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information-finding possibilities on the Internet (ii) have a broad overview
of different search tools (iii) be able to phrase search queries effectively. “Referencing
skills” plus EndNote instructions Date: March 25, 2010
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Highlights from the New Resources to VDIC
Library
Full list of new additions to VDIC library can be found at http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&op=viewDetailNews&id=161&mid=322&cmid=325 AGR-FOR-V10. Forest Trends. Timber Markets and Trade Between Laos and
Vietnam: A Commodity Chain Analysis of Vietnamese Driven Timber Flows.
DFID, 2010. Full text http://www.illegal-logging.info/uploads/TimberMarketsTradeLaosVietnam.pdf.
ECO-ADM-PD 23. Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu
tư. Sổ tay quản lý dự án ODA. Bộ
Kế hoạch và Đầu tư, 2009. (REF) ECO-POL 1 [Internet]. World
Economic Forum. Global competitiveness
report 2009-2010. World Economic Forum, 2009. Full text http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf.
(REF) WB 1. Ngân hàng Thế giới. Báo cáo phát triển thế giới 2010: Phát
triển và biến đổi khí hậu. Ngân hàng Thế giới, 2010. Full text www.worldbank.org/wdr2010. ENV-CLI-V6. Institute of Strategy
and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE). Viet Nam assessment report on climate
change (VARCC) = Biến đổi khí hậu ở Việt Nam. Viện Chiến lược Chính sách
Tài nguyên và Môi trường (ISPONRE), 2009. ENV-DIS 23. Jha, Abhas K.;
Barenstein, Jennifer Duyne; Phelps, Priscilla M.; Pittet, Daniel; Sena,
Stephen. Safer homes, stronger
communities: A handbook for reconstructing after natural disasters. World
Bank, 2010. ENV-DIS-V4 [Internet]. IFRC/ADB. Legal Preparedness for Responding to
Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies in Vietnam: Final Report = Sự
chuẩn bị về mặt pháp luật cho việc ứng phó với thảm họa và dịch bệnh khẩn cấp
ở Việt Nam: Tài liệu nghiên cứu. IFRC/ADB, 2009. Full text http://www.gms-cdc.org/the-gms-cdc-project/regional-activities/legal-preparedness-studies/776-legal-preparedness-for-responding-to-disasters-and-communicable-disease-emergencies-in-vietnam-final-report.html.
GEN-ECO-V7 [Internet]. Nguanbanchong,
Aphitchaya. Beyond the Crisis: The
impact of the financial crisis on women in Vietnam. Oxfam GB, 2010. Full
text http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/display.asp?K=e2010021512281612&TAG=&CID=oxfam.
GOV-REF-V4. Acuña-Alfaro, Jairo. Cải cách nền hành chính Việt Nam: Thực
trạng và giải pháp. Nhà xuất bản Chính trị Quốc gia, 2009. Full text http://www.undp.org.vn/detail/publications/publication-details/?contentId=3331&languageId=4.
LAB-MAR-V14. MOLISA; European
Union; ILO. Vietnam Employment Trends
2009. MOLISA; European Union; ILO, 2009. Full text http://un.org.vn/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=93&Itemid=220&lang=en.
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Gender and Governance in Rural Services World Bank , International Food Policy Research
Institute -- Published by the World Bank, 2010 -- ISBN 978-0-8213-7658-4 Price: $14.00 The book “Gender and Governance in Rural
Services: Insights from India, Ghana and Ethiopia” provides policy-relevant
knowledge on strategies to improve agricultural and rural service delivery
with a focus on providing more equitable access to these services, especially
for women. It focuses India, Ethiopia, and Ghana, and focuses on two public
services: agricultural extension, as an example of an agricultural service,
and on drinking water, as an example of rural service that is not directly
related to agriculture but is of high relevance for rural women. It provides
empirical microlevel evidence on how different accountability mechanisms for
agricultural advisory services and drinking water provision work in practice,
and analyzes factors that influence the suitability of different governance
reform strategies that aim at making service provision more gender
responsive. It presents major findings from the quantitative and qualitative
research conducted under the project in the three countries, which are
analyzed in a qualitative way to identify major patterns of accountability
routes in agricultural and rural service provision and to assess their gender
dimension. This book is intended for use by a wide audience
interested in agricultural and rural service provision, including
researchers, members of the public administration, policy makers, and staff
from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international development
agencies who are involved in the design and management of reform efforts,
projects, and programs dealing with rural service provision. – "A
thorough, well researched, and carefully structured study that analyzes the
nature of womenA?s experience of rural public services A? and the findings
are fascinating. The introductory framing of the research problem and
questions is extremely well-written and compellingly sets out the reasons why
the issue of womenA?s access to agricultural extension services and water are
such major developmental concerns. Gender and Governance in Rural Services is
rich with data and has strong recommendations that will go a long way in
forming our thinking on technical assistance and policy advice in governance
of service delivery." -Anne-Marie Goetz, Chief Advisor, Governance,
Peace and Security, UNIFEM "Gender
and Governance in Rural Services contains an impressive amount of important
information regarding extension services and will provide useful knowledge in
the design of projects and approaches to address the needs of women farmers."
-Jeannette Gurung, Director, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and
Natural Resources (WOCAN) "Gender
and Governance in Rural Services is well researched and informative. It is a
good action-research report that contains a lot of information and provides
practical policy inputs to improve access to economic services in rural
areas, particularly for women." -Meheret Ayenew, Professor, Faculty
of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia "I
want to convey my deep appreciation to the authors of this report for their
excellent data collection, covering a large section of relevant stakeholders,
analytical case studies, and a thorough analysis of the status of service
delivery in the countries surveyed, especially for women." -Dr. S.
