Monitor and contribute in taking advantage of funding opportunities in various capital markets with particular focus on major currency bond markets in line with ADB’s annual borrowing program to optimize resources. Formulate funding strategy and execute individual borrowings, including public offerings, structured private placements, and retail-targeted transactions.
Monitor and contribute in taking advantage of funding opportunities in various capital markets with particular focus on local currency bond markets in line with ADB’s annual borrowing program to optimize resources. Formulate funding strategy and execute individual borrowings, including public offerings, structured private placements, retail-targeted transactions.
Lead, contribute and provide support for the formulation of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), Country Operations Business Plan (COBP) and mid-term progress review and subsequent implementation in line with the development plans of the Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) covered by SPSO (Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu) and ADB’s medium and long-term strategic frameworks. Undertake donor coordination activities and regional/subregional activities for PDMCs.
Oversee the conduct of evaluation studies, particularly more complex evaluations at corporate, country and sector levels, with focus on ADB’s Strategy 2020 related sector/subsector level assistance program evaluations. Draw lessons from evaluation studies and their implications for improving development effectiveness of ADB operations.
The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows” at the University of Heidelberg is offering;
2 PhD scholarships within the Junior Research Group “Asymmetries in Cultural Information Flows: Europe and South Asia in the Global Information Network since the Nineteenth Century”.
The PhD students will be expected to develop a PhD project with the Junior Research Group’s research focus. The research group primarily examines how the emergence of a global telecommunication network in the late nineteenth century altered information flow patterns between South Asia and Europe and transformed action and event horizons on both sides of the communication process.
The PhD students will work within the framework of these subprojects:
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PhD Research Studentships
Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Applications are invited for PhD research studentships within Loughborough University’s Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering for the 2008-2009 academic year. Studentships will be paid a tax-free stipend of at least £12,000 p.a. for 3 years, plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. For well-qualified overseas graduates studentships will cover the overseas fees. Applicants should be highly motivated and have (or expect to obtain by October 2008) a minimum of an upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in the appropriate engineering discipline.
Loughborough University’s research has a strong industrial and commercial dimension that is at the forefront of many technological advances. Research studentships in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering are available in a number of key areas:
(more…)engineering, PhD Studentships
This is an exciting opportunity to undertake research on a two year Post-doctoral appointment in a new area of ecological resilience, focusing on the role of resilience in maintenance of ecological health. It will involve considering theoretical and practical aspects of resilience within the framework of ecosystem goods and services, biodiversity, meta-communities and habitat fragmentation.
Our ideal candidate will have completed a PhD in one of the following areas: marine ecology, ecological modelling or ecological statistics. Experience with field experimentation is a requirement.
You must have the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team, be motivated to publish in highly-rated peer-reviewed journals and have the ability to interact and communicate positively with a wide range of people.
For further information, a detailed position description and online applications, please visit www.niwa.co.nz/about/careers
Applications are invited for a fully funded three-year full-time research studentship leading to a PhD. This studentship is fully funded by the University of Huddersfield and is open to UK, EU and overseas candidates. The studentship offers a stipend of £10,000.00 tax-free per year as well as payment of tuition fees. The successful candidate will work on a research project in the field of “Robotic Abrasive Finishing Technology Development” under the supervision of Dr. Xun Chen in the Centre for Precision Technologies - a world renowned centre of precision engineering.
The project will develop a new generation abrasive finishing technology which will combine both advantages of grinding and polishing to simultaneously achieve high efficiency materials removal as grinding and excellent surface quality as polishing. The successful candidate will work closely with industrial partners to apply the new techniques to aerospace, energy and biomedicine productions
The candidates should have a good degree in mechanical manufacturing engineering, materials science, physics or other related disciplines. The candidate with work experience in machining process monitoring and control, robotics and artificial intelligence will be an advantage. We are looking for outstanding, highly motivated individuals with relevant background to work in our multidiscipline team.
Applicants should initially send a full C.V. to Dr Xun Chen
Deadline for applications: 31 July 2008
Project to start: 1 September 2008 or thereafter as soon as possible.
To provide in-depth technical expertise and operational support, or to lead, if appropriate, in project and Technical Assistance (TA) processing and implementation in the assigned sectors. At this level, the incumbent is expected to take the assigned accountabilities as appropriate to the position, and should be able to demonstrate thorough, substantial and diverse experience, ability to undertake a variety of assignments, and to generally work with minimal supervision.
To provide technical and operational support in the areas of economic analysis and monitoring, programming, and project administration. Incumbent is expected to provide operational assistance in terms of project administration, research, statistical and analytical support. Assignments are well-defined and work is performed under the supervision of a specialist or senior officer.