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CDES Newsletter December 2022
Director’s message
Dear colleagues, What an incredible year it’s been. We’ve come a long way as COVID-19 restrictions have relaxed. Since April 2020, we’ve run a very successful webinar series, which we’ll continue in 2023 alongside more in-person events
I'm delighted to announce that we’ve become part of a new Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence on Elimination of Violence Against Women. We’ve also successfully attracted grants to research how to address COVID-19 related learning losses, and promote COVID-19 vaccine take-up (see details below).
Our annual public lecture was given by Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Kremer (see details below). We’ve also had a tremendous increase in those keen to work with us as CDES non-resident fellows.
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Looking ahead, we hope to enhance our outreach with conferences and workshops in Asia. We’re also strengthening our research and engagement collaboration in Indonesia and Pacific countries.
We hope to revive our regular conference in Prato, Italy, with the next one scheduled for 29-30 June 2023, and will shortly invite submissions for papers to present. Stay tuned!
Thank you all for your continued engagement and support. We wish you a happy holiday season and look forward to interacting more with you in 2023.
Regards, Professor Asad Islam Director, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES)
Our Impact
Prof Asad Islam will be a chief investigator in a new Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, for which Monash University received $35 million.
Learn more about our working papers and policy briefs
Recent publications
"Coal Plants, Air Pollution and Anemia: Evidence from India. Journal of Development Studies", Datt, Gaurav, Pushkar Maitra, Nidhiya Menon and Ranjan Ray (2022, forthcoming).
"Missing Women in China and India over Seven Decades: An Analysis of Birth and Mortality Data from 1950 to 2020, Journal of Development Studies, 58(9): 1807-1830", Datt Gaurav, Cun Liu and Russell Smyth (2022).
“Agricultural Technology in Africa. VoxDevLit”, Tavneet Suri, Chris Udry, Jenny C. Aker, Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Markus Goldstein,
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More publications
Recent external grants
Led by Prof Islam, CDES has gained research grants worth more than $1.4 million from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on research to address COVID-19 related learning losses, and promoting COVID-19 vaccine takeup.
More on our projects and grants
Conference and Seminar presentations
Prof Islam gave three keynote addresses to international conferences in India (Amity University), Pakistan (Fatima Jinnah Women University) and Bangladesh (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies).
Prof Islam was invited to present papers at seminars at University of Adelaide and Curtin University, GRIPS in Japan, and a BRAC Institute of Governance and Development conference.
Prof Islam also lectured on conducting randomized controlled trials, lessons and practices at Ateneo de Manila University and Curtin University.
Dr Umair Khalil presented his work at the University of Adelaide, University of Queensland and Deakin University.
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Thomas Jayne, Jeremy Magruder, Hope Michelson, Meredith Startz, Emilia Tjernstrom (2022).
Dr Armand Sim presented his work at the Australian National University, University of Indonesia, and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.
In the media
Covid-induced school closures: Combating learning loss (The Financial Express)
Is the world more dangerous now than it’s ever been? (Monash Lens)
Security deposit rule discourages women from running for polls: Study (The Times of India)
Has India eliminated extreme poverty? (Ideas for India)
Psychosocial support to improve mental health and child development among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (Poverty Action Lab)
Prof Islam gave a TV interview on health information campaigns, based on his research on COVID-19 health information and vaccine promotion (interview in Bengali).
Assoc Prof Wang Lee was interviewed for an upcoming documentary film about chess; “Through the Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration”.
Assoc Prof Wang Lee was also interviewed on Sunday Mornings with Jim Mora (New Zealand) to discuss age gaps and marital satisfaction.
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Our events
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The 3rd Annual Distinguished Public Lecture was presented by 2019 Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Kremer, who discussed how institutions can be designed to accelerate and shape innovation to meet human needs.
Lauded as India's greatest living historian, Prof Romila Thapar (Oxford) presented our seminar India 25 Years since Independence: Truths and untruths of its history
The Indian economy 75 years since independence featured Prof Arvind Subramanian, Prof Jayati Ghosh, and Dr Shekhar Shah.
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