S. Meenakshisundaram, Visiting Professor, Rural Development and Decentralized
Governance, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India. Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing After
Natural Disasters by Abhas K. Jha , with Jennifer E. Duyne
Barenstein , Priscilla M. Phelps , Daniel Pittet , Stephen Sena -- Pulished
by World Bank, 2010 -- ISBN
978-0-8213-8045-1 Price: $13.00 Best practices in post-disaster housing and
community reconstruction are constantly evolving. Technology is changing how
reconstruction is done, as is the frequency and severity of the disasters
themselves. Reconstruction projects are increasingly focused on the need to
reduce future risks by ensuring that what is rebuilt is safer and more
disaster-resilient than what was there before. The expanding role of
communities in managing community reconstruction, with financial and
technical assistance from government, is another way reconstruction is
changing. Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for
Reconstructing after Natural Disasters provides advice on how to ensure that
reconstruction empowers communities to rebuild, and gives them the support
they need to build back in a way that the risk of future disasters is greatly
reduced. Written for policy makers and project managers engaged in major housing
and community reconstruction programs, the handbook provides guidance on the
roles and responsibilities of various actors, and explains what the scope of
a reconstruction policy should be and how decisions in each aspect of
reconstruction contribute to larger reconstruction goals. For project
managers who will be charged with implementing reconstruction policy, the
handbook provides guidance on the options that should be considered in each
aspect of reconstruction, and examples of where they have been used in other
reconstruction projects. It includes more than one hundred short case
studies collected from global experts with recent experience in housing
reconstruction, that illustrate how the policies and practical ideas have
been used on the ground. It also includes links to extensive technical
information on the topics covered by the handbook. Vietnam Development Report 2010: Modern institutions World Bank in Vietnam -- 2009 Price: $ 7.00 Institutions are not buildings or organizations,
they are the rules by which citizens, firms, and the state interact. The
photographs that grace the cover of this Vietnam Development Report (VDR)
2010 epitomize modern institutions. The settings may not appear modern, but
the activities they represent are cutting edge, and are transforming Vietnam.
Local level planning with the active engagement of citizens. Monitoring of
public works by citizens groups. Efficient administrative services with the
citizen as the client. Legal advice being provided to citizens. Professional
media coverage of important events. These are the roots which feed the growth
of a modern, open, and high-performing society. This VDR focuses on
devolution and accountability, two aspects of modern institutions that are
the essence of Vietnam's experience in the past two decades. At the risk of
over-simplifying, this VDR distinguishes between two types of accountability,
upward accountability focusing on compliance with rules, dictates, and
instructions coming from within the hierarchy, and downward accountability
focusing on the results that the person or body is entrusted to deliver. A
person or body concerned with upward accountability emphasizes adherence to
rules. Those concerned with downward accountability serve their clients. Both
forms of accountability are needed. Vietnam's devolution has shown many
positive results. Competition among the provinces is driving them to improve
their business environments. Eased entry for non-state providers of services
and greater autonomy for the management of state facilities are supporting
innovation and increasing the variety of services. Báo cáo phát triển Việt Nam 2010: Các thể chế hiện đại Ngân hàng Thế giới tại Việt Nam – 2009 Price: $2.00 Thể chế không phải là một công trình hay tổ chức,
thể chế là các qui định theo đó các cá nhân, công ty và nhà nước tác động lẫn
nhau. Các bức ảnh minh họa trên bìa của Báo cáo Phát triển Việt Nam này là sự
thu nhỏ các thể chế hiện đại. Sự sắp đặt có thể chưa hiện đại, nhưng các hoạt
động này mang tính bản lề và cho thấy Việt Nam đang chuyển đổi. Lập kế hoạch
ở cấp địa phương với sự tham gia của người dân. Các nhóm dân cư giám sát các
công trình công cộng. Dịch vụ hành chính hiệu quả với người dân là khách
hàng. Tư vấn pháp lý cho người dân. Báo chí chuyên nghiệp đưa tin các sự kiện
quan trọng. Tất cả đều là gốc rễ để có một xã hội hiện đại, cởi mở và hoạt
động hiệu quả cao. -- Báo cáo Phát triển Việt Nam này tập trung vào việc phân
cấp trao quyền và trách nhiệm giải trình, hai khía cạnh của thể chế hiện đại
và là những khía cạnh đổi mới quan trọng nhất của Việt Nam trong hai thập kỷ
vừa qua. Nói một cách khái quát, Báo
cáo Phát triển Việt Nam này phân biệt hai hình thức trách nhiệm giải trình
là: trách nhiệm giải trình hướng lên trên tập trung vào việc tuân thủ các quy
tắc, các chỉ thị và chỉ đạo đến từ bộ máy nhà nước, và trách nhiệm giải trình
hướng xuống dưới tập trung vào các kết quả mà một cá nhân hay một cơ quan
có nhiệm vụ thực hiện. Một cá nhân hay
cơ quan với trách nhiệm giải trình hướng lên trên sẽ quan tâm nhiều đến việc
tuân thủ các quy định. Còn một cá nhân hay cơ quan với trách nhiệm giải trình
hướng xuống dưới sẽ quan tâm nhiều hơn đến việc phục vụ khách hàng. Cả hai
hình thức trách nhiệm giải trình này đều quan trọng và cần thiết. -- Quá trình
phân cấp và trao quyền của Việt Nam đã cho thấy nhiều kết quả tích cực. Cạnh
tranh giữa các tỉnh đang thúc đẩy họ cải thiện môi trường kinh doanh của
mình. Việc các nhà cung cấp dịch vụ ngoài quốc doanh tham gia dễ dàng hơn và
các cơ sở của nhà nước có nhiều quyền tự chủ hơn trong quản lý đang hỗ trợ
cho sự sáng tạo cũng như đa dạng hóa các loại hình dịch vụ. Two Dragon Heads: Contrasting Development Paths for Beijing and
Shanghai by Shahid Yusuf , Kaoru Nabeshima English Paperback -- Published January 2010 by
World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-8048-6 Price: $ 10.00 Sources of economic growth are well understood.
