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The Swiss Network for International Studies: Call for Projects 2012
The SNIS offers project research grants in the order of 100'000 to 300'000 CHF for a two-year period. Eligible submitters can enter projects that qualify as International Studies as well as pluri-disciplinary (project teams must be elaborated jointly by experts from different scientific backgrounds).
Deadline: 16 January 2012 - More Information

New Call of the Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP)
The Personnel Exchange Programme, a new funding scheme of ISJRP aims at connecting ongoing research projects in India and Switzerland. It offers funding for several exchange visits between two research teams over the course of two years. Applications are accepted from all science and technology disciplines. Deadline: 15 February 2012. More Information

WIPO Re:Search
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched WIPO Re:Search, an unprecedented collaboration with leading pharmaceutical companies and BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH). WIPO Re:Search is a new consortium where public and private sector organizations share valuable intellectual property (IP) and expertise with the global health research community to promote the development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics to treat neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis - The Swiss TPH is a founding member of this new consortium. More Information

African Organic Agriculture Training Manual project
The African Organic Agriculture Training Manual project, which was started in October 2009 by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FIBL) aims at delivering and enabling best farming practices to farmers, farmer groups, extension workers and trainers. The first version of the manual - different training materials - is available for free download on the project website

Syngenta Foundation marks double birthday
The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) has recently celebrated two anniversaries. At an October conference in Bamako, experts reviewed 30 years’ activity in Mali by SFSA and its predecessor foundations. Mid-November saw a Basel symposium devoted to crop biodiversity. This event marked a decade of smallholder projects worldwide under the Foundation’s current name. The presentations from Bamako are available on www.syngentafoundation.org; those from Basel are due to follow shortly. In November, SFSA also published its 2010-2011 Review, which includes a look back over the last ten years. The Anniversary Review is accessible via the front page of the SFSA website. Readers can also use the Contact box there to be added to the mailing list for future editions.

Skilled Indians Abroad and Development
The Cooperation & Development Center at the EPFL is currently conducting the research project "Migration, Scientific Diasporas and Development" in collaboration with international and indian institutes. The project aims at identifying ways of engaging skilled professionals and scientists abroad and returnees in home country development.
They are kindly inviting skilled Indians to participate in a survey. The population of interest are scientists, professionals and students of Indian origin who currently reside in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland, who are specialized in the fields of information and communication technology, financial and management services, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry and in the academic and research field. The questionnaire can be accessed here

Poor Economics - A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics, which champions radical new ways of tackling global poverty, is the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.
For more than fifteen years Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo have worked with the poor in dozens of countries spanning five continents, trying to understand the specific problems that come with poverty and to find proven solutions. More Information

2011 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is open only to researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries. Submissions for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development and on Medals for Research on Development are welcome from all disciplines in economics and social sciences. Deadline: 31 January 2012. More Information

Co-operation with Researchers from Bulgaria and Romania - New Calls
The SDC and the SNSF are continuing their longstanding co-operation in research funding in the framework of the Swiss enlargement contribution: the "Romanian-Swiss Research Programme" was launched at the end of September and is soon to be followed by the "Bulgarian-Swiss Research Programme". More Information

KFH-Development and Cooperation
34 outlines have been submitted for the 7th Call for proposals; 13 outlines have been selected for the submission of a full project within one month. The final selection of projects will be done 19 December 2011. The 8th Call for proposals is foreseen for spring 2013. More information

SFIAR Award Winner 2011
The Cassava Research Team, led by Dr Hervé Vanderschuren of ETH Zurich has won the SFIAR Award 2011 for their submission: "Cassava research - Technology transfer and capacity building: Making tropical crop technologies available where it can have an impact". More Information

Job

Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in 80-100 % beim SNF
Operative Koordination von thematischen Forschungsprogrammen (tFp) des SNF-DEZA-Funds; Konzeptionelle und redaktionelle Arbeiten in allen Phasen eines tFp; Koordination der wissenschaftlichen Evaluationsprozesse und der Projektbegleitung etc. Mehr dazu

Courses

NADEL-Kurse
Das NADEL der ETH Zürich bietet im Frühjahr 2012 zahlreiche methoden- und politikorientierte Weiterbildungskurse an, die sich an Fachkräfte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit richten. Da einige Kurse schnell ausgebucht sind, wird eine frühzeitige Anmeldung empfohlen: Mehr dazu

Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries
Basel, 12 March - 15 June 2012
This 3 months full time course aims at introducing participants to the fundamentals of international health with a range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a member of a district management team. The participatory course is designed for people who already have a first qualification in a health-related profession, and at least two years' experience. Scholarships offered to participants from countries with resource constraints by SDC and the Canton of Basel-Stadt allow an exciting intercultural teaching and learning setting.
More Information

Nachhaltigkeit und Globalisierung
15./16. Januar 2013 in Bern - Modul im Rahmen des Zertifikatkurses Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Mehr dazu

Events

Water diplomacy: transboundary rivers and international politics
North-South Forum, 28 November (next Monday) in Basel; 9.00-13.00
How can water and resource management be used to solve diplomatic conflict, and, conversely, how can diplomacy help to solve water conflict and improve resource management? In either case, international politics is linked to water policy and natural resources. The event is jointly organised by the North-South Centre (ETHZ), the NCCR North-South and the KFPE. More Information

New media: drivers of democratization and development?
2 December 2011 in Basel, Symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development - More Information

Working for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank
5 December 2011, 15:15 - 17:00, ETH Zurich, ML H 37.1, Sonneggstrasse 3
The public workshop permits participants to discuss with HR representatives from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IBS) on challenges and opportunities related to working for international development banks.
More Information

Gender in Medicine: it is about improving quality
8-9 December 2011, Swiss TPH Autumn Symposium 2011
The symposium will commemorate the 5 year period funded by the Gabriele Trust Foundation to forward women’s health and gender research at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel. More Information

One Health Summit 2012
19-23 February 2012 in Davos by The Global Risk Forum
One Health - One Planet - One Future: Risks and Opportunities
More Information

A Critical Shift to Chronic Conditions: Learning From the Frontliners
18-20 April 2012, Geneva Health Forum 2012
More Information

Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty?
29-31 May 2012 at EPFL, Lausanne
Conference Guiding Themes:
- Appropriate Technology? Needs and Participation
- Towards a Sustainable Integrated Development? Partnerships and Systems
- Technology: Transfer or Co-Creation? Knowledge Sharing and Empowerment
Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2011. More Information

MORE EVENTS

Publikation

Migration and Global Environmental Change - Foresight Report
The Migration and Global Environmental Change project by Foresight has explored the global patterns and impacts of migration over the next 50 years arising from environmental change as well as the challenges that could result from changing migration patterns and how these might be managed. The project has involved around 350 leading experts and stakeholders from 30 countries across the world. The Foresight Homepage

Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
In the lead up to UN global climate talks in Durban, an independent global commission of eminent scientists has released a set of concrete recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate change. More Information

Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals. More Information

Gender Equality and Development - the World Development Report 2012
The 2012 WDR on Gender Equality and Development finds that women's lives around the world have improved dramatically, but gaps remain in many areas. The authors use a conceptual framework to examine progress to date, and then recommend policy actions. More Information

REPIC Jahresbericht
(REPIC: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Promotion in International Co-operation - Interdepartementale Plattform zur Förderung der erneuerbaren Energien und Energieeffizienz in der int. Zusammenarbeit)
Deutsche Fassung und Französische Version

Food and Nutrition Bulletin (Volume 32, Number 3, September 2011)
Special Section: Assessing the Impact of Micronutrient Interventions under Special Circumstances Such as Refugee Camps and Emergency Operations
A special section of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin co-edited by the World Food Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Sight and Life, shares important deliberations, practical experiences and lessons learnt from scaled-up micronutrient powder (MNP) interventions.
One topic of focus is the selection of impact indicators and the ability to evaluate the impact of interventions. Numerous possible evaluation designs are discussed and recommendations are given.
Also included in this section are papers on three specific home fortification experiences and outcome studies in different settings – This is a must-read for those that are working in planning, implementing, and evaluating programs being moved to scale.

Assessing the impact of micronutrient intervention programs implemented under special circumstances - Meeting report. de Pee S, Spiegel P, Kraemer K et al

Effects of multimicronutrient home fortification on anemia and growth in Bhutanese refugee children. Bilukha O, Howard C, Wilkinson C et al

Provision of micronutrient powder in response to the Cyclone Sidr emergency in Bangladesh: Cross-sectional assessment at the end of the intervention. Rah JH, de Pee S, Halati S et al

Relationship of the availability of micronutrient powder with iron status and hemoglobin among womenand children in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Ndemwa P, Klotz CL, Mwaniki D et al

Understanding low usage of micronutrient powder in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya: Findings from a qualitative study. Kodish S, Rah JH, Kraemer K et al

New Publications by the NCCR North-South

Regional Policy Briefs
The NCCR North-South has published three new regional editions of evidence for policy:
Sustainable sanitation in urban centres in Southeast Asia
The current system of centralised wastewater management as practised in many Southeast Asian cities is not successful due to the high costs of construction and maintenance, say NCCR North-South researchers. Instead, they propose treating wastewater in a decentralised way by introducing simple but effective and affordable technologies that can be maintained at community level.

