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