Successfully translating that knowledge into sustained high rates of growth
is harder to achieve. Relatively few countries have done so. Of those, China—with
an unmatched average GDP growth rate of 10 percent between 1978 and
2008—stands out. At the crux of China’s success lie two cities:
Beijing, the powerful hinge of the Bohai region, and Shanghai, the economic
axis of the thriving Yangtze River Delta. The performance of these two
megacities, along with a handful of other urban regions, will determine
China’s economic fortunes in the decades to come. Can their momentum be
sustained? Can the growth rates of the past be continued into the future? Two Dragon Heads explores the contrasting
development options available to Beijing and Shanghai, and it proposes
strategies for each city based on the current and acquired capabilities of
each, the experiences of other world cities, the emerging demand in the national
market, and likely trends in global trade. Its fi ndings, which are supported
by a wealth of research, will be of particular interest to policy makers,
urban planners, business people, and researchers. This is a fascinating book about the future development paths of the
'twin capitals' of China: the political capital of Beijing and the commercial
capital of Shanghai. The authors weave economic growth, urban development,
and technological innovation into a seamlessly coherent and cogent analysis.
The book not only offers important insights and lessons for the development
of other megacities in China, but also has long-term implications for many
developing countries undergoing similar transitions. -LAN XUE, Professor and Dean, School of Public
Policy and Management, Tsinghua University Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform Edited by Pippa Norris English Paperback -- Published November 2009 by
World Bank -- ISBN: 0-8213-8200-4 Price: $ 15.00 What are the ideal roles the mass media should
play as an institution to strengthen democratic governance and thus bolster
human development? Under what conditions do media systems succeed or fail to
meet these objectives? And what strategic reforms would close the gap between
the democratic promise and performance of media systems? Working within the notion of the democratic
public sphere, Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform emphasizes
the institutional or collective roles of the news media as watchdogs over the
powerful, as agenda setters calling attention to social needs in natural and
human-caused disasters and humanitarian crises, and as gatekeepers
incorporating a diverse and balanced range of political perspectives and
social actors. Each is vital to making democratic governance work in an
effective, transparent, inclusive, and accountable manner. The capacity of
media systems—and thus individual reporters embedded within those
institutions—to fulfill these roles is constrained by the broader context of
the journalistic profession, the market, and ultimately the state. Successive chapters apply these arguments to
countries and regions worldwide. This study brought together a wide range of
international experts under the auspices of the Communication for Governance
and Accountability Program (CommGAP) at the World Bank and the Joan
Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard
University. The book is designed for policy makers and media
professionals working within the international development community,
national governments, and grassroots organizations, and for journalists,
democratic activists, and scholars engaged in understanding mass
communications, democratic governance, and development. The Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a
Warming World Edited by Robin Mearns , Andrew Norton English -- Published December 2009 by World Bank --
ISBN: 0-8213-7887-2 Price: $ 13.00 Climate change is arguably the most profound
challenge facing the international community in the 21st century. It is as
much a challenge for poverty reduction, growth and development as it is a
global environmental issue. It could undermine or reverse progress in
reducing poverty and attaining the Millenium Development Goals, thereby
unraveling many of the development gains of recent decades. It already
threatens the livelihoods, health and well-being of millions of people
worldwide, and of the poorest and most vulnerable groups in particular. And
it has potentially far-reaching implications for international relations and
for personal, national and regional security. While significant uncertainties still remain,
tremendous strides have been made over recent years in improving scientific
understanding of the human processes driving global climate change and the
likely impacts on world ecosystems. What is much less well understood is how
these dynamics in the physical environment will interact with those of
socio-economic systems, what the consequences will be for society, and how
best to address them. In order to focus attention on these previously
neglected and poorly understood social dimensions of climate change, the
World Bank convened an international workshop in March, 2008, with the
participation of community activists, former heads of state, leaders of
Indigenous Peoples, representatives of non-governmental organizations,
international researchers, and staff of the World Bank and other
international development agencies. This edited volume brings together
revised versions of many of the papers presented during that workshop, as an
initial step in taking stock of existing knowledge on the social dimensions
of climate change. Several new papers were also commissioned for this volume. Convenient Solutions for an Inconvenient Truth: Ecosystem-based Approaches
to Climate Change by World Bank
English -- Published November 2009 by World Bank --
ISBN: 0-8213-8126-1 Price: $ 11.00 Global warming and changes in climate will have
severe and lasting impacts on national efforts to alleviate poverty and
promote sustainable development. Some of the world’s poorest countries and
communities are the most vulnerable and are already suffering the
consequences. Yet often these countries are rich in natural capital,
ecosystems, and biodiversity that can contribute to solutions as they can to
climate change. Biodiversity is the foundation and mainstay of agriculture,
forests, and fisheries. Biological resources provide the raw materials
for livelihoods, agriculture, medicines, trade, tourism, and industry.
