Hosted by Development Studies Committee,University of Cambridge with support from the Ford Foundation

14 July - 30 July, 2005 Queens' College, Cambridge, England.

With financial support from the Ford Foundation, the Development Studies Committee of the University of Cambridge is hosting an advanced summer programme on rethinking development economics for the fifth time. Last four years' programmes were great successes and we hope to build on them.

This summer's programme will be held at Queens' College, Cambridge, between 14 July and 30 July 2005, inclusive. The programme will admit a select group of 20 or so young academics from developing countries, including transition economies, and provide them with lectures, discussion, and research workshops with leading scholars on cutting edge topics in development economics from a number of critical perspectives. The programme will fully finance travel, accommodation, subsistence, and fees for those who are selected.

Background
The failure of various Neo-Liberal reforms in numerous developing and transition economies to generate long-term growth and reduce poverty have generated such criticism that even the IMF has recently felt obliged to proclaim poverty reduction as its official goal. At the same time, as most dramatically demonstrated in the collapses of the Seattle and the Cancun talks of the WTO, there is an increasing dissatisfaction both in the developing and the developed countries with the emerging neo-liberal global economic order. The disillusionment with the orthodoxy now exists even at the heart of the "establishment", as it has been so powerfully demonstrated the events surrounding the resignations of Joseph Stiglitz and Ravi Kanbur from the World Bank a few years ago.

If there is an increasing demand for an alternative to this orthodoxy, the supply is not meeting it. The older generation development economists of the 1950s and the 1960s vintage have been, over the last few decades, edged out of most major universities in international centers of academic excellence, especially the major US universities. The situations in most developing countries are even worse. While in these countries there may be more demand for alternatives to orthodox development economics, these countries have even less capability to generate such alternatives. Due to, among other things, resource constraints, researchers and students from developing countries tend to rely on a small number of standard textbooks and the publications from the multilateral financial institutions, which severely restricts their exposure to alternative approaches.

The Programme
The programme intends to fill this important intellectual gap. It will give a select group of 20 or so young academics from developing countries, including transition economies, an opportunity to gain exposure to frontier research undertaken from critical perspectives on key issues in development economics. The teaching will be conducted through lectures, discussions, and research workshops provided by some of the world's leading academics in relevant fields. All travel, accommodation, subsistence, and fees will be paid for by the programme.

Each day of the workshop will consist of two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each session lasts three-and-half hours. The sessions will be mostly in the form of lectures, which will consist of at least two hours of lecturing and at least one hour of discussion with some breaks. There will be three "Research Workshops" on selected topics, which will involve short presentations by a few members of the teaching staff, followed by an open discussion. There will be also informal contacts between students and faculty during lunch, tea and coffee breaks, and possibly some dinners.

The details of the provisional programme is attached at the end of this announcement.

Applications
The applicants are expected to have at least a Master's degree in economics or in relevant subjects with a strong background in economics (e.g., development studies, public administration) and currently be engaged in academic jobs (teaching or research). They are expected to have at least two years' work experience. Some may be chosen from outside academia (e.g., government, private sector, NGOs), if they have the minimum academic qualification and relevant experiences. On average, those who were selected for the last four programmes already had a PhD (or were close to finishing it) and had five years' work experience. All these are, however, basic guidelines, and all cases will be considered on their own merits.

Those who wish to apply for the course should send their Curriculum Vitae, an official transcript (academic records) from BA onwards, and one letter of reference from someone who is familiar with their academic work. For students whose main medium of instruction during their education was not English, some proof of English proficiency will be necessary. Results of standard English proficiency tests (e.g., TOEFL or IELTS) will be preferable, but other proof may be also accepted (e.g., a sample of written work in English).

Applications should be accompanied by a covering letter, indicating the applicant's full contact details (including the e-mail address, which will be the main means of communication during the admissions process) and their fields of interest within development economics, to Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, Course Director, CAPORDE, Development Studies Committee, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX, United Kingdom. The application should reach Dr. Chang by 25 April. Please note that we are not able to accept any document faxed or submitted in electronic forms, with the possible exception of the reference letter. Although a hard copy if preferred, the reference can be e-mailed, if necessary, to Dr. Chang at hjc1001@econ.cam.ac.uk. The candidates will be notified of the outcome of their applications by the middle of May.


