The Global Development Network (GDN) is a public international organization that supports high quality, policy-oriented, social science research in developing and transition countries to promote better lives. It supports researchers with financial resources, global networking, as well as access to information, training, peer review and mentoring. GDN acts on the premise that better research leads to more informed policies and better, more inclusive development. Through its global platform, #GDN connects social science researchers with policymakers and development stakeholders across the world. Founded in 1999, GDN is currently headquartered in New Delhi.

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Doing Research in Myanmar Report

What does it take to rebuild a research culture? The Doing Research in Myanmar report by the Global Development Network and Centre for Economic and Social Development is a systematic study of how social science research is produced, distributed and used in the country. It explored historical context, as well as the main challenges and opportunities for restoring Myanmar’s once robust research culture. Find out more on GDN’s website


Projects And Outputs

Assessing social science research systems in Myanmar’s transition to democracy

This scoping project examines a system-wide landscape of the social sciences research, using the “Doing Research Assessment” to understand, map...
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Myanmar Speaker Series: Boosting Investment in Social Science Research in Myanmar

Over the last decade, Myanmar’s transition to democracy has faced multiple milestones and challenges. The country observed its first free...
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Doing Research in Myanmar: Bridging the Research Gap to Improve Development Policies

BY TEACIRCLEOXFORDPOSTED ON JULY 27, 2020 Reproduced from original post on TeaCircleOxford Francesco Obino, Zaw Oo and Edgard Rodriguez introduce a report on...
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Doing Research in Myanmar Report

Linking science with policy is difficult in countries with top universities and well-funded research programs, but what about in developing...
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Finding levers of change

Assessing the social science research landscape of developing countries reveals key challenges to building strong and influential research systems. Researchers...
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Inclusive Myanmar July 2019

A healthy democracy requires that citizens and their institutions have the necessary skills to generate, access and use evidence to...
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