Safe use of wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture – Agriculture and aquaculture in Vietnam often use wastewater, particularly in urban or peri-urban areas. This issue of evidence for policy explores how wastewater can be used safely and beneficially (plus a Vietnamese Version).

Addressing issues and concerns of Internally Displaced Persons in Nepal The plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is a major global challenge. To date, interventions for IDPs largely obey the “basic needs” framework of humanitarian agencies. But this often overlooks the heterogeneity of IDPs and the actual support they require. This policy brief outlines ways of designing more suitable interventions, by paying attention to local contexts and analysing IDPs’ livelihoods from a broader socio-economic perspective.

All regional policy briefs are available for download here

Outcome Highlights
Microbial risk assessment (MRA) is the topic of the latest edition of Outcome Highlights, NCCR North-South’s series of concise information sheets on effective collaborations between researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and local communities. MRA is still at a very early stage of development in Vietnam. With its rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural development, and population growth, Vietnam faces increasing risks from pathogens contaminating its water and food supply. This Outcome Highlights describes development of an MRA training course tackling issues of water, sanitation, and food safety. ''Microbial risk assessment in Vietnam: Water, sanitation, and food safety – from training to policy'' is available here

Two new papers in the Dialogue Series
A group of NCCR North-South researchers and their partners in Vietnam issued a Glossary of Terms in Water Supply and Sanitation (in Vietnamese) on the occasion of the World Toilet Day (19 November). This glossary is part of a transdisciplinary project aiming at promoting sustainable sanitation in Vietnam. Another product of activities by an NCCR North-South research group is the recent paper by Sagar Raj Sharma entitled Miles to Go Before We Sleep: Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal. This paper belongs to a collection of reports on the MDGs in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Switzerland.

All papers in the NCCR North-South Dialogue Series are available for download here

