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  1. 2015 HDCA Conference – Georgetown University

    …displaced persons; displacement has an impact on development for household, communities and states. Within this context, there is need for new approaches to displacement that recognize long-term development goals. Similarly, development actors need to be more cognizant of the impacts of forced migration in their planning process. The roundtable will bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to discuss ways to integrate efforts to…

  2. CfP: On Poverty and Its Eradication

    …ontext, contributions on the classics of poverty and poverty relief are welcomed, not only the well-known foundational reasonings, estimates, and legislative debates but also neglected gems such as John Chrysostom’s fourth century estimate that ten percent of the great city of Antioch lived in poverty (and another ten percent in wealth) and the sixteenth century De Subventione Pauperum, written by Juan Luis Vives for the Senate of Bruges. The new…

  3. CfP: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. A Sociological Perspective

    …over than medium and high-technology industries, such as the pharmaceutical, computer, electronics and automotive sectors. The UN nonetheless notes that the crisis offers the opportunity to foster industrialization and improve the global distribution of groundbreaking technologies. In emerging from the pandemic, it highlights key areas of focus, including continuing to expand mobile broadband networks, increasing R&D investment, and improving rura…

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