Forests, grasslands, freshwater, and marine and other natural ecosystems
provide a range of services, often not recognized in national economic
accounts but vital to human welfare: regulating water flows and water
quality, flood control, pollination, decontamination, carbon sequestration,
soil conservation, and nutrient and hydrological cycling. Current efforts to address climate change focus
mainly on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly through cleaner
energy strategies, and on attempting to reduce vulnerability of the
communities at risk by improving infrastructure to meet new energy and water
needs. This book sets out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based
approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third essential pillar in
national strategies to address climate change. Such ecosystem-based
strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions
contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptation
strategies. "Ecosystem-based
adaptation is a win-win situation: it simultaneously addresses the challenge
of climate change and protects biodiversity and ecosystem services, which are
essential for human well-being. Development agencies, countries, and the
Conventions on Biological Diversity and Climate Change need to recognize that
conserving and restoring ecosystems is a cost-effective and socially
responsible approach to both mitigating and adapting to climate change, while
providing communities with the ecosystem services essential for human welfare."
- Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor,
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, U.K. and Professor of Environmental Sciences, Director of
Strategic Development, University of East Anglia, U.K. "We
need constant reminding that safeguarding and restoring the biodiversity of
natural ecosystems are essential and highly cost-effective ways of mitigating
climate change and reducing our vulnerability to its inevitable impacts. This
engaging book provides a compelling case for the central role of ecosystem
management in coping with climate change. It is essential reading for people
involved in policy, research, and implementation." - R.M. Cowling, Professor of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port
Elizabeth, South Africa "As
our understanding expands on the widespread implications of anthropogenic
climate change, our recognition of the interconnections between biodiversity,
ecosystem services, and climate change mitigation and adaptation comes to the
forefront. As this book argues, if we are to meet the unprecedented climate
change challenges, we must make use of all available resources, including
those provided by nature: genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. Linking
the dual challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss is integral to
the goals and objectives laid out in Rio." - Ahmed Djoghlaf , Executive Secretary,
Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi,
Kenya World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change by World Bank
English -- Published November 2009 by World Bank --
ISBN: 0-8213-7987-9 Price: $ 12.00 Act Now, Act Together, Act Differently Today's enormous development challenges are
complicated by the reality of climate change—the two are inextricably linked
and together demand immediate attention. Climate change threatens all
countries, but particularly developing ones. Understanding what climate
change means for development policy is the central aim of the World
Development Report 2010. It explores how public policy can change to better
help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management
must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding
an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need
to be transformed. The report is an urgent call for action, both for
developing countries who are striving to ensure policies are adapted to the
realities and dangers of a hotter planet, and for high-income countries who
need to undertake ambitious mitigation while supporting developing countries
efforts. A climate-smart world is within reach if we act now to tackle the
substantial inertia in the climate, in infrastructure, and in behaviors and
institutions; if we act together to reconcile needed growth with prudent and
affordable development choices; and if we act differently by investing in the
needed energy revolution and taking the steps required to adapt to a rapidly
changing planet. In the crowded field of climate change reports,
WDR 2010 uniquely: emphasizes development takes an integrated look at adaptation and
mitigation highlights opportunities in the changing
competitive landscape and how to seize them proposes policy solutions grounded in analytic
work and in the context of the political economy of reform Bioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural
Resource Management by Elizabeth Cushion , Adrian Whiteman , Gerhard
Dieterle English -- Published December 2009 by World Bank --
ISBN: 0-8213-7629-2 Price: $ 14.00 Bioenergy has been critical to humanity since the
cave dwellers first used wood to cook their food and stay warm at night.
Ancient forms of bioenergy - firewood and cow dung patties - remain primary
fuel sources for rural and poor people. New sources of bioenergy including
“black liquor”, biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and many more, have great
promise and generate great controversy. This book gives an overview of bioenergy
developments and examines the main issues and possible socioeconomic
implications of these developments and their potential impacts on land use
and the environment, especially with respect to forests. The paper presents
an introduction to bioenergy, provides a background and overview of solid
biomass and liquid biofuels, and examines opportunities and challenges at the
regional and country level. It also examines potential impacts for specific
types of bioenergy. The book does not pretend to be definitive,
especially with respect to the controversial interplay of subjects like the
impact of bioenergy on food prices, but it does try to suggest the tradeoffs
that need to be examined in considering bioenergy policies, and it has five
main findings: Solid biomass will continue to provide a
principal source of energy and should not be overlooked. There will be major land use implications
resulting from bioenergy developments. It is critical to consider tradeoffs, including
those related to poverty, equity and the environment, when considering
bioenergy policies. There is considerable potential for greater use
of forestry and timber waste as a bioenergy feedstock. The climate change impacts of bioenergy
development are uncertain, and highly location and feedstock specific. Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries: A Special Report of the
Commission on Growth and Development by Commission on Growth and Development English -- Published January 2010 by World Bank --
ISBN: 0-8213-8165-2 Price: $ 9.00 The 2008 financial crisis has raised a number of
questions about the best strategy for achieving sustained growth and poverty
reduction in developing countries, foremost among them whether the failure of
the financial system also signifies the broader failure of market-oriented
capitalist systems. The Growth Commission believes that the crisis was not a
failure of market-oriented systems and that an outward-looking strategy, as
suggested in the original Growth Report (published in May 2008), remains
broadly valid. The following questions are discussed in this
special report: - How has the economic landscape changed in the
wake of the financial crisis of 2008? - What factors contributed to the onset of the
financial crisis and its transmission from advanced to developing countries? - Should the crisis be interpreted as a failure
of financial-sector regulation or as a broader failure of market-based
systems? - What effects will the financial crisis have on
the prospects for economic growth in developing countries? - How will the crisis impact the formulation of
developing country growth strategies going forward? - What is the outlook for free trade and a growth
model that capitalizes on the global economy? - How do actions by the advanced economies in
response to the crisis affect the choices of policymakers in the developing
world? - What is the appropriate role of government in
the post-crisis economy? - How will the lessons of the crisis affect
strategies for financial-sector development in developing countries? - What are the prospects for improved
international oversight of global finance and cross-border financial flows? |
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and Time: 10 am to 12 pm, March 10, 2010 This
is a development debate broadcasted from Washington DC via video-conferencing
with objectives of: Providing an overview of the background of the Emergence
of China and India as global economic powers is themajor development success
story of turn of the century; Discussing the question of “Has the financial
crisis affected the export growth models; and Debating on what are the lessons of China
in terms of pragmatic economic policies (which focus on modest pilot
approaches and scale them up as they show success) for Asian economies. Targeted
Audience of the debate are practitioners and senior executives from the
public service, who are involved in planning and implementing export
development policies and programs in their respective countries. In addition, participants from business chambers
and other private sector lead institutes will also find this course
relevant. Speakers:
- Yongding Yu, Institute of World Economic Politics, Chinese Academy of
Social Science - Suman Bery, National Council of Applied Economic Research of
India - Jungho Yoo, Korea Development Institute - Arkhom Termpittayapaisith,
National Economic and Social Development Board of Thailand - Truong Dinh
Tuyen, Senior Adviser to Prime Minister of Vietnam - Shahid Yusuf, World Bank
- Arvind Virmani, Executive Director for India in IMF. Registration:
Please fill in the registration form and send before Tuesday noon, March 9,
2010, to: Ms.