November 2011
KFPE Newsmail
KFPE-Newsmail News & General Information The Swiss Network for International Studies: Call for Projects 2012 The SNIS offers project research grants in the order of 100'000 to 300'000 CHF for a two-year period. Eligible submitters can enter projects that qualify as International Studies as well as pluri-disciplinary (project teams must be elaborated jointly by experts from different scientific backgrounds). Deadline: 16 January 2012 - More Information New Call of the Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme (ISJRP) The Personnel Exchange Programme, a new funding scheme of ISJRP aims at connecting ongoing research projects in India and Switzerland. It offers funding for several exchange visits between two research teams over the course of two years. Applications are accepted from all science and technology disciplines. Deadline: 15 February 2012. More Information WIPO Re:Search The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched WIPO Re:Search, an unprecedented collaboration with leading pharmaceutical companies and BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH). WIPO Re:Search is a new consortium where public and private sector organizations share valuable intellectual property (IP) and expertise with the global health research community to promote the development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics to treat neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis - The Swiss TPH is a founding member of this new consortium. More Information African Organic Agriculture Training Manual project The African Organic Agriculture Training Manual project, which was started in October 2009 by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FIBL) aims at delivering and enabling best farming practices to farmers, farmer groups, extension workers and trainers. The first version of the manual - different training materials - is available for free download on the project website Syngenta Foundation marks double birthday The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) has recently celebrated two anniversaries. At an October conference in Bamako, experts reviewed 30 years’ activity in Mali by SFSA and its predecessor foundations. Mid-November saw a Basel symposium devoted to crop biodiversity. This event marked a decade of smallholder projects worldwide under the Foundation’s current name. The presentations from Bamako are available on www.syngentafoundation.org; those from Basel are due to follow shortly. In November, SFSA also published its 2010-2011 Review, which includes a look back over the last ten years. The Anniversary Review is accessible via the front page of the SFSA website. Readers can also use the Contact box there to be added to the mailing list for future editions. Skilled Indians Abroad and Development The Cooperation & Development Center at the EPFL is currently conducting the research project "Migration, Scientific Diasporas and Development" in collaboration with international and indian institutes. The project aims at identifying ways of engaging skilled professionals and scientists abroad and returnees in home country development. They are kindly inviting skilled Indians to participate in a survey. The population of interest are scientists, professionals and students of Indian origin who currently reside in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland, who are specialized in the fields of information and communication technology, financial and management services, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry and in the academic and research field. The questionnaire can be accessed here Poor Economics - A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics, which champions radical new ways of tackling global poverty, is the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. For more than fifteen years Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo have worked with the poor in dozens of countries spanning five continents, trying to understand the specific problems that come with poverty and to find proven solutions. More Information 2011 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is open only to researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries. Submissions for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development and on Medals for Research on Development are welcome from all disciplines in economics and social sciences. Deadline: 31 January 2012. More Information Co-operation with Researchers from Bulgaria and Romania - New Calls The SDC and the SNSF are continuing their longstanding co-operation in research funding in the framework of the Swiss enlargement contribution: the "Romanian-Swiss Research Programme" was launched at the end of September and is soon to be followed by the "Bulgarian-Swiss Research Programme". More Information KFH-Development and Cooperation 34 outlines have been submitted for the 7th Call for proposals; 13 outlines have been selected for the submission of a full project within one month. The final selection of projects will be done 19 December 2011. The 8th Call for proposals is foreseen for spring 2013. More information SFIAR Award Winner 2011 The Cassava Research Team, led by Dr Hervé Vanderschuren of ETH Zurich has won the SFIAR Award 2011 for their submission: "Cassava research - Technology transfer and capacity building: Making tropical crop technologies available where it can have an impact". More Information Job Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in 80-100 % beim SNF Operative Koordination von thematischen Forschungsprogrammen (tFp) des SNF-DEZA-Funds; Konzeptionelle und redaktionelle Arbeiten in allen Phasen eines tFp; Koordination der wissenschaftlichen Evaluationsprozesse und der Projektbegleitung etc. Mehr dazu Courses NADEL-Kurse Das NADEL der ETH Zürich bietet im Frühjahr 2012 zahlreiche methoden- und politikorientierte Weiterbildungskurse an, die sich an Fachkräfte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit richten. Da einige Kurse schnell ausgebucht sind, wird eine frühzeitige Anmeldung empfohlen: Mehr dazu Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries Basel, 12 March - 15 June 2012 This 3 months full time course aims at introducing participants to the fundamentals of international health with a range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a member of a district management team. The participatory course is designed for people who already have a first qualification in a health-related profession, and at least two years' experience. Scholarships offered to participants from countries with resource constraints by SDC and the Canton of Basel-Stadt allow an exciting intercultural teaching and learning setting. More Information Nachhaltigkeit und Globalisierung 15./16. Januar 2013 in Bern - Modul im Rahmen des Zertifikatkurses Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Mehr dazu Events Water diplomacy: transboundary rivers and international politics North-South Forum, 28 November (next Monday) in Basel; 9.00-13.00 How can water and resource management be used to solve diplomatic conflict, and, conversely, how can diplomacy help to solve water conflict and improve resource management? In either case, international politics is linked to water policy and natural resources. The event is jointly organised by the North-South Centre (ETHZ), the NCCR North-South and the KFPE. More Information New media: drivers of democratization and development? 