ANNUAL REPORT - Global Development Network

12th GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
AND MEDALS COMPETITION
(AMC)
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
(AMC) recognizes and rewards excellence in policy-oriented
development research and deserving social projects from
developing countries and transition economies from across the
world. Launched with assistance from the Government of Japan,
the AMC provides financial grants and technical capacity building
of Southern researchers and NGOs through mentoring and
technical supervision by subject matter experts.
Nestor Gandelman (center) from
Universidad ORT, Uruguay
receiving the joint first prize in
the Medals for Research on
Development.
In this year’s round, the competition received a record number of
801 submissions, over 60 percent of which were from Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia. The research competition had three topics related to the
overarching theme of Urbanization and Development, namely:
1. The Interactive Economy and Urban Development
2. Urban Externalities (Contagious Disease, Congestion and Crime) and Urban Poverty
3. The Enabling Environment – Housing,Transportation and Infrastructure
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AMC 2011-2012:
IN NUMBERS
801 submissions
12 winners from
9 developing countries
(China, Ghana, India,
Indonesia, Mexico,
Nigeria, Peru, Uruguay
and Zimbabwe)
Supported by:
Department of
International
Development (DFID), UK
International
Development Research
Centre (IDRC), Canada
Ministry of Finance,
Government of Japan
through the Japan Trust
Funds at the World Bank
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, The Netherlands
through the GDNet
Program
www.gdn.int/amc
OVERVIEW OF WINNERS’ WORK
Rewarding Research Proposals
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on
Expert mentors working
Development funds research proposals with a high
with winners of
potential for quality policy-relevant research.
Japanese Award for
Fellowships in the form of grants combined with
Outstanding Research
mentoring is provided to the winners to complete their
research proposal for developing a sound research-topolicy
practice. The objective of the first prize-winning
on Development:
Professor Amitabh Kundu,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
research proposal (by S. Chandrasekhar and Ajay
India
Sharma, India) is to improve the understanding of the Professor Carlos Vainer,
commuting worker in India, focusing on both the needs
Universidade Federal do Rio
of the migrants and the tailored, responsive urban
de Janeiro, Brazil
Professor Marcello Balbo,
policies. The joint second prize-winning proposal by
Università Iuav di Venezia,
Martin Oteng-Ababio and Mary Anti Chama, Ghana,
Italy
explores the effects of e-waste processing on the food
produced at the Agbogbloshie site in Ghana and
mitigating the negative impacts thereof. The joint second prize
winning proposal by Gabriela Estrada and José Alberto Lara-Pulido, Mexico, looks at
the current urban sprawl phenomenon using the case of Mexico City with a focus on
social housing projects outside city boundaries.
RecognizingTalent
The Medals for Research on Development were awarded in the three themes for
demonstrating academic excellence in the form of completed research papers by
developing country researchers. Rivayani Darmawan, a joint first prize Medal winner
from Indonesia states “As a young researcher, winning the Medal gives me the
opportunity to better communicate my work to the international research community,
as well as policymakers. It provides me with the recognition for my contribution in
development research that motivates me to continue doing so.” The complete list of
Medal winners is given on Page 43.