Dang Thi Thu Huong Vietnam
Development Information Center 2nd
floor, 63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel:
84-4-3934 6600 ext. 706 Fax:
84-4-3934 6847 Email:
hdang2@worldbank.org Rapid Design of E-learning
Programs The
program is jointly offered by the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and
the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) specialized for participants of
Vietnam and other Asia Pacific countries. Overall
aim : the course aims to update learners' notion of e-Learning and enhance
skills in designing e-Learning programs in a short time frame. Duration
and learning methods : over 5 weeks, learners will participate in different
learning activities: interactive workshop via videoconference, face-to-face
workshop, self-paced online learning assisted by the open source learning
management system (LMS) Moodle and ongoing coaching with trainers and local
facilitator. Fee
: USD $50 (50% the fee is already reduced under sponsorship of VDIC) Suitable
participants: trainers, training coordinators or those are interested in
designing and implementing E-learning and blended learning programs across
the region of Asia Pacific. More
information the course and how to register to the course, please see Program
brochure, visit the website http://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catalogue/rd_2010_mar/
or contact: Ms. Dang Thi Ngoc Lan, email: ldang@worldbank.org , tel: +84 4
9346600 ext 703. International Symposium for Cardiac
Care Teleconference Training Series March
11, 2010, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m 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. 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. |
Information on
Development Projects in Vietnam
New Disclosure
World
Bank Operational Project Documents for Vietnam
The
Disclosure Unit of the World Bank is responsible for the implementation and
dissemination of documents relating to the World Bank’s disclosure
policy http://www1.worldbank.org/operations/disclosure/. On
a regular basis, the Unit releases 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. For previous listings, please visit http://go.worldbank.org/QU93EOHWG1.
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 http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&op=viewDetailNews&id=162&&mid=322&cmid=327.
List of World Bank’s projects in Vietnam and detail project
information can be found at www.worldbank.org/vn
>> select “Projects &
Programs”. Vietnam - Additional
Financing for Red River Delta Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
(P113496): Program Information Document, Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Vietnam - Additional
Financing for the Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project
(P117877): Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet, Project Information Document Vietnam - Power
Sector Reform Development Policy Operation (P115874): Project
information document Vietnam - Rural
Distribution Project: Environmental Management Plan and Resettlement Plan
for 110kV Trung Ha Transmission Line and Substation Vietnam - Rural
Energy 2 project (P074688): Ethic minority development Plan;
Resettlement Plan Vietnam - Second Transmission
& Distribution Project - Additional Financing (P114875): Policy
Framework for Ethnic Minority Development Plan Vietnam - Urban Water Supply
and Waste-water Project (P119077): Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet,
Project Information Document, Risk Identification Workship Vietnam - Vietnam
Poverty Reduction Support Credit 9: Program Information Document |
Funding Opportunities
- For more
funding opportunities, please read previous VDIC newsletters at http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=newsletter&op=viewDetailNews&id=230&mid=350
- For
further information on the news provided below, please contact the
organization directly. - Please let
us know if you have directly benefited from an opportunity information
disseminated by VDIC. Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 “Climate Change” The Vietnam Innovation Day (VID) 2010, co-organized by the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment, The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union -
Central Committee, and the World Bank, is an opportunity for innovative ideas
that address local development challenges. It identifies, shares, exchanges
and directly supports small, bottom-up, innovative development proposals that
deliver results, which can then be expanded or replicated. The theme for the program
is “Climate Change”. The VID is seeking proposals from
all Vietnamese organizations and government units with legal status at local
levels. All organizations at local levels except the following agencies and
units: (1) agencies and units affiliated with the Ministry and the Youth
Union systems at the Central level; (2) Management units of projects funded
by the World Bank, (3) agencies, organizations and units affiliated with Army
and Police forces. Foreign and international organizations may only apply in
partnership with a local agency. Format of the application: - All documents should be in
Vietnamese. - An organization can submit more
than one proposal - Proposals may be submitted by
post or by email. Proposals must clearly state the name and address of the
proposing organization. - In the event that two identical
proposals are received, only the first proposal submitted will be
considered. Deadline: 5pm, March 22, 2010 (for
those outside Hanoi, the deadline is based on the date of the post-office or
the time of the email). For further information, please go
to web site www.worldbank.org.vn/ngaysangtao.
