Other Internationalization Efforts

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Number of books donated by international agencies to the Library (2005-2007).

 
 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