The future and poverty reduction
VENUE: De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 (Tram stop Leidseplein), Amsterdam
DATE: Tuesday, 13 May 2008
TIME: 8 pm
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In the past few months several scenarios for the future have been discussed in De Balie. In the coming months we will look at the consequences of these scenarios for urgent social problems. In May the subject will be poverty reduction.
A central component of economic development assistance is the “Washington Consensus’, a ‘standard’ reform package of ten economic policy reforms, prescribed by the World Bank and the IMF. The reforms are quintessentially neoliberal. Emerging economies such as Brazil and China are extremely critical of the Consensus. What does the shifting economic balance mean for the large development organisations? Will the IMF and the World Bank be necessary in the future? Should poverty reduction even deal with macroeconomic measures? And what is the role of the private sector?
Bahram Sadeghi and David Glas will report on the World Bank Court, taking place on May 6th. The seventh part of Visual Foreign Correspondents has been made by Thando Mama from South Africa.
About the speakers
The economist Simeon Djankov is the creator of the World Bank Doing Business series. Within the World Bank he has worked for many years on trade agreements in North Africa, enterprise restructuring and privatisation in transition economies, and corporate governance in East Asia. Djankov was a principal author of the World Development Report 2002. He has published more than 70 articles in eminent academic journals, such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics and American Economic Review.
The political scientist Susan George, also known as the “grand dame” of the global justice movement, is a Fellow and Chair of the Board of the Transnational Institute, and one of the founders of ATTAC, an international movement that promotes fair globalisation. She has spent many years developing her economic critique and alternatives to the present situation, for example in Faith and Credit; The World Bank’s Secular Empire and Another world is possible IF, two of her publications.
Andrew Mwenda is a political journalist from Uganda. He was a very popular (and controversial) radio presenter at K-FM. His work led to many brushes with the Ugandan authorities. Mwenda has also written extensively about the (negative) effects of development assistance on development in Africa, and has published articles in many prestigious newspapers and journals. He is regularly cited in international media. In 2007 he launched the newspaper The Independent in Kampala, of which he is the editor.
The Globalised Crystal Ball is a series made by De Balie with the co-operation of De Volkskrant and Vrij Nederland. This evening was made possible by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NCDO.
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