APL (Ajiken Power Lunch)

APL (Ajiken Power Lunch) is a lunchtime workshop open to public, including IDE staffs, visiting research fellows, IDEAS students, outside researchers and graduate students. This workshop provides a platform for presentation of any work in progress where we can discuss in either English or Japanese.

Those who would attend a seminar are asked to announce yourself to receptionists on your arrival at the IDE and to obtain APL Organizers' signature on your admission card after the seminar.

March 16, 2017. (Thursday) 10：30-12：00

Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization C23 Meeting Room 　

The role of research in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The seminar will first revisit the substance of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, and consider some of the challenges of implementation. In that context, the seminar will explore how research can help governments and other actors make progress on their development objectives. Finally, the seminar will cover the role of research within the UN and specifically the contributions of research entities within the UN.

Mr. Paul Ladd(Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD))

Akio YONEMURA

English