Subject: [CivilSoc] World Bank McNamara Fellowships Program
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 15:29:35 EDT
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I have recently received information about the World Bank McNamara Fellow-
ship Program for 2001. I have downloaded basic information about the program
from the World Bank site (http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/mcnamara.html). More
information is available at that site. The announcement below indicates
that you can write (e-mail) the World Bank for an application form. However,
at the website, under "How to Apply" you can download an application form
in Word. The 30-page document does take a while to download. Please
direct inquiries to the contact noted at the end of the announcement
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Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program
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The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program was established in 1982 to honor
the former President of the World Bank. The Program annually awards
Fellowships to support innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in
areas of socioeconomic development-specifically focusing on issues critical
to improving the lives of the most vulnerable in society. To date, 205
Fellowships have been awarded, spanning issues related to health and
population, education of girls, environmental conservation, agricultural
and infrastructure development, conflict resolution, the role of NGOs in
development, trade and tax reforms, and poverty reduction.
Fellowships are open to applicants who are nationals of, and residents in,
countries which are currently eligible to borrow from the World Bank. The
research must be carried out in the applicant's own country, or country of
residence at the time of application. This Program does not provide financial
support for an advanced degree (this includes field work for a Ph.D. degree).
Length of Fellowship
Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12 months and must be commenced
within three months of the award being made. The fellowships cannot be
extended or deferred.
Amount of Award
The amount of the award is US$7,500. This is a standard amount, intended to
cover the cost of the research and its dissemination, and is not negotiable.
No other costs will be considered.
Research Theme for the 2001 Fellowships Cycle: Sustainable Development
Sustainable development poses important questions as to how economic growth
is conceived and managed through incentives and regulation. Increasing the
production of goods and services is mperative to meet our poverty alleviation
objectives and the desire of populations everywhere to improve their standards
of living. But current growth patterns have already placed a heavy strain on
the environment that threatens the medium and longer term sustainability of
these production systems (e.g., water stress, land degradation, harmful air
and water pollution). Nearly all of the expected increase in the world's
population of 2 billion in the next 25 years will occur in developing
countries. If we succeed in our growth objectives, total production in these
countries will more than triple and per capita consumption more than double.
The stresses on the environment and on the fabrics of our economies and
societies will greatly increase. The challenge is how to make sure that this
development is sustainable: economically, socially, and environmentally.
The Program invites research proposals (3-4 pages in length) that address one
of the following aspects of this challenge:
1. Sustainable Technologies
Recent revolutions in communications and information systems and strategic
decisions by environmentally concerned companies (primarily in developed
countries) offer exciting opportunities to increase output, jobs, and welfare
while placing less stress on the environment and consuming fewer inputs. By
adopting such technologies, developing countries have the opportunity to
leapfrog over some of the more costly stages of development and move
directly to higher quality and more sustainable development paths.
In your country; what are the most promising opportunities to absorb
sustainably oriented technological progress, what is needed to create the
incentives and structure to encourage rapid adoption of these technologies,
and how could such a program be put in place?
2. Urbanization
Populations of developing country cities will increase by about 2 billion
in the next 25 years, and they will host the bulk of economic development.
Most of these urban areas already face serious problems of congestion, lack
of basic services, and pollution, which seriously impact the poorest. The
expected increase in population and activity will require massive investments
in infrastructure-roads, housing, and utilities-and provision of critical
services-health, education, water and sanitation. These investments will,
in turn, shape the activity and quality of life in those cities for a long
time. It is possible to make the cities more livable through effective
planning and community action (e.g., Curitiba, Brazil), and improved urban
life is essential to both poverty alleviation and sustainability. In your
country or city, identify and carefully analyze two or three cases where
well-designed plans or programs are significantly improving the quality of
urban life (particularly for the poor). What have been the requirements to
design and build popular support for these programs, and how have they been
implemented? Also identify how those successful experiences can be
efficiently disseminated to other communities for replication and scaling-up.
3. Community-based Natural Resource Management
The use of natural resources requires that such resources be managed
sustainably and effectively. Experience has shown that a sustainable and
effective management of the natural resources cannot be attained without
the participation of the communities where the resources are located. In
your country, identify and carefully analyze two to three cases where
initiatives on Community-based Natural Resource Management, that had been
implemented in accordance with the country's overall policy framework, have
proven to be beneficial to the community, especially in terms of economic-
ally, socially and environmentally sustainable development. Also identify
how those successful experiences can be efficiently disseminated to other
communities for replication and scaling-up.
Output
Fellows are expected to issue two progress reports, a research abstract
during the fellowship year and a final report containing the results of the
research at the end of the fellowship year. The final reports are reviewed
by World Bank staff. The World Bank has first rights on publication of these
materials.
Note: The final research product will be considered for publication in the
Policy Research Working Paper Series and will be used as background material
for World Development Report 2002/3.
Seminar Participation
A seminar is organized for the Fellows during the Fellowship year in
Washington, DC.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following general criteria to be eligible for a
fellowship award:
1. Be a national and resident of a World Bank member country
which is currently eligible to borrow;
2. Normally, candidates should be 35 years old or younger. However, the
Program has interpreted this requirement with flexibility in the past and
will consider exceptional candidates up to age 40;
3. Must have completed and been awarded at least a Master's degree, or
equivalent, at the time of application.
Application Procedures
All applications must be submitted with the required documentation on the
correct application forms. Forms for the 2001 cycle are available from all
World Bank Resident Missions and from the McNamara Fellowships Program
office at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. All requests for
application forms should quote our reference: RSM/01/1.(Failure to do so may
result in delays in receiving the forms).
To be considered for the 2001 cycle, all completed application forms must be
received in Washington, DC, by August 15, 2000. Late applications will not be
considered. The awards will be announced in November 2000.
Applications and correspondence may be sent to:
Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program
The World Bank
1818 H Street NW
Washington DC, 20433, USA
The Program Office can also be contacted at:
E-mail: RSM_Fellowships@WorldBank.org
Fax: (202) 522-4036
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