African Programme for Rethinking Development Economics Research

As part of the broader APORDE programme, the following lectures by renowned international speakers will be held at UCT hosted by the School of Economics

Privatisation in South Africa
Ben Fine (SOAS - United Kingdom)
Tuesday 3 June 2008, 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: The Gallery, Centre for African Studies, Upper Campus, UCT

The slow comeback of industrial policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Wilson Peres (ECLAC - Chile)
Thursday 12 June 2008, 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Graduate School of Humanities Building, Upper
Campus, UCT

Lectures to be followed by drinks and snacks

African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) 2008

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), the Embassy of France, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) are co-hosting the second African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) seminar in Stellenbosch (1 - 14 June 2008). The aim of the seminar is to bring together promising policy makers, trade-unionists and academics from the continent and the rest of the developing world to discuss and engage with alternative approaches to development issues. The 26 selected participants include 20 from Africa and 6 from the rest of the developing world.

"APORDE is being conducted in a climate when there is much greater contestation of ideas around the possible options for economic development and industrialisation than in many decades. 

An initiative like APORDE can make a very important contribution in offering us new insights and reflections on the critical questions of building a developmental state and mounting a serious industrial policy."

Dr. Rob Davies, Deputy-Minister of Trade and Industry

Building on the success of the 2007 edition, APORDE is a platform for the discussion of alternatives to mainstream thinking on development economics. Renowned academics such as Professors Michel Aglietta (Institut Universitaire de France), Simon Roberts (South African Competition Commission), Ben Fine (SOAS), Ha-Joon Chang (Cambridge) and Wilson Peres (CEPAL) will lecture on topics ranging from industrial policy, poverty and financial crises to violent conflict. The seminar will build capacity by drawing participants into the debate on mainstream and populist approaches to development. APORDE thus aims to enable participants to respond critically to external development initiatives and to challenge them to generate endogenous strategies. Some of the lectures will assess development experiences such as those of East Asia and Latin America.\

As part of the APORDE initiative, there will also be a series of public lectures held at the University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. Participating academics will share their expertise on critical development issues such as Finance and Development, Technical Progress and Structural Change, and Industrial Policies.

For more info contact:
Nicolas Pons-Vignon
nicolas.pons-vignon@wits.ac.za
079 481 7848

Frank Stevens
FStevens@thedti.gov.za
012 394 1484 | 082 331 5237

Visit APORDE's website at: http://www.aporde.org.za

 

Posted on 30/05/2008 by Anthony Black