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GDN ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Cities are the centers of highest population and employment density. They celebrate their vitality which supplements per-capita income and average life expectancy. At GDN, researchers delve deeper in gauging the capacity of different city-regions to produce, consume and generate spiral income effects on population, economy and environment at large. 2 Photo: Tuca Vieira
PREFACE It is a great pride to introduce you to GDN’s Annual Report 2012. As you will see, this report shows how dynamic the organization has been in the pursuit of its core mission of research capacity building and how it has also adapted to new challenges and learned from its activities in order to innovate and improve its results. Much progress was achieved in 2012 in the implementation of GDN’s 2011-2016 Business Plan. Activities are on track, and I trust that with the renewed support of our funding partners this trend will continue for the years to come. I would like to take this opportunity to mention two major developments in GDN in 2012. First, GDN has now been consolidated as a full-fledged International Organization, a process that was started in 2005, proceeded through the signing of GDN’s agreement and its entry into force in 2008 and was completed in 2012 with the appointment by the GDN International Assembly of the current Board of Directors. GDN’s governance principles were reviewed and agreed during the January and June meetings of the International Assembly. I am also pleased to acknowledge the accession of Hungary as a party to GDN’s agreement. I have no doubt that with the dedication and engagement of our International Assembly members, GDN will achieve new heights and that the policy relevance of its mission of strengthening research capacity will be further recognized and actively supported. The second development is the appointment of Pierre Jacquet, former chief economist of the French Development Agency, as the new President of GDN on 16 July, 2012. The Board and I are delighted to have been able to recruit such a strong candidate for this critical post, and I know that Pierre will devote all his time and energy to pursue the work of his predecessors. I wish to express my and the Board's heartfelt gratitude to GDN’s former President, Gerardo della Paolera, for his considerable achievements in leading the organization. Throughout this report, you will find images that illustrate the full range of issues that arise from the interaction of urbanization and development: urban externalities such as congestion, contagious disease and crime; innovation, technology infusion and ‘smart cities’; urban governance; climate change; ethnic minorities and urbanization, to name but a few. This choice reflects the theme of GDN’s 13th Annual Global Development Conference, held in Budapest, Hungary in June 2012. Organized in partnership with the Central European University (CEU), Hungary, the conference brought together about 350 participants from all over the world. The lively discussions that took place between researchers from the North and the South, donors, and other stakeholders have illustrated how important these topics are for sustainable development, and how crucial it is that a buoyant, high quality academic research community informs public policies: this is GDN's raison d'être. L.AlanWintersCB Chair of the Board of Directors Global Development Network (GDN) GDN ANNUAL REPORT 2012 3
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