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16 May, 2012
New Project to Study Impact of Mobile Technologies on Water Governance in Tanzania Wins £12,000 Skoll Funding
A project to study the use and impact of mobile payment technologies in the urban water sector in Tanzania has won £12,000 in funding from the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
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15 May, 2012
Presentations from Oxford Forum on China and World Economy Now Available
A selection of presentations from the Oxford Forum on China and the World Economy held on May 9 are now available to download
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15 May, 2012
New Report Highlights Plight of Irregular Migrant Children in UK
An estimated 120,000 children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution, exploitation and social exclusion, according to a new report by Dr Nando Sigona of ODID and Vanessa Hughes
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14 May, 2012
Corneliu Bjola Discusses Use of Illegitimate Force in Interview with Global Policy
Dr Corneliu Bjola, University Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies, discusses the use of illegitimate force, the role of morality in global governance and what kind of international community we wish to build in a video "conversation" with the journal Global Policy
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14 May, 2012
ODID Academics Contribute to New Note on Future of Poverty Research and Policy
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has published a new note on the future of poverty research and policy that brings together the opinions of a number of leading researchers in the field, including several ODID academics
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9 May, 2012
Study Shows Even Poorer Families Choose Private Education over Government Schools in India
A study by Young Lives in Andhra Pradesh, India, found that the number of 7 and 8 year olds attending fee-paying schools had almost doubled between 2002 and 2009
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