4 June: Is Development Aid Nonsense?
Transnational Insitute - 14.05.2010 13:28
Organised by the Transnational Institute (TNI)
DATE: Friday, 4 June 2010
TIME: 20:00 – 22:00hrs
VENUE: Salon, de Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam
ENTRANCE: Free
Is Development Aid Nonsense?
PANEL:
Prof Jan Nederveen Pieterse (Chair), author of the WRR report “Minder
pretentie, meer ambitie” on the future of Dutch development cooperation;
Professor of global sociology at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Dot Keet (South Africa), Alternative Information & Development Centre,
Cape Town
Achin Vanaik (India), Professor of International Relations and Global
Politics, Delhi University
Dr Gonzalo Berrón (Brazil), Sociologist and Political Advisor for the
Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, Sao Paolo
Debate about the future of Dutch development cooperation is again picking
up pace ahead of the general elections in June. Opinions amongst political
parties vary depending on their political orientation but no one seems to
be asking the countries in the South about their needs.
The Transnational Institute is bringing Southern voices into the debate. A
panel from some of the rising countries of the South will discuss how
Dutch aid could usefully contribute to more sustainable development. They
include Dr Gonzalo Berrón (Brazil), Professor Achin Vanaik (India), Dot
Keet (South Africa).
The session will be chaired by Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse, one of
the authors of the WWR report on the Dutch development futures. He is
author of 15 books and specialist in development and cultural studies and
globalisation.
The panellists will be available for interviews on 3 June. To arrange an
interview or for more information, please contact  nina.brenjo@tni.org
The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international network of
activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems
such as militarism and conflict, poverty and marginalisation, social
injustice and environmental degradation. www.tni.org
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