2010 Essay Competition for youth aged 18-25 on the
theme of Youth Unemployment The Essay Competition 2010 invites
youths to share ideas on: How can you tackle youth unemployment through
youth-led solutions? Please answer both questions: 1. How does youth unemployment
affect you, your country, town or local community? 2. What can you do, working
together with your peers, to find a sustainable solution for job seekers
through youth entrepreneurship? Think
specifically about the barriers youths face in the labor market and how to
tackle difficulties in accessing capital for business startups. We encourage you to give concrete
examples if you have personal experience as a young entrepreneur and if not
share your ideas about how you would go about creating a business/ work
opportunities in your local community/ town/ country. The International Essay Competition
is open to all young people, students and non-students alike, between the
ages of 18 and 25, from all countries of the world. If you are at least 18
and not older than 25 on May 15, 2010, you are eligible to participate. Eight finalists will participate in
the Final Jury in Stockholm, Sweden, in May 2010, and attend the Annual Bank
Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) organized by the World Bank. Deadline for submissions :
March 16, 2010. For more information please visit www.essaycompetition.org The Master of Lifelong Learning Scholarships Lifelong Learning has become a
fundamental goal of recent education policies, often advocated as a way to
achieve socio-economic development and as a tool for promoting the
'knowledge-based' society. The rationale of the Masters of Lifelong Learning
is to increase the awareness of European Lifelong Learning policies in a
regional European context as well as on a global scale. It aims to provide
policy-makers and professionals with responsibility for managing, delivering
or supporting Lifelong Learning with opportunities to develop their own
analysis and practice in what is a constantly changing economic, social,
technological and policy environment. The growing significance of
Lifelong Learning both in national and international policy results in the
need to bring its implications under close and critical scrutiny. The Master
of Lifelong Learning is to be considered a response to a strong need for
conducting educational reform activities all over the world. The European Commission offers
scholarships for 3rd country (non-EU) students and scholars.The deadline for
scholarship applications is 1 December 2010. For more information please visit http://www.dpu.dk/site.aspx?p=7131
Master in Public Policy Scholarship The two-year Master in Public
Policy (MPP) programme provides a strong foundation in conceptual and
analytical skills for future public service leaders and individuals with an
interest in understanding and influencing how public policy choices are made. Areas of Concentration In particular, MPP students deepen
their understanding of a specific field by focusing on one of five areas of
concentration: Development Studies Economic Policy and Analysis International Relations and
Security Studies Social and Environmental Policy Public Management and Governance Practical Experience To obtain direct practical
experience, students also undertake a public policy or management study,
called the Policy Analysis Exercise, for a client in the public, private, or
non-profit sector. Internships Most students also take internships
with organisations that are relevant to their studies, such as the United
Nations Environment Programme (Bangkok); National Economic Development
Authority (Philippines); World Bank (Washington, DC); Government Investment
Corporation (Singapore); and Standard Chartered Bank. Read more at http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/MPP_Financial_Aid.aspx
Master in Public Administration Scholarship The 1-year Master in Public
Administration (MPA) programme provides an intensive, interdisciplinary course
of study for experienced professionals who wish to acquire new knowledge and
skills to enhance their leadership and managerial capabilities. Taught by expert faculty using a
problem-based learning approach and real-world case studies, MPA students learn
to apply the techniques of policy analysis and programme evaluation to
resolve complex multi-dimensional policy challenges, as well as sharpen their
leadership and communication skills. The School also conducts an active
programme of seminars and public lectures by political, not-for-profit and
business leaders to enable all students to complement their formal learning
with the opportunity to interact with distinguished individuals who are
shaping the future. The MPA class comprises
approximately 60 accomplished and motivated individuals who bring with them a
wealth of diverse experiences to enhance the classroom learning experience.
Students come from many different countries – from Southeast Asia, South
Asia, East Asia and the Pacific and Africa. They work in a variety of sectors
such as finance, trade, education, media, health, transport, housing, foreign
affairs and development. Despite their short time together, or perhaps
because of the shared experience of learning and working under tremendous pressure,
MPA students forge an enduring international network of professional and
personal contacts. Read more at http://www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/MPA_Financial_Aid.aspx
MS/PhD scholarships at SEARCA The Southeast Asian Regional Center
for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) invites applications
for its graduate scholarship (MS and PhD) in agriculture and related fields
(including biological sciences, social sciences, economics and statistics,
forestry and fisheries, environmental sciences, agro-industrial technology
and engineering, biochemistry, and development management) for School Year
2011-2012. Application deadlines are 1 April
and 1 September. For more information please visit http://www.searca.org International Scholarships funded by University of
Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC)
offers a number of scholarships for study towards a PhD degree or for the
thesis year of a Masters degree. There is strong competition for these
scholarships and applicationmust have gained at least a first class honours
degree, or the equivalent, for it to be worth applying. To be considered for a University
of Canterbury Master or Doctoral scholarship, in addition to submitting a
scholarship application form, a complete application for admission shouldbe
made before or at the same time as the scholarship application is made. If
admission has not been approved by prescribed dates, the scholarship
application will not be considered. University of Canterbury Doctoral
Scholarships University of Canterbury
International Doctoral Scholarships University of Canterbury Masters
Scholarships NZi3 Doctoral and Masters
Scholarships and Research Awards: NZi3 Masters Scholarships NZi3 PhD Scholarships NZi3 Research Award More information is available at http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/intstud/scholarships/uoc.shtml
Fujitsu Scholarship Fujitsu Scholarship Program,
sponsored by Fujitsu Limited, provides financial assistance for postgraduate