Provisional Programme For Cambridge Advanced Programme on Rethinking Development Economics Queens' College, 14 July - 30 July, 2005.

Day 1 (Thursday, 14 July)

1. Introduction to the Workshop (Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge)
2. Changing Perspective on Development Economics (John Toye, University of Oxford; former director of Institute of Development [IDS], University of Sussex)
3. The Market, the State, and Institutions in Economic Development (Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge)

Day 2 (Friday, 15 July)

1. Development Policy in Historical Perspectives (Erik Reinert, The Other Canon Foundation, Norway, and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
2. East Asian Development Experience (Ha-Joon Chang)
   *Special evening talk (8pm - 10pm): On Trespassing in Economic Practice (Jose Antonio Ocampo)

Day 3 (Saturday, 16 July)

1. Rethinking the Development Agenda (Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations)
2. Transition Economies (Michael Ellman, University of Amsterdam)

Day 4 (Sunday, 17 July)

• Rest

Day 5 (Monday, 18 July)

1. New Growth Theory (Ben Fine, SOAS)
2. Latin American Development Experience (Gabriel Palma, University of Cambridge)

Day 6 (Tuesday, 19 July)

1. Globalisation, History, and Development (Deepak Nayyar, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University)
2. African Development Challenge (Howard Stein, University of Michigan)

Day 7 (Wednesday, 20 July)

1. Macroeconomic Issues in Economic Development (Lance Taylor, New School University)
2. Research Workshop on Structural Adjustment (Ha-Joon Chang; Jomo, K.S.; Deepak Nayyar; Howard Stein; Lance Taylor)

Day 8 (Thursday, 21 July)

1. Southeast Asian Development Experience (Jomo, K.S., Assistant-Secretary General, Department for Social and Economic Affairs, United Nations)
2. Trade and Industrial Policy Issues (Ha-Joon Chang)

Day 9 (Friday, 22 July)

1. Big Business and Economic Development (Peter Nolan, University of Cambridge)
2. Technology and Development (Sanjaya Lall, University of Oxford)

Day 10 (Saturday, 23 July)

1. Stock Market and Corporate Governance in Developing Countries (Ajit Singh, University of Cambridge)
2. Recent Financial Crises in Developing Countries (Gabriel Palma)

Day 11 (Sunday, 24 July)

• Rest

Day 12 (Monday, 25 July)

1. International Financial Flows (Ilene Grabel, University of Denver)
2. Research Workshop on Corporate Governance in Developing Countries (Ha-Joon m Chang; Ajit Singh; Peter Nolan; Ilene Grabel; Gabriel Palma)

Day 13 (Tuesday, 26 July)

1. Poverty and Inequality (John Sender, School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], University of London)
2. Feminist Approach to Rethinking Development Economics (Diane Elson, Essex University)

Day 14 (Wednesday, 27 July)

1. Agriculture and Economic Development (Shailaja Fennell, University of Cambridge)
2. Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development (Ha-Joon Chang)

Day 15 (Thursday, 28 July)

1. Institutions and Economic Development (Ha-Joon Chang)
2. Globalisation and Inequality (Andrea Cornia, University of Firenze, former director of WIDER [World Institute for Development Economics], Helsinki)

Day 16 (Friday, 29 July)

1. Global Governance Issues - An NGO View (Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network)
2. Research Workshop on Governance Issues (Ha-Joon Chang; Andrea Cornia; Martin Khor, Barbara Harriss-White)
   *Farewell dinner

Day 17 (Saturday, 30 July)

1. Social Institutions and the Underdeveloped Economy (Barbara Harriss-White, University of Oxford) (to be confirmed)
2. Concluding Workshop (Ha-Joon Chang, Course Director; two Deputy Course Directors - to be selected)

* Please note that the timetable is still provisional. Some more evening talks are likely to be organised.

March 14, 2005.