Archives by Tag 'development'
Conference: “Current Debates in International Development”: 25-26 June 2009
This is a multi-disciplinary conference for PhD students hosted by the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia.
This conference brings together research students who will present and discuss core themes and issues emanating from their research. The papers to be presented encompass many of the key issues that researchers of Development are [...]
MSc Scholarships in Population Studies at LSE
Master’s degrees in population studies: £15,000 scholarships available
Are you thinking about doing a Master’s degree in the field of population studies in 2009/2010?
Students accepted for the
MSc in Population and Development, or
MSc Health, Population and Society, or
MSC Social Research Methods (Population)
at the LSE will be eligible to be considered for nomination for a £15,000 scholarship from [...]
Reproductive Health in Poor Countries
Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence
BSPS day meeting
Sponsored in collaboration with the ESRC
Venue: New Academic Building (NABL09), LSE
Friday 29th May, 2009
Background
The burden of out-of-pocket expenditure related to reproductive health service
use remains largely unexplored in poor country contexts. The knock-on effect of
poverty on reproductive health is difficult to quantify given limited [...]
LSE Seminar: Population, Education and Development
“Population, Education and Development: Addressing the Interactions”
LSE Population Research Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Lutz
Leader, World Population Program
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Chair: Prof. Mike Murphy, Professor of Demography, LSE
Abstract:
Education is a key determinant if international development. This Seminar
presents new projections of populations by age, sex and four levels of
educational attainment for more than 120 countries and [...]