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Papers from 2003 annual conference

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 (view conference programme). 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)

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

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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