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Papers

Papers from study group meetings are kept on the appropriate study group pages. See the list on the left for papers from previous conferences.

Recent papers from DSA members

Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture, urbanisation and growth. Mary Tiffen, Drylands Research Centre. Paper: Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

Annual conference 2003: Globalisation and Development

(10-12 September 2003, University of Strathclyde)

Papers are listed by session in the order that they were given during the conference. Click on the PDF icon to download/open the paper in Adobe Acrobat format.

Wednesday 10 September

Plenary 1

Adrian Wood, Making globalisation work for the poor: The 2000 white paper reconsidered [Download/open .pdf of presentation]

International Organisations and Policy Reforms 1

Brigitte Granville and Sushanta Mallick, Integrating poverty reduction in IMF - World Bank modelsOpen paper: Integrating poverty reduction...

Economics, Finance and Development 1

NGOs and Development I (SCIAF)

Allam Ahmed, Challenges of sustainable development in Africa towards achieving the UN millenium development goals Paper: Challenges of sustainable development in Africa

Maura Leen, The challenges and opportunities for international civil society in promoting ethical globalisationDownload paper: Challenges for civil society in promoting ethical globalisation

Information and Technology

Agriculture, Rural Development and Trade Liberalisation

Ageing and Development 1

Roddy McKinnon and Roland Sigg The role and nature of non-contributory social security in the design of social protection strategies for older people in developing countries Download paper: Role and nature of non-contributory social security...

International Organisations and Policy Reforms 2

Musa Jega Ibrahim, An evaluation of the developmental implications of the World Bank and IMF lending policies Download paper: Evaluation of developmental implications of World Bank and IMF lending policies

Economics, Finance and Development 2

Anthony Clunies-Ross, Ways of paying for global public goods Download paper: Ways of paying for global public goods

Firdu Gemech and John Struthers, The McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis: Thirty years on: A review of recent developments in financial liberalisation theory Paper: The McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis: Thirty years on

Andrew Sumner, Why are we still arguing about globalisation? Paper: Why are we still arguing about globalisation?

Environment 1

Silviu Scrieciu, Economic causes of tropical deforestation - a global empirical application Download paper: Economic and environmental implications of agricultural reforms

Information Technology 2

Moazzem Hossain, Telecommunications reform and the emerging "new economy": The case of India Paper: Telecommunications reform and the

Globalisation and Development

John Henley, Chasing the dragon: Accounting for the under-performance of India by comparison with China in attracting foreign direct investment Paper: Chasing the dragon [Tables and figures Chasing the dragon: tables and figures]

Mozammel Huq, Economic development in a changing globalised economy: The case of developing countries Download paper: Economic development in a changing globalised economy

Sandy Kyaw, Foreign direct investment to developing countries in the globalised world Download paper: Foreign direct investment to developing countries

Human Development

Karuna Gomanee, Sourafel Girma and Oliver Morrissey, Aid, public spending and human welfare: Evidence from quantile regressions Download paper: Aid, public spending and human welfare

Women and Development

Agriculture and Rural Development 2

Jonathan Kydd and Andrew Dorward, Implications of market and coordination failures for rural development in least developed countries Download paper: Implications of market and coordination failures for rural development in LDCs


Thursday 11 September

Plenary 2

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, The Millenium Development Goals and the Responsibility of Rich Countries

Development Management 1

Jankees van Donge, Nurtured from above and growing from the roots: social funds and decentralisation in Zambia and Malawi Download paper: Nurtured from above and growing from the roots

Kuo-Tai Cheng, Telecommunications privatisation in Taiwan: A beautiful mistake? Download paper: Telecommunications and privatisation in Taiwan

Julius Court and John Young, Bridging Research and Policy: Insights from 50 Case Studies Download paper: Bridging research and policy

Economics, Finance and Development 3

Anne-Sophie Claeys and Alice Sindzingre, Regional integration as a transfer of rules: The case of the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Download paper: Regional integration as a transfer of rules

NGOs and Development 2 (INTRAC)

Fletcher Tembo, Political leverage through revelation of inter-face meanings: A critical NGDO role in building poor people’s capacity to benefit from globalisation Download paper: Political leverage through revelation of inter-face meeting

Ageing and Development 2

Globalisation, Production and Poverty

Wellbeing and Development 1: Researching Wellbeing - Objective and Subjective

Laura Camfield, Using subjective measures of wellbeing in developing countries Paper: Using subjective measures of wellbeing in developing countries

Technology and Development 1

Allam Ahmed, Strengthening African universities' role in technology development: A Sudan case study Paper: Strengthening African universities' role in technology development

Livestock 1

ESRC presentation: Video on WTO policies

Joseph Assan, "Blackstar greenroom": WTO policies and Ghana Paper: Blackstar greenroom Copies of the video used in this presentation can be supplied on request.

