Debating Development 2008-09

ACADEMIc YEAR 2008-2009

Debating Development How decent is the global village? from 13 October to 8 December 2008 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the UA City Campus promotion hall 'De Grauwzusters' Lange Sint-Annastraat 7 - 2000 Antwerpen

Moderator: Guy Poppe Monday 13 October

Foes of food: how to ensure world food security?



Piet Vanthemsche (Boerenbond) Eric Tollens (K.U.Leuven)

Monday 20 October



Development cooperation in the new aid paradigm: what role for the independent actors?



Bogdan Vandenberghe (11.11.11) Robrecht Renard (IOB - UA)

Monday 27 October

How to break the resource curse in DR Congo?



Ferdinand Muhigirwa (Centre d’Etudes pour l’Action Sociale - DR Congo) Stefaan Marysse (IOB - UA)

Monday 3 November

The role and influence of emerging donors in the aid landscape



Jonathan Holslag (Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies - VUB) Geert Laporte (European Centre for Development Policy Management)

Monday 17 November

Pro-poor tourism: a journey towards poverty reduction?





Jonathan Mitchell (Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom) Griet Steel (Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation - University of Amsterdam)

Monday 24 November

Are bio-fuels decent fuels?





(speakers to be confirmed)

Monday 1 December

Back to decent life? HIV/AIDS and civil society action



Jonathan Wangisi (The AIDS Support Organisation, Uganda) Dirk Van der Roost (Institute of Tropical Medicine)

Monday 8 December

Decent work in the global village: the case of the maquiladoras (speakers to be confirmed)

For more info: www.ua.ac.be/debatingdevelopment or contact [email protected] This cycle of debates is offered as an interfaculty course. Debating Development is organised by The Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB) The University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) The initiative can count on financial support of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) Ontwerp: Nieuwe Media Dienst - CDE