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The summary discusses next steps from the Second EfD Annual Meeting in Beijing on November 6, 2008. It encourages finishing ongoing work, submitting to journals and policy briefs, recruiting more postdocs, and interacting with policymakers over the next year. New proposals for 2009 should follow a brief template noting priced deliverables and payment every six months. Thematic research proposals will be affected by scoping, country priorities, research capacity, and Swedish government priorities, with proposals workshopped in February and due by March 31, 2009. The next annual meeting will be in Nairobi from November 2-5, 2009.
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