2 December 2011 in Basel, Symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development - More Information Working for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank 5 December 2011, 15:15 - 17:00, ETH Zurich, ML H 37.1, Sonneggstrasse 3 The public workshop permits participants to discuss with HR representatives from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IBS) on challenges and opportunities related to working for international development banks. More Information Gender in Medicine: it is about improving quality 8-9 December 2011, Swiss TPH Autumn Symposium 2011 The symposium will commemorate the 5 year period funded by the Gabriele Trust Foundation to forward women’s health and gender research at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel. More Information One Health Summit 2012 19-23 February 2012 in Davos by The Global Risk Forum One Health - One Planet - One Future: Risks and Opportunities More Information A Critical Shift to Chronic Conditions: Learning From the Frontliners 18-20 April 2012, Geneva Health Forum 2012 More Information Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? 29-31 May 2012 at EPFL, Lausanne Conference Guiding Themes: - Appropriate Technology? Needs and Participation - Towards a Sustainable Integrated Development? Partnerships and Systems - Technology: Transfer or Co-Creation? Knowledge Sharing and Empowerment Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2011. More Information MORE EVENTS Publikation Migration and Global Environmental Change - Foresight Report The Migration and Global Environmental Change project by Foresight has explored the global patterns and impacts of migration over the next 50 years arising from environmental change as well as the challenges that could result from changing migration patterns and how these might be managed. The project has involved around 350 leading experts and stakeholders from 30 countries across the world. The Foresight Homepage Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change In the lead up to UN global climate talks in Durban, an independent global commission of eminent scientists has released a set of concrete recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate change. More Information Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals. More Information Gender Equality and Development - the World Development Report 2012 The 2012 WDR on Gender Equality and Development finds that women's lives around the world have improved dramatically, but gaps remain in many areas. The authors use a conceptual framework to examine progress to date, and then recommend policy actions. More Information REPIC Jahresbericht (REPIC: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Promotion in International Co-operation - Interdepartementale Plattform zur Förderung der erneuerbaren Energien und Energieeffizienz in der int. Zusammenarbeit) Deutsche Fassung und Französische Version Food and Nutrition Bulletin (Volume 32, Number 3, September 2011) Special Section: Assessing the Impact of Micronutrient Interventions under Special Circumstances Such as Refugee Camps and Emergency Operations A special section of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin co-edited by the World Food Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Sight and Life, shares important deliberations, practical experiences and lessons learnt from scaled-up micronutrient powder (MNP) interventions. One topic of focus is the selection of impact indicators and the ability to evaluate the impact of interventions. Numerous possible evaluation designs are discussed and recommendations are given. Also included in this section are papers on three specific home fortification experiences and outcome studies in different settings – This is a must-read for those that are working in planning, implementing, and evaluating programs being moved to scale. Assessing the impact of micronutrient intervention programs implemented under special circumstances - Meeting report. de Pee S, Spiegel P, Kraemer K et al Effects of multimicronutrient home fortification on anemia and growth in Bhutanese refugee children. Bilukha O, Howard C, Wilkinson C et al Provision of micronutrient powder in response to the Cyclone Sidr emergency in Bangladesh: Cross-sectional assessment at the end of the intervention. Rah JH, de Pee S, Halati S et al Relationship of the availability of micronutrient powder with iron status and hemoglobin among womenand children in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Ndemwa P, Klotz CL, Mwaniki D et al Understanding low usage of micronutrient powder in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya: Findings from a qualitative study. Kodish S, Rah JH, Kraemer K et al New Publications by the NCCR North-South Regional Policy Briefs The NCCR North-South has published three new regional editions of evidence for policy: Sustainable sanitation in urban centres in Southeast Asia The current system of centralised wastewater management as practised in many Southeast Asian cities is not successful due to the high costs of construction and maintenance, say NCCR North-South researchers. Instead, they propose treating wastewater in a decentralised way by introducing simple but effective and affordable technologies that can be maintained at community level. Safe use of wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture – Agriculture and aquaculture in Vietnam often use wastewater, particularly in urban or peri-urban areas. This issue of evidence for policy explores how wastewater can be used safely and beneficially (plus a Vietnamese Version). Addressing issues and concerns of Internally Displaced Persons in Nepal The plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is a major global challenge. To date, interventions for IDPs largely obey the “basic needs” framework of humanitarian agencies. But this often overlooks the heterogeneity of IDPs and the actual support they require. This policy brief outlines ways of designing more suitable interventions, by paying attention to local contexts and analysing IDPs’ livelihoods from a broader socio-economic perspective. All regional policy briefs are available for download here Outcome Highlights Microbial risk assessment (MRA) is the topic of the latest edition of Outcome Highlights, NCCR North-South’s series of concise information sheets on effective collaborations between researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and local communities. MRA is still at a very early stage of development in Vietnam. With its rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural development, and population growth, Vietnam faces increasing risks from pathogens contaminating its water and food supply. This Outcome Highlights describes development of an MRA training course tackling issues of water, sanitation, and food safety. ''Microbial risk assessment in Vietnam: Water, sanitation, and food safety – from training to policy'' is available here Two new papers in the Dialogue Series A group of NCCR North-South researchers and their partners in Vietnam issued a Glossary of Terms in Water Supply and Sanitation (in Vietnamese) on the occasion of the World Toilet Day (19 November). This glossary is part of a transdisciplinary project aiming at promoting sustainable sanitation in Vietnam. Another product of activities by an NCCR North-South research group is the recent paper by Sagar Raj Sharma entitled Miles to Go Before We Sleep: Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal. This paper belongs to a collection of reports on the MDGs in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Switzerland. All papers in the NCCR North-South Dialogue Series are available for download here