International
Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) is organizing an international
conference on ''The Economics of the New Imperialism''. This conference
will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi over 22-24
January 2004. More details of the programme will posted shortly.
Programme Schedule
International Development Economics Associates
(IDEAs)
International Conference On
THE ECONOMICS OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM
22 - 24 January, 2004,
School of Social Sciences (SSS-I) Committee Room,
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Program
DAY
1: Thursday 22nd January.
Venue:
Committee Room, School of Social Sciences (SSS)-I, Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU).
9.00 – 9.30: Registration
9.30 – Welcome by Jayati Ghosh, Executive
Secretary of IDEAs.
9.45 – 10.00:
Conference Opening by Madhavan Palat, Dean, School
of Sciences, JNU.
10.00 – 1.15: Session I
The
Contours of the New Imperialism
Chairs:
Madhavan Palat & Sunanda Sen
(1) Samir
Amin – The Contours
of the New Imperialism
Discussant:
Venkatesh Athreya
(2) Prabhat
Patnaik – 'The
New Imperialism'
Discussant:
Jomo K.S.
(3) Korkut
Boratav – 'Some
Recent Changes in Relations
Between the Metropoles and the Periphery of the
Imperialist System'
Discussant: C. P. Chandrasekhar
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1.15
- 2.30: Lunch Break
2.30 - 5.45: Session II
Instruments
and Mechanisms of Neoliberalism: International Trade
Chair:
B. Bhattacharyya
(1)
Mumtaz Keklik
- 'Development under the Current
Multilateral
Trading
System:
An Oxymoron'
Discussant:
Smitha Francis
(2)
Jayati Ghosh
- 'Regionalism, Foreign Investment and Control:
The
New Rules of the Game Outside the WTO'
Discussant:
Rathin Roy
(3)
Alicia Puyana
- 'Is There Convergence Between
North American Free Trade Agreement Partners?'
Discussant: Subrata Guha
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Day
II: Friday 23rd January.
10.00 - 1.15: Session I
Instruments
and Mechanisms of Neoliberalism: International Finance
Chair:
Ravi Srivastava
(1) Jomo
K.S. - Capital Controls
Discussant:
Parthapratim Pal
(2) Erinc
Yeldan - 'Capital's Response to Globalisation:
A
Comparative Analysis of the Adjustment Patterns of
Mark-Ups in Post-Liberalisation Developing Countries'
Discussant:
Murali Kallummal
(3) C.P.
Chandrasekhar - 'Homogenising Financial Structures:
The
New Instrument of Imperialism'
Discussant:
Prasenjit Bose
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1.15
- 2.30: Lunch Break
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2.30 - 5.45: Session
II
Current
Processes in the International Economy- I
Chair:
(1) Cui
Zhiyuan - 'The Chinese
Response to the US Pressure on
RMB Appreciation'.
Discussant: Madhura Swaminathan
(2) Todd
Tucker - 'Oil State in
Revolt: Venezuela and the
Fight Against Neo-Liberalism'
Discussant: Praveen Jha
(3) Jimi
O. Adesina - 'From Development
Crisis to
Development Tragedy: Africa's Encounter with Neoliberalism'
Discussant: Ashwini Deshpande'
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Day
III: Saturday 24th January.
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10.00
- 1.15: Session I
Current Processes
in the International Economy- II
Chair:
Sheila Bhalla
(1) William
Tabb - 'Understanding and
Challenging Global
State
Economic Governance'
Discussant:
Atul Sood
(2) Terry
McKinley - 'Economic Policies
for Growth and
Poverty
Reduction: PRSPs, Neo-Liberal Conditionalities
and 'Post-Consensus' Alternatives'
Discussant:
Ranja Sengupta
(3) Abhijit
Sen - Agrarian Crisis in
Developing Countries in
the Current Context
Discussant:
Korkut Boratav
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1.15 - 2.30: Lunch Break
2.30 - 5.30:
Panel Discussion
on 'Resisting Imperialism Today: Prospects and Challenges'
Chair: Irfan Habib
Samir Amin, Korkut Boratav, Utsa Patnaik,
Alicia Puyana,
Prabhat Patnaik, Aijaz Ahmad.
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January 19, 2004.
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