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Dear colleagues, <br><br>fyi I am forwarding an e-mail on the Global Development Network's website launch. <br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif"></span><br>Best regards, <br><br><i><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">Ines Drefs, M.A.<br>PhD Student <br></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><br></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">
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</font></i><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 02:26:27 -0700<br>From: arundhuti13@yahoo.com<br>Subject: welcome to GDN<br><br><br><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="text-align:left"><div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Hello everybody,</span></div>

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<div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Greetings from Delhi. Hope this mail finds each one of you doing great, both professionally & personally.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif"><br></span></div><div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Proud to announce the launch of our corporate website:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif"><a href="http://www.gdn.int/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3B5998;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.gdn.int</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#333333">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Ever since my joining, apart from the
other responsibilities, have been working on this site.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif"></span></div>

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<div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">One of the main aims of the Global Development Network (GDN) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">is to connect as many
researchers & stakeholders from developed and developing &
transitioning economies/ countries & create a common platform to promote
interaction, exchange and sharing of ideas to affect policies.</span></div>

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<div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Forwarding this to you all as I believe our EMA
network is quite handy for dissemination purposes </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Wingdings">J </span><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif;font-size:16px">Please feel free to spread the message to your fellow researchers.</span></div>

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<div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Started in 1999 as a World Bank initiative, GDN started
working independently since 2001. In 2005, it moved its headquarters from
Washington DC to New Delhi and signed the IO Charter.</span></div>

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There are loads of events and activities going on from the upcoming annual
conference in Budapest to regional & global research competitions &
projects. Anyone interested in development research/ development economics
should visit the site for their own benefit.<br>
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Please feel free to
provide any feedback you may have.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif"> In case, I've forgotten anyone, apologies. Please share.</span></div>

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<div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Cheers & Take Care,</span></div><div class="ecxMsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype', serif">Arundhuti.</span></div></div><div style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"> </div><div style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">alternate email id: arundhutis@gmail.com</div></div></div>                                           </div></body>
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