Other Internationalization Efforts
Number of books donated by international agencies to the Library (2005-2007).
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DONORS
DONATIONS (in volumes)
Asia Foundation
434
Asian Development Bank
206
Japan Foundation
19
UPAA-Central California
589
UPAA-San Diego
488
UPAA-Singapore
14
Thomas Jefferson Information Center
38
World Bank
231
TOTAL
2,019
A pool of referees from foreign universities have been gathered for the Banwa, UP Mindanao’s refereed journal :
Banwa Volume 5 – 1&2 (2008) Sago Research
Name |
University |
Period Covered |
Country of Origin |
|
Dr. Hairul Azman Roslan |
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
February 8, 2007 |
Malaysia |
|
Dr. Kopli Bujang |
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
April 5, 2007 |
Malaysia |
|
Dr. Anders S. Barfod |
University of Aarhus, Denmark |
May 4, 2007 |
Denmark |
|
Dr. Hiroshi Ehara |
Mei University, Japan) |
June 11, 2007 |
Japan |
Banwa Volume 6 – 1 (2009) Social Science
Name |
University |
Period Covered |
Country of Origin |
|
Dr. Roy B. Murray-Prior |
Curtin University of Technology |
May 22, 2007 |
Australia |
Mr. Peter Batt of the Curtin University of Technology is a member of the Editorial Board of Banwa (2007-2008)
Prof. Ricardo M. de Ungria (Dept. of Humanities), Best Poem Reader, European Union "Dia del Libro" Celebration, Instituto Cervantes-Manila.
Dr. Sylvia B. Concepcion and Dr. Larry N. Digal were cited in the World Development Report 2008 of the World Bank for their case study on the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association, Inc. (NORMIN Veggies) which was made under the Regoverning Markets Programme.
The chapter on the Philippines in the book, Regoverning Markets: A Place for Small-Scale Producers in Modern Agrifood Chains? Edited by Bill Vorley, Andrew Fearne, and Derek Ray. Gower Publishing Ltd, Gower House, England. ISBN-13:978-0-566-08730-1 was written by Dr. Sylvia B. Concepcion and Dr. Larry N. Digal with Ms. Joan Uy of NORMIN Veggies.
Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco, Jr., – (2007) Book publication: ‘The Unfolding of the Gene Revolution’ is sponsored by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York through ISAAA SEAsiaCenter, Philippines
The CHSS is holding exploratory talks with University of Newcastle, Australia for a twinning program to offer a Master of Social Change Development
Negotiations have started for a collaborative research on measuring community capacity and health outcomes involving researchers from Johns Hopkins University