November 2008

PolicyNet Newsletter

News and Events

October 25th-26th: The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) has just completed their annual premiere event CIGI’ 08 where over 200 leading academics gathered to discuss the impact of China’s emerging global power. For more information on please see here.

November 19th-20th: The IGLOO Network will be holding a symposium at CIGI where leading academics and researchers will discuss IGLOO’s future role as a Governance Network. Keynote speakers will include Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon and Cheryl Rose. For more information please see here.

November 24th: The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (GIIS) will host a roundtable event entitled “Emerging Asian Regionalism: A Perspective from the Asian Development Bank”. This roundtable will consider the effects of Asian regionalism upon economic prosperity. For more information please see here.

S.T. Lee Project

The Centre on Asia and Globalisation housed at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy continues its work on the S.T. Lee Project. As the international system continues to evolve at remarkable speed, the forums for international governance (UN, IMF and WTO) have failed to adapt. This project seeks to address the perceived institutional deficiencies within the international system and seeks to develop new solutions in global governance. The S.T. Lee Project is co-chaired by LKY Dean Kishore Mahbubani and long time PolicyNet partner Ann Florini (CAG Director and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute).

New Featured Blogger – Eric Acha

PolicyNet is pleased to introduce our new Featured Blogger, Eric Acha. A sample of his latest blog is available below:

“When celebrities join voices with other international organizations and civil societies in calling for the eradication of poverty through the doubling or tripling of foreign Aid to “poor” countries, very few actually get to understand the ramifications of such huge inflows of capital into a country… Even understanding the basic principles of economics may not even be enough to explain why flooding a country with foreign currency could rather suffocate the country’s economy rather than bolstering it as it is the popular belief… So the question I will be answering in the next posting will be: how good is foreign Aid, and how much is “good”? ”

To read more of Eric’s insights you can visit his, and other blogs, at PolicyNet Blogs.

PolicyNet blogger now featured by the Crawford School

Former PolicyNet featured blogger Gregore Lopez has recently been featured on the Crawford School’s website. After completing his Master’s degree at ANU, Gregore is now pursuing a PhD while continuing his work at the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER). To date Gregore has focused his studies on Asian economic development and continues to write compelling new commentaries on his blog which can be viewed here.

Featured Employment Opportunities

Programme Officer (Zennström Philanthropies): Reporting to the Director of Human Rights the Programme Officer will develop and implement European strategies which promote human rights and address serious human rights violations. London, England.

Peace Program Coordinator (PACT): Reporting to local management, the Peace Program Coordinator will provide direct management support to peace building project staff (this is currently two projects) operating out of the Gambella office. Gambella, Ethiopia.

Energy and Climate Policy Internship (EESI- Environmental and Energy Study Institute): The Energy Intern is responsible for conducting research projects and drafting reports. Washington DC, USA.

For more exciting employment opportunities please visit the PolicyNet Career Resources link where you will find featured jobs and helpful employment databases.

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