Philip Gyesi-Appiah, Impact analysis of small-to-medium enterprise (SME) export development in Ghana Paper: Impact analysis of SME export development

International Organisations and Policy Reforms 3

Hamed El-Said and Jane Harrigan, Globalisation, international finance and political Islam in the Arab World Paper: Globalisation, international finance and political Islam

Economics, Finance and Development 4

Poverty 1

Corporate Social Responsibility/ Development Ethics

Arif Zaman, Made in Japan: Converging trends in corporate social responsibility and corporate governance Download paper: Made in Japan

African Trade: Economics, Finance and Development

Alamedin Bannaga, Adjustment policies and the current-account balance: empirical evidence from Sudan Download paper: Adjustment policies and the current-account balance

Ayele Gelan, Trade policy and urban-rural inequalities in LDCs: A simulation experiment with a new economic geography model Download paper: trade policy and urban-rural inequalities

Wellbeing and Development 2: Researching Wellbeing - Culture, Structure and Inequality

Bereket Kebede, Administrative allocation, lease markets and inequality in land in rural Ethiopia: 1995-97 Download paper: Administrative allocation, lease markets and inequality in land in rural Ethiopia

Women and Development 2

Livestock 2

Development with a 'Public Face' (campaigns, stereotypes, awareness)

Caroline Wright, Consuming lives, consuming landscapes: Interpreting advertisements for "Cafedirect" coffee Paper: Consuming lives, consuming landscapes The following images are referred to in the paper (click the link to download/open the image): freezedried, Leonardo, Machu Picchu, organic, text.

Economics, Finance and Development 5

Tadeo Satta, Foreign-entry influence on bank lending to small firms in Tanzania Download paper: Foreign-entry influence on bank lending

Asian Trade: Economics Finance and Development

Poverty 2

Wendy Olsen, Pluralism, tenancy and poverty: Cultivating open-mindedness in poverty studies Download paper: Pluralism, tenancy and poverty

Globalisation and Political Economy

Renee Prendergast, Development and freedom Download paper: Development and freedom

Garrett Wyse, A new definition of public goods for the microfinance industry: Some suggestions for the donor community Paper: A new definition of public goods for the microfinance industry

Corporate Social Responsibility/ Development Ethics

Technology and Development 2

Mozammel Huq, Building technological capability in developing countries: The case for a technology policy Download paper: Building technological capability in developing countries

Agriculture and Rural Development 3

Fatima Adamu, Globalisation and economic glocalisation in northern Nigeria Paper: Globalisation and glocalisation in Nigeria


Friday 12 September

Plenary 3

Tony Barnett, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation and Development Studies [Download/open .pdf of presentation]

Development Management 2

Colin Jacobs, The challenge of public sector reform in EC accession countries: Reflections from the Baltic Download paper: The challenge of public sector reform in EC accession countries

Economics, Finance and Development 7

HIV/AIDS and Development

John Morton, Conceptualising the links between HIV/AIDS and pastoralist livelihoods Paper: Conceptualising the links between HIV and pastoralist livelihoods

Ageing and Development 3

Economics, Finance and Development 9

Jose Maria de Oliveira, Product quality and productivity for development in Brazil: The influences of trade liberalisation in the adoption of such programmes Download paper: Product quality and productivity for development in Brazil

Environment 2

Women and Development 2

Women and Development 3

Agriculture and Rural Development 4

Czech Conroy and Alistair Sutherland, Participatory techology development with resource-poor farmers: maximising impact through the use of recommended domains Download paper: Participatory tech development with resource-poor farmers

Chris Garforth, Yadav Khatiwada and David Campbell, Communication research to support knowledge interventions in agricultural development: case studies from Eritrea and Uganda Download paper: Communication research to support knowledge interventions in agricultural development

Anita Gill, Interlinked agrarian credit markets in a developing economy: A case study of Indian Punjab Download paper: Interlinked agrarian credit markets

International Organisations and Policy Reforms 4

Oliver Morrissey and Arjan Verschoor, What does ownership mean in practice? Policy learning and the evolution of pro-poor policies in Uganda Download paper: What does ownership mean in practice?

Plenary 4: Globalisation, Justice, Aid and Development

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