Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
China-Africa Relations and INTERNSHIP DATABASE
Obviously we can't go to this lecture, but the event description is interesting and there's a link to an interesting India China Institute at the bottom.
Also, many of you might just be interested in checking out The New School for grad school : ) AND there are a LOT of resources on their website, including a list of internships at a bunch of great orgs!! Check it out! http://gpia.info/internships/current
Development, Thought & Policy @ The New School and The India China
Institute would like to invite you to a lecture with:
Khalid Malik
Understanding China in Africa
Potential for New Development Strategies in Africa
Thursday, March 3rd, 6pm-8pm
66 West 12th Street, room 702
Please RSVP to development.newschool@gmail.
In a relatively brief period, only 6-7 years or so, China has now
emerged as a leading trade, investment and aid partner in almost all
countries in Africa. Trade for instance between Africa and China went up
from a modest $ 2 billion to a whopping $108 billion in 2008. Its
investments now surpass financing from the World Bank. Not only is China
viewed as displacing long established political arrangements, it
steadfastly refuses to condition its investment or aid to political or
economic reforms, taking the view that national policies and governance
are matters of national sovereignty. Africa has thus