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International Conference

Policies and institutions for growth and development: Is there a ‘heterodox’ view?

Organized by the
Centre for Development Studies, University of Glasgow

Centre for Development Studies, Adam Smith Building

Glasgow, 26-27 June 2007

The mainstream consensus is that ‘good policies’ (essentially macroeconomic prudence and openness) are necessary for sustained growth and, hence, poverty reduction. However, ‘good policies’ can only be effective in ‘good policy environments’, where the state enables private initiative, corruption is absent, and governance is good, as it is based on transparency and accountability criteria. In this environment, there is respect for the rule of law and property rights are defended.

The conference aims to provide an opportunity to reflect on whether there is a ‘heterodox’ view on the role of policies and institutions in the development process and on the extent to which developing countries can ‘copy’ policies and institutions in order to accelerate growth and development.

Keynote speakers

• Nelson Barbosa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - formerly Deputy Chief Economic Adviser at the Brazilian Ministry of Budget, Planning and Management and Deputy Secretary of Macroeconomic Policy at the Ministry of Finance
• Amitava Dutt, Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA
• Charles Gore, Senior Economic Affairs Officer and Chief of Research and Policy Analysis at UNCTAD – United Nations Commission for Trade and Development
• Grzegorz Kolodko, Kozminski School of Business, Warsaw; Director and Founder of TIGER – Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research; formerly Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance in Poland
• Mark McGillivray, WIDER - World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University
• Terry McKinley, Acting Director, International Poverty Centre of UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
• Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield
• Machiko Nissanke, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
  
• Erik Reinert, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Executive Chairman of The Other Canon Research Foundation
• Malcolm Sawyer, Leeds University Business School
• Howard Stein, Michigan University, USA
• John Toye, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
  

• The keynote address to open the conference will be presented by Professor Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University; formerly Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF; Special Advisor to UNDP; Director of the Overseas Development Institute.

The keynote address will take place on Tuesday, 26 June at 6.00 pm. The speakers’ presentations are scheduled for Wednesday 27 June, 9.00-17.00.  A programme will be produced in due course.

Conference papers

• Amitava Krishna Dutt (Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA)
  Heterodox development economics and the role of aggregate demand
  

• Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
  Inflation and growth: a heterodox view
  

• Grzegorz W. Kolodko (Kozminski School of Business, Warsaw)
  Institutions and policies for stagnation and growth
  

• Machiko Nissanke (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
  Pro-poor globalisation: an elusive concept or a realistic perspective?
  

• Pamela Lenton (University of Sheffield ) and Paul Mosley (University of Sheffield )
  Dynamic incentives in microfinance: the case of Bolivia

• Mark McGillivray (WIDER, United Nations University) and Simon Feeny (RMIT University, Melbourne)
  Aid, policies and growth: towards a better understanding
  

• Howard Stein (Michigan University, USA)
  The World Bank and institutional development: critical reflections
  

• John Toye (St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford)
  Prospects for the theory of institutions and development
  

• Malcolm Sawyer (Leeds University Business School)
  The operation of markets and development: some heterodox remarks
  

• Charles Gore (UNCTAD - United Nations Commission for Trade and Development)
  Time, space and causality: three sources of alternative thinking about economic growth and development
  

• Erik S. Reinert (Tallinn University of Technology)
  Evolutionary economics, classical development economics, and the history of economic policy: a plea for theorizing by inclusion
  

• Terry McKinley (International Poverty Centre of UNDP - United Nations Development Programme)
  

Participation in the conference and attendance at the keynote address is free; however, registration is required.  If you would like to attend, please contact Mrs Nicola Birkin (Economics Departmental Administrator) on 0141 330 4618 or at n.birkin@lbss.gla.ac.uk. For further information, please contact Dr Alberto Paloni (CDS Director) on 0141 330 4689 or at a.paloni@lbss.gla.ac.uk.

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