Critical Perspectives on Development Economics

APORDE 2021
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics

30th August to 10th September 2021

APORDE is a high-level training programme in development economics which aims to build capacity in economics and economic policymaking. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars taught by leading international and African economists. It is directed at talented economists, policymakers, academics and civil society activists. APORDE 2021 was the 15th edition of the programme with 25 people attending the course.

This lecture by Christopher Cramer and Nicolas Pons-Vignon on Critical perspectives on development economics was given on 30 August 2021.

LECTURE PROGRAMME

Speakers: Christopher Cramer and Nicolas Pons-Vignon
Lecture topic: Critical perspectives on development economics

Speaker: Rashmi Banga
Lecture topic: South-South digital cooperation for industrialisation and regional integration

Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang
Lecture topic: Bringing production back into development: The role of industrial policy

Speaker: Fiona Tregenna
Lecture topic: Structural change and deindustrialisation

Speaker: Julia Chukwuma
Lecture topic: The political economy of health system reform in Nigeria: A National Health Act for universal health coverage in Nigeria
Julia Chukwunda is the 2021 Recipient of the Thandika Mkandawire Young Scholars Prize in African Political Economy and Development Economics

Speaker: Mushtaq Khan
Lecture topic: Governance, democracy and economic development

Speakers: Christopher Cramer and John Sender
Lecture topic: Agriculture, the industrialisation of freshness and industrial policy

Speaker: Jayati Ghosh
Lecture topic: The Covid-19 vaccine apartheid and how to end it

Speaker: Carlos Oya
Lecture topic: Poverty as the condition of labour: Interrogating poverty reduction strategies

Speaker: Adeyemi Dipeolu
Lecture topic: African economic development: A practitioner's view

Speaker: Mushtaq Khan
Lecture topic: Learning, governance and technology acquisition

Speaker: Jonathan di John
Lecture topic: Taxation, resource mobilisation and economic development

Speakers: Faizel Ismail and Niki Cattaneo
Lecture topic: Regional Integration in Africa and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement

Speaker: Antonio Andreoni
Lecture topic: Linking to Industrialise: Global Value Chains, Local Production Systems and Industrial Policy

Speaker: Judith Fessehaie
Lecture topic: Trade and Gender

APORDE is an initiative of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic)
with the support of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).