News

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lykke Andersen’s Development Roast article The End of Growth? has been re-posted to Global Economic Intersection. Check it out HERE.

In addition, Ioulia Fenton’s Nourishing the Planet project piece entitled Five Types of Rainforest Ecosystem Services that Nourish People and Planet has been featured in Living Green Magazine. You can read the full article HERE.

Carolynn Look’s summary of the environmental accounting experiences in Europe were also re-posted to Global Economic Intersection. Check out the piece right HERE.

The 4^th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics:

The dominating event this month was the 4th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (BCDE2012) which was held at the brand new EMI campus in La Paz on the 6^th and 7^th of November.

The Brazilian Embassy kindly hosted a Cocktail Party the evening before the conference to welcome all the presenters coming from 11 different countries on 4 continents.

Eduardo Lora from the Inter-American Development Bank opened the conference with a very stimulating keynote lecture on the importance of going beyond facts and incorporate perceptions into economic theory and practice.  The second keynote lecture was given by Rodrigo Soares from PUC-Rio who presented convincing evidence that cash transfers to poor families with teenagers in Sao Paola significantly reduce crime.

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Tracey Li has an unusual background for an INESAD intern. She has been passionate about science all her life and studied physics at university before going on to complete a PhD in theoretical particle physics. Afterwards she continued her career as a researcher in Valencia, Spain, where she worked for two years.

At some point she realised that although she still loved physics there were several reasons why she didn’t want to be an academic scientist for the rest of her life. One of the main reasons was a growing desire to use her skills to solve real-world problems that could improve people’s lives in some capacity, rather than abstract mathematical ones. Read More »

This week, INESAD’s Ioulia Fenton published the following post about INESAD’s intern team on On Think Tanks:

One thing has become undeniable over the last couple of decades, especially since the beginning of the current global crisis: Getting a foot on the career ladder is increasingly hard. Well qualified students and graduates need to build an ever greater portfolio of internships and volunteering experiences to set themselves apart from the rest. This has especially been the case in international and intellectual work in economics, development, sustainability and the like. In these areas, having a Masters degree in the subject is usually the absolute minimum requirement and  practical experience is a pre-requisite to getting a job, but finding descent research and other opportunities to facilitate that success—that do not require a full-time obligation and can be worked around their studies and other commitments—is difficult at best. By offering remote, home-based internships think tanks can fill a niche and not only offer valuable experience to bright and committed young people, but draw tremendous benefits that build research, outreach and diplomacy capacity of the institution and host country itself. Read More »

Research, policy making and general life should be as fun as it is serious, so at INESAD we have let our hair down for an entertaining and productive month:

MEDIA FRENZY:

Having recently implemented a new media and communications strategy, during October INESAD began to reap the rewards. Ioulia Fenton, Adam Nelson and Carolynn Look published two articles as part of the cover story of the October issue Global South Development Magazine and October Development Roast articles by several INESAD staff have been re-posted to almost a dozen different news, research and policy sites, including:

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This week, INESAD’s Ioulia Fenton and Adam Nelson published a cover story in the October 2012 issue of Global South Development Magazine, where Ioulia Fenton is also the Assistant Editor:

12 Initiatives Taking Positive Steps Towards a Healthier, Fairer and More Sustainable Food and Agriculture System

The world’s global food and agriculture system is not working. On the one end, the Green Revolution has converted much farmland into industrial agricultural production that uses man-made chemical pesticides and fertilizers instead of methods that are more harmonious with nature. This has led to the loss of biodiversity as tillage and use of pesticides have killed off or deterred other plant and animal species. Read More »

As part of continuous growth, INESAD and Development Roast are bringing on board a host of new interns. Join us in welcoming our newest addition Garance Marcotte:

Garance is a recent graduate from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella where she obtained her Master’s degree in International Relations. Her fields of interest are sustainable development, renewable energies and human rights in Latin America.

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Warm welcomes to four new interns at INESAD:

At INESAD it is possible to do internships both remotely and in the main office in La Paz. This month we have made several international and multidisciplinary additions to the INESAD Team:

• Mieke Dale-Harris is a psychology graduate from England and will work in the La Paz office for the next 6 months perfecting our website, writing for Development Roast and providing general research assistance for several different projects.
• Adam Nelson is an American anthropologist living in Chicago. He is part of the Remote Research and Communications Team headed by Ioulia Fenton, Head of International Communications and Outreach at INESAD.
• Allan Spessoto comes from Brazil but is currently studying International Development at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is also part of the Remote Research and Communications Team.
• Carolynn Look comes from Germany and is a student of Chinese and Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, currently stationed in Beijing, China. She has previously worked together with Ioulia and was happy to be able to join the Remote Research and Communications Team.

On the 14th of August, we held a Welcome Friday Bar for the team members most recently arrived in La Paz: Mieke Dale-Harris, Marcelo Cardona and Luis Carlos Jemio.

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As part of our policy to promote international exchange and mobility, INESAD works with many associated researchers and interns both remotely and within our offices in La Paz. Join us in welcoming our new La Paz-based intern, Mieke Dale-Harris:

Mieke is a psychology gradute from Goldsmiths University of London. During her travels around Latin America over the last five years, she has developed a passion for development issues, a love for Latin America, and even an interest in economics.    Read More »

As part of continuous growth, INESAD and Development Roast are bringing on board a host of new interns. Join us in welcoming our newest addition Allan Spessoto:

Allan is a student of International Development at York University, Toronto. His interests for social issues emerged at the end of high school in Brazil, when he encountered inspiring teachers and eye-opening documentaries. After that, he studied music for one year but decided to go abroad to learn more about global politics and justice, which later became his primary interest. Read More »