Rethinking Development Economics : Active Growth and Social Policies Under Globalisation

PUCRS,Building 12, Room 405, Porto Alegre.

February 3 and 4, 2002.
 
February 3, 14:00 hrs
The Nature of the International Economy
Jayati Ghosh - Introduction
Susan George - The consequences of neoliberalism
Erinc Yeldan - Financial globalisation and crises
Julio Lopez - Import penetration, modernisation and unemployment
Kari Polanyi Levitt - Economic democracy in our times

February 4, 14:00 hrs
The World Economy and Developing Countries
C.P. Chandrasekhar - The implications of world recession
Franklin Serrano - Growth, distribution and development
Thandika Mkandawire - Social policy for development
Maria da Conceicao Tavares - Rethinking development in Latin America
Samir Amin - The scope for alternatives

January 15, 2002.