DevNet connects academics, students and development practitioners
The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) links people and organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand involved and interested in the broad field of international development. With over 2,000 members, the network also has many members across the Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, India, China and elsewhere.
Joining DevNet is free and easy
Members can find out about other members with similar interests and receive the monthly DevNet email update. On our website, members and non-members will find useful information on:
- - Aotearoa New Zealand development research database
- - calendar of development events and notices
- - discussion forums
- - information on Development Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand
Join DevNet
DevNet's new website!
We're getting a new website. To be launched in August 2010, DevNet will have a new look and a new easy-to-use website. 
Call for Papers: DevNet Conference
Massey University: December 1-3, 2010
"Making Development Sustainable: Connections, Learning, Commitment"
Call for papers/abstracts and registrations is open. Visit the conference website for details:
devnetconference.co.nz
Other events
To find out about other development events in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally, you can visit our events page.
DevNet Events page
Study, research, scholarships, internships
Want to find out more about Development Studies? Are you an international student wanting to study in Aotearoa New Zealand? Or are you a New Zealander looking for information on volunteering for a development related organisation while studying?
DevNet Resources page
Development is a contested field, with many areas of debate. Unfortunately, we can't all get together in person to talk about these things. That's why we have the DevNet forums. They're a place where you can discuss development with people who share your interest in the field. You can start your own discussion thread, or you can reply to items already posted.
Aid Doesn't Work! Does It?
You could hardly blame the average New Zealand newspaper reader for being confused when it comes to overseas aid. One week they read Bob Geldof calling the New Zealand government pathetic for giving so little aid the next they read Martin Robinson and Helen Hughes claiming that, far from giving more aid, we should curtail it, as aid does more harm than good. Both of these claims can t be true can they? Surely Bob Geldof (who looks like a nice bloke) wouldn t be advocating for more of something that actually makes things worse. Would he? Welcome to the Great Aid Debate.
Read more; have your say
There's much more to talk about on the forums as well as and Development as Explained by Two Cows in a Field; and anything else you would like to talk about
DevNet forums
DevNet links
Global Focus Aotearoa
DevNet is run by Global Focus Aotearoa (formally the Development Resource Centre), based in Wellington, Aotearoa. |
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DevNet is administered by Global Focus Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand's global development information and education centre. We acknowledge the support of Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti, the New Zealand Agency for International Development.
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