education and cross-cultural management training to participants from the
Asia-Pacific region. Fujitsu Limited, an international leader in information
technology, telecommunications, semiconductors and electronics that is
headquartered in Tokyo, established the Fujitsu Scholarship to commemorate
its 50th anniversary in 1985. The Fujitsu Scholarship program is
available for academic programs at JAIMS. JAIMS, located in Honolulu, Hawaii,
is a nonprofit postgraduate institute established by Fujitsu in 1972. Many
Fujitsu Scholarship recipients/graduates are now working for corporate and
social-service organizations in their home countries as well as in other
nations. Hone your leadership vision with
this specialized program, delivered by JAIMS, in the wonderful setting of
Honolulu, Hawaii. The diverse student body and rigorous curriculum will
stretch you to be your best, and prepare you to lead your organization to
success in the 21st Century. The application deadline for the
26th Fujitsu Scholarship is March 19, 2010. Read more at http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/responsibility/community/scholarship/
Irish Aid Fellowship Programme for Vietnamese students Irish Aid Fellowship Programme provides : - Up to five (5) full tuition
scholarships for the full-time MBA - Up to five (5) full tuition
scholarships for the following MSc Programmes: MSc Project Management ; MSc
Supply Chain Management ; MSc Finance ; MSc Quantitative
Finance ; MSc eBusiness & Information Systems; MSc Marketing; MSc
International Business; MSc in Strategic Management Accounting. All scholarships include stipend
for accommodation & living expenses. The Irish Aid Fellowship Programme
is open to Vietnamese citizens resident in Vietnam who are committed to
returning to Vietnam after their masters/MBA. The closing date for programme
applications is Friday February 28th 2010. The closing date for scholarship
applications is March 31st, 2010. For more information please visit http://www.smurfitschool.ie/vietnam/
Siam Cement Group (SCG) Foundation Scholarship Program
on International Development Studies The SCG Foundation is pleased to
grant up to 6 full scholarships for individuals wishing to study at the
Master of Arts Program in International Development Studies (MAIDS) at
Chulalongkorn University for the upcoming 2010-2011 academic year. Scholarships are open to government
workers, non-profit sector employees, students and other individuals with a
background in development from each of the following Southeast Asian
countries: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, and Philippines. The SCG Foundation and the MAIDS
programme will seek to distribute one scholarship per country. Please do not hesitate to contact maids@chula.ac.th for more information. Deadline: March 31, 2010. For more information please visit http://www.ids.polsci.chula.ac.th/SiamCementFoundationScholarshipProgram.htm
Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable
Development (RCSD) Small Research Grants The Regional Center for Social
Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences,
Chiang Mai University would like to inform you about the announcement for
RCSD Small Research Grants Programme. This programme aims to heighten
capacity of human resources in the Mekong Region by using social science
tools in exploring and understanding changes, relationships and complexity of
issues, such as transborder, resource management, ethnicity, cultural
diversity etc. in the context of regionalized development. It also aims to
enhance understanding, information sharing and mutual learning regarding
emerging issues of the Mekong Region, linked to a deeper and boarder
conceptual understanding and analysis. The Small Research Grants Programme
will provide the opportunity for interested individual, who holds the
citizenships of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and China, from both the
academic and non-academic sectors to conduct research in the area of social
science and sustainable development focusing on the Mekong Region. Mid-career
researchers, NGO workers, development practitioners, and M.A and PhD.
students who are pursuing field research are also eligible to applying for
this type of research grant. RCSD will provide support which
includes a monthly stipend, field research expenses and books and supplies to
successful candidates. Deadline: March 15, 2010. More information can be obtained by
accessing http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th or
contacting RCSD at rcsd@chiangmai.ac.th.
2011 Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program The Fulbright Program in Vietnam is
pleased to announce the 2011 Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship
Program. This Program provides qualified Vietnamese citizens with full
scholarships to support master's study programs in the U.S. that begin in the
academic year 2011-2012. The application submission deadline
is April 1, 2010. Further details can be viewed at http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/fvst.html.
Erasmus Mundus - Funding Opportunities for
Institutions, Scholars and Students 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. 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 "Opportunities for STUDENTS". A list
of all Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses can be found here. If you are a scholar (academic or
professional) you may also both contribute to and benefit from Erasmus
Mundus. The section entitled "Information for SCHOLARS" provides
information on teaching and research scholarships. Other organisations interested in
working with Erasmus Mundus to promote European higher education throughout
the world will find information under "Opportunities for INSTITUTIONS
other than higher education institutions". For more information, please visit http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html
Oslo Peace Scholarship 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. Application Close: 30 April. Applicants are encouraged to
contact Graduate Studies in International Affairs office for more
information: Email: gsia@anu.edu.au; Phone:
+61-2-6125 2167 More information http://rspas.anu.edu.au/gsia/oslops.htm
Harold White Fellowships The National Library of Australia
offers annual fellowships to established researchers and writers. Established
by the Council of the National Library of Australia in 1983 as the National
Library Fellowships, the first Fellows commenced their research at the
Library in 1984. The fellowships were renamed in honour of Sir Harold White
CBE (1905-1992), the first National Librarian, in 1985. The fellowships scheme aims to
promote the Library as a centre of scholarly activity and research, encourage
scholarly and literary use of the Library’s collections and production of
publications arising from that scholarship, and to promote the Library’s rich
and varied collections. Four to seven fellowships, of periods from three to
six months, are awarded annually. Deadline: 30 April 2010. http://www.nla.gov.au/grants/haroldwhite/ Fellowships at The National Gallery of Canada Competitive fellowships are offered
in the fields of Canadian Art; Indigenous Art; and History of Photography.
