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 grappling with today.

In addition to the paper and poster presentations, there will be keynote addresses from Prof. Lawrence Haddad (IDS) and Prof. Peter Newell (UEA).

A full list of paper and poster presentations can be seen here.

Tickets for the two days cost £40, and include lunch on both days and a conference meal on Thursday 25th June. Register here.

If you have any queries, contact conference2009@uea.ac.uk

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 the ESRC-PIC.

Details of the degrees can be found at:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/graduateProspectus2009/taughtProgrammes/MScPopulationAndDevelopment.htm
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/graduateProspectus2009/taughtProgrammes/MScHealthPopulationAndSociety.htm
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/graduateProspectus2009/taughtProgrammes/MScSocialResearchMethods.htm

You can specialise in population studies in either developed or developing countries.

Residential eligibility for the studentships will be according to the ESRC’s criteria. In particular, all candidates should have settled status in the UK and have been ordinarily resident here for at least three years. Residence in the UK as full-time student does not qualify non-EU nationals for an award.

For further information, please contact Dr Ernestina Coast (e.coast@lse.ac.uk).

Nominations for scholarships close on July 13th, and you will need to have been accepted onto one of the MScs in order to be considered for nomination.

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 crosssectional

and longitudinal evidence as well as lack of representative data on

health related expenditure at the individual level. Apart from the indirect costs,

there is a lack of evidence on user-fees and institutional subsidies in the public

and private sector and how these influence treatment/ care seeking behaviour,

both short-term and long-term. Generating evidence through cross-country

studies is essential to design effective and sustainable policies to enhance

reproductive wellbeing of individuals.

Aims

1. To examine evidence on the pathways through which poverty affects

reproductive health at the individual, household, institutional and community

levels in poor countries, with a regional focus on Asia and Africa.

2. To provide a forum for debate on the short- and long-term impact of poverty

on reproductive wellbeing

3. To discuss the challenges in measuring and interpreting empirical evidence

on poverty and reproductive health

This day meeting is open to all, and is free-of-charge but there is only limited space available.

However, PRE-REGISTRATION is essential, also for access to New Academic Building and for security related reasons – please email Ms. Anne Shepherd (pic@lse.ac.uk ) or phone: 020 7955 7666.

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 a series of population-
development-environment (PDE) case studies that comprehensively assess the
role of population and education relative to other factors in the struggle for
sustainable development. It is argued that most concerns about the
consequences of population trends are in fact concerns about human capital.
Only by adding the “quality” dimension of education to the traditionally narrow
focus on size and age structure can some of the long-standing population
controversies be resolved.
Thursday, June 4th, 17.00-18.30
The Alumni Room (NABLG09) LSE, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ

Registration is free and open, but please email Dianne Josephs
(d.e.josephs@lse.ac.uk) to pre-register attendance.