emerging student leaders with a substantive exchange experience at a U.S. college or university.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For the academic year 2010-11, the program will place approximately 90 students from countries in Asia at U.S. colleges and universities, starting in August 2010 or January 2011. Up to 10 scholarships are available for Vietnamese students. Scholarships are for either one academic-year (approximately 10 months) or one semester (approximately five months). The length of the scholarship award will depend upon the student applicant s interests and availability, as well as placement options and availability of funds. In addition, participants will be eligible for two to four weeks of intensive English language instruction in the United States prior to the start of the academic portion of their program. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Scholarships will be available in all academic fields of study. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Deadline for both online and hard copy submissions: 5 PM, Monday, November 16, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/ugradvietnam/">http://sites.google.com/site/ugradvietnam/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>World Challenge 09 - Vote now for your favourite project!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Now in its fifth year, World Challenge 09 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. World Challenge 09 is brought to you by BBC World News and Newsweek, in association with Shell, and is about championing and rewarding projects and business which really make a difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Back from weeks working in the field, BBC production team has now visited all 12 finalists of this year s World Challenge. From Haiti to Sri Lanka, from Namibia to Afghanistan all projects have clearly demonstrated high levels of professionalism and the ability to change the communities in which they operate. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>But who will be the winner? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Tune in to BBC World News from 3rd October to 7th November to watch a series of programmes about our 12 finalists. You can also read about them in Newsweek magazine, weekly from Monday October 5th. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>To vote for your favourite project, visit the World Challenge website now. Voting is open from 28th September until 24.00GMT on 13th November and is limited to one vote per person.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The winner will be announced at the beginning of December on the World Challenge website, on BBC World News and in Newsweek magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>And if you want to find out how projects from previous years are doing, don t miss the 14th November  5 years on episode of World Challenge on BBC World News. You can also check our website or pick up the edition of Newsweek magazine on sale November 16th.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/">http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>2009 Photoshare Photo Contest and HIFA2015 Photography Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The Photoshare Annual International Photo Contest is a major competition run by Knowledge for Health (K4Health) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP). This year, we are delighted to announce that the Contest will include a special HIFA2015 Photography Award for the best photo in the category of Healthcare Providers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Do you have photos of programs in action and the people you serve? Pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries? Snapshots from your personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience? You may have an award-winning photo and a chance to win cash and/or a SLR digital camera!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Entries accepted August 20th - November 16th, 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For further details, please see <a href="http://www.photoshare.org/contest/2009/2009photosharecontest.php">http://www.photoshare.org/contest/2009/2009photosharecontest.php</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>Newton International Fellowships <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Are you at the beginning of your research career - with the potential to be world-class? Is your research in the natural or social sciences, engineering or humanities? Do you want to build and maintain links with leading researchers in the UK? Then apply now for a Newton International Fellowship.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The next round of applications will open in December 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><a href="http://www.newtonfellowships.org/index.html">http://www.newtonfellowships.org/index.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:black; mso-ansi-language:FR'>UNU-ONY Junior Professional Fellow <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>The United Nations University Office at the United Nations, New York (UNU-ONY) recruits Junior Professional Fellows (JPFs) for two sessions each year running from August to January, and February to July. The internship title, &quot;Junior Professional Fellows&quot; reflects the high level of responsibility and opportunity given to those accepted into this program.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Please note that UNU-ONY Junior Professional Fellows positions require full-time commitments due to the high level of responsibilities given to our interns. These are unpaid positions. On the job training and support is provided throughout the internship. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Deadlines for applications are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- February 1st to July 31st Session: November 30th<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- August 1st to January 31st Session: May 31st<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>For more details about the activities pertaining to each of the focus areas, please click here. UNU-ONY liaises with the UN Secretariat, the Permanent Missions, academia and foundations in five areas of activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Dissemination/communication<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Political and diplomatic linking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR'>- Academic interplay<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=FR style