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This blog is maintained by the Growth and Crisis (GC ) Program of the World Bank Institute.

We bring you timely news, resources, tools, ideas and commentaries on issues related to the global economic crisis and growth.

Europe & Central Asia

Development Marketplace: Regional Grant Competitions

Submitted by Ignacio on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 13:39

We already blogged about the Development Marketplace Grant Competition that could fund your innovative idea for climate adaptation.

Two other Regional Development Marketplace competitions are now accepting proposals:

- South Asia: Innovate for Nutrition.  Up to 25 grants of up to US$ 40,000 to implement the winning projects (deadline to apply March 31, 2009)

- Central Asia: Efficient Water Use for Agriculture. Up to 15 grants of up to US$25,000 (deadline to apply April 10, 2009)

 

Latin America and the Caribbean competition on Addressing Food Security coming soon.

Asian Economic Think Tanks pocket guide

Submitted by Ignacio on Thu, 09/21/2006 - 16:49

A "handy guide to the leading Asia-Pacific think tanks working on development and economics", from our colleagues at the Asian Development Bank Institute.

 

Via Truck and Barter.

Russia: How to Sustain Growth in a Resource Based Economy?

Submitted by Ignacio on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 17:08

Using the Russian case as an example, this OECD paper by Rudiger Ahrend looks at concepts such as the "Dutch Disease" or rich natural resource endowments "curses", and argues that the right economic policies can overcome or mitigate institutional pathologies traditionally associated with abundance of natural resources.

 

Read the full paper. 

 

Related: read a previous post in this blog with theory and evidence of the "Dutch Disease"

 

 

Via Development Gateway.