Organisers:
International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)
The Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA),
Addis Ababa
CODESRIA,
Dakar, Senegal.
Supported by:
UNDP, New York.
Deadline for Applications:
15 October, 2004.
Applications are invited for an intensive Workshop
on 'Macroeconomic Policies, Agrarian Change and Development'
to be held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during December
12-16, 2004.
IDEAs or International Development Economics Associates
is a pluralist network of progressive economists across
the world, engaged in research, teaching, and dissemination
of critical analyses of economic policy and development.
Its members are motivated by the need to strengthen
and develop alternatives to the current mainstream
economic paradigm as formulated by the neo-liberal
orthodoxy, which has failed to achieve sustainable,
equitable and participatory growth. Please visit the
IDEAs website:
http://www.networkideas.org for more information.
Programme
IDEAs is organizing a Workshop on 'Macroeconomic Policies,
Agrarian Change and Development' in Addis Ababa with
a focus on issues of current concern with respect
to the agrarian sector in developing countries.
It is increasingly evident that there is a crisis
of livelihood across large parts of the developing
world and issues of food security continue to be of
pressing concern, though both economic security and
food security problems are far from static and are
continuously affected by the evolving agrarian structures
and patterns of development. Understanding the changes
in agrarian structures and growth patterns and the
extent to which these changes have been conducive
to the process of inclusive development would be the
first major focus area of the Workshop.
Agrarian development is intimately linked to the macroeconomic
contexts both at the national and international levels.
Changes in the agrarian sector have to be understood
in the context of the stabilization and structural
adjustment policies and the more recent "poverty
reduction strategies" adopted or followed by
countries facing external debt problems. Exploring
the linkages between the macroeconomic processes and
specific changes observed in the agrarian sector,
and their implications for development would thus
be the second major area of focus.
The Workshop sessions will cover the following broad
theoretical and policy themes:
(A) The Macro Context: Constraints and Possibilities
for Developing Countries
(B) Agrarian Structure and Patterns of Growth
(C) Methods of Analysing Agrarian Change
(D) Agricultural Trade Patterns and Trade Agreements
The total working time of the workshop is 30 hours
over five working days. The sessions will be in lecture
format followed by open discussion. It is also intended
to be an interactive forum between young African scholars
and practitioners.
The workshop participants are also expected to attend
an International Conference on 'The Agrarian Constraint
and Poverty Reduction: Macroeconomic Lessons for Africa'
to be held in Addis Ababa during 17-19 December, 2004.
Eligibility for participation:
- Must be African nationals based in Africa;
- May be economists who have completed or are close
to completing their Ph.D. dissertations; or
- Individuals with a strong economics background,
involved in advocacy work with civil society organizations
or engaged in policy work with African governments.
Successful applicants will be sponsored to cover
the costs of their travel and local hospitality.
Applications should be accompanied with a recent version
of the curriculum vitae and one letter of recommendation,
and should be sent by email to both the addresses
given below. The letter of recommendation is to be
sent independently by the referee.
Prof. Jayati Ghosh,
IDEAs,
C/o Economic Research Foundation,
124 A/1, Katwaria Sarai Main Road,
New Delhi 110016, INDIA.
Tel: 91-11-26611235; 26850050.
Fax: 91-11-26611764
email: afrierf@yahoo.com
Prof. Assefa Admassie,
Director,
Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute,
P.O. Box 34282 Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Tel: 25 11- 23 4363
Fax: 25 11- 23 4362
September 10, 2004.
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