The fellowships are open to international competition. Fellowships are tenable only at the
National Gallery of Canada. The term of full-time residency must fall within
the period 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2011. Awards can be up to $5,000 a
month, including expenses and stipend, to a maximum of $30,000. Fellowships
are not renewable. Deadline: 30 April 2010. More information is available at
http://www.gallery.ca/english/328.htm. Master Scholarships at QFIS - Qatar QFIS is to become a locus of
thought and dialogue that leads research and debate in all that relates to
Islam andMuslims, be that contemporary concerns or issues of heritage; and
that produces scholars who are strongly‐grounded in Islamic faith, practice, and
civilization, and who are open for engaging with all that their civilization
produced, and with the wisdom and thought of other civilizations. QFIS offers several highly
competitive scholarships that are designed to attract the best and the
brightest graduate students fom around the world. Our graduate programs aim
to provide you with knowledge and skills based on Islam’s rich legacy as well
as its growing contemprary contributions in a variety of academic fields.
Scholarship recipients are expected to make valuable contributions to their
program of choice and the Faculty more broadly. We believe that this mutual
commitment will produce leaders who are grounded in Islamic values of
plurality, tolerance and diversity and as such who are able and willing to
serve humanity through infinite paths for dialogue and action. Deadline: 1st April 2010. Read more at
http://qfis.edu.qa/output/page122.asp PhD Scholarships at The IT University of Copenhagen The IT University of Copenhagen
(ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in
September 2010. We are interested in applications that focus on one or
several of the subject areas below. Efficient solutions to computationally
hard problems, algorithms for searching and analyzing of large amounts of
data, databases and data mining, sensor networks and data management,
algorithm engineering, experimental performance studies. Automated reasoning, categorical
logic, type theory, coordination languages, electronic voting, logical
frameworks, models for concurrency, distributed and mobile computation,
programming languages semantics, modular program verification, programming
languages, static analysis of programming and modelling languages, workflow languages.
Application Deadline: 24 March,
2010 at 12.00 noon (local time) Read more at
http://www1.itu.dk/sw487.asp Scholarships at The University of Manchester The Discipline of Social Statistics
and the Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester
offer an MSc programme in Social Research Methods and Statistics. The
programme provides a firm grounding in advanced quantitative methods, taught
within an applied social science framework. The programme is designed to be
accessible to non-statisticians yet more focussed than most of the existing
Masters courses in social research methods. The MSc course offers relevant
and marketable skills for a career in research and is recognised for PhD
training by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Modules are
taught with an emphasis on hands-on training in the application of methods
and software. The programme is available full-time over one year or part-time
over two years. Both home/EU and overseas students
are eligible for these scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded on the
basis of academic excellence and potential, which will be judged based on
academic qualifications and performance and prior experience in social
research methods and/or statistics. The deadline for applications is
Wednesday 31st March 2010. More information is available at
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/socialstatistics/postgraduate/
RWI Capacity Advancement Fellowship in Extractives The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI)
and the Oil for Development Program (OfD) of the Norwegian Agency for
Development Cooperation are pleased to announce that we are accepting
applications for the 2010 Capacity Advancement Fellowship in Extractives (CA
Fellows) program. The program seeks to
broaden and deepen the role of the next generation of civil society activists
in promoting the better management of oil, gas and minerals for the public
good. The fellowship is open to civil
society activists from the following OfD countries: Afghanistan, Angola,
Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Mozambique, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principe, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste,
Uganda, and Vietnam. The CA Fellowship aims to build the
capacity of mid-career civil society activists by deepening their
understanding of the extractive industries and broadening their skills to
connect local, national, and international campaigns. Fellows are expected to return to their
organizations and coalitions with specific knowledge and skills that will
enable them to better meet current challenges and develop broader training,
advocacy, and research agendas. The program targets key individuals to
develop a cadre of future leaders in the extractive industries transparency
campaigns. The CA Fellowship is designed for
mid-level civil society activists involved in extractive industry
transparency and management campaigns.
The successful candidate will have introductory knowledge of the
extractive industry and related international campaigns, and a position
within their organization and career enabling them to capitalize on a
significant increase in learning. While exposure to other training
opportunities is a plus, it is not required, and applicants must explain how
this fellowship opportunity will add particular value to their development
and work. Preference will be given to
applicants from newly producing countries or from contexts where civil
society is newly engaged in extractive issues. The deadline for application is
March 19th 2010. For more information please visit
http://revenuewatch.org/about-rwi/cafefellowship.php RWI Petrad Fellowship in Extractives The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI)
and the Oil for Development Program (OfD) of the Norwegian Agency for
Development Cooperation are pleased to announce that we are accepting
applications for the 2010 RWI Petrad Fellowship. The programs seeks to
accelerate civil society leaders’ effectiveness in promoting the better
management of oil, minerals, and gas for the public good and is open to civil
society activists from the following OfD countries: Afghanistan, Angola,
Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Mozambique, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principe, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste,
Uganda, and Vietnam. The Petrad Fellowship aims to
enable fellows to return to their home organization or coalition equipped to
immediately take their campaigns to a more technical and informed level and
share this knowledge with their colleagues over time. By targeting leaders in the movement, this
program aims to quickly raise civil society’s ability to engage in technical
debates surrounding extractive industries. The Petrad Fellowship is targeted
towards civil society leaders in extractive industry transparency and management
campaigns that will be able to quickly apply this new and deepened knowledge
of industry policy. The successful candidate must have sufficient background
in issues related to petroleum extraction to engage in nuanced discussions
about policy and its application. They
also should be in a leadership role in their current organization or
coalition that will enable them to promote direct change as a result of the
experience. Preference will be given
to newly producing countries or context where civil society is new to engage
in extractive issues. Deadline: March 19, 2010. For more information please visit http://revenuewatch.org/about-rwi/petradfellowship.php |
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