Innovation Transfer Programmes and Quantifiable Development Outcomes

Following the successful pilot programme on innovation transfer, Global INVENT, DFID India commissioned a rapid review to look for and report upon 19 key development outcome indicators in its target countries within Africa and South Asia as a direct result of innovation from India to support its new ‘Indian Innovation for Global Development’ (IIGD) programme. The IIGD aims to promote the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within Africa and South Asia through the transfer of inclusive Indian innovations with a focus on agriculture, health, water, sanitation, clean energy and finance – with a particular emphasis on working with women and disabled persons. IIGD will offer technical assistance, investment, capital grants and grants to fund the transfer and scaling up of innovations by both civil society organisations (CSOs) and the Indian private sector, with a particular interest in climate sensitive innovations. This document is based on a rapid desk-based review of published programme evaluation reports and literature, and extensive internet research, including of organisational and governmental department websites. A detailed analysis of quantifiable data found aggregated by the instrument used (i.e. Technical Assistance, Investments, Grants, etc.) was planned. However due to the virtually non-existent quantifiable data found relating to innovation transfer between India and the target countries, this was not possible and so no evidence-based conclusions have been drawn in this regard

Middle powers in the agency-structure debate

The term "middle power" is conceptually fragile. Some scholars have even argued for abandoning it. This book argues that the concept needs to be analysed more profoundly and that new analytical tools need to be developed to better understand the phenomenon. The traditional approach, based on Western states, is insufficient and has become increasingly irrelevant in a transformed global environment. Instead of drawing from a single theory of international relations, the contributors have chosen to build upon a wide range of theories in a deliberate demonstration of analytic eclecticism. A pluralistic approach provides stronger explanations while remaining analytically and intellectually rigorous. Many of the theory contributions are reconsidering how the largely "Western" bases of such theorising need revising in light of the "emerging middle powers", many of which are in Asia

Structural Optimization with FreeFem++

International audienceThe aim of this paper is to show that relatively small, simple and efficient shape optimization routines can be written using the free finite element software \texttt{FreeFem++}.This is illustrated by the implementation of two classical methods: the boundary variation method and the homogenization one.Even though these routines are simple enough so that their implementation can be assigned (partially or totally) as homework to graduate students, they yield results accurate enough to be useful tools for engineers orresearchers

Derivation of nonlinear shell models combining shear and flexure: application to biological membranes

International audienceBiological membranes are often idealized as incompressible elastic surfaces whose strain energy only depends on their mean curvature and pos-sibly on their shear. We show that this type of model can be derived using a formal asymptotic method by considering biological membranes to be thin, strongly anisotropic, elastic, locally homogeneous bodies

Elastic limit of square lattices with three point interactions

26 pagesInternational audienceWe derive the equivalent energy of a square lattice that either deforms into the three-dimensional Euclidean space or remains planar. Interactions are not restricted to pairs of points and take into account changes of angles. Under some relationships between the local energies associated with the four vertices of an elementary square, we show that the limit energy can be obtained by mere quasiconvexification of the elementary cell energy and that the limit process does not involve any relaxation at the atomic scale. In this case, it can be said that the Cauchy-Born rule holds true. Our results apply to classical models of mechanical trusses that include torques between adjacent bars and to atomic models

Exploring the Kanak Vote on the Eve of New Caledonia's Independence Referendum

The referendum of self-determination in New Caledonia will take place on 4 November 2018. Sought by the pro-independence cause since the 1980s, successive political agreements —Matignon-Oudinot in 1988, then Noumea in 1998 — have pushed the referendum back 30 years. As the referendum approaches, the outcome remains uncertain. What is certain is that the indigenous Kanak population, which numbers some 40 per cent of the population, will play a major role in determining the outcome. This discussion paper identifies the key dynamics that characterise the Kanak vote and discusses the implications for the referendum result. This paper suggests that the referendum could see some differences among Kanak voters in comparison with previous election results. It also argues that the rate of participation/abstention among the Kanak will likely be a crucial factor in the referendum result.AusAI

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Modélisation et simulation de la dynamique des globules rouges

National audienceSee http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/59/27/10/ANNEX/r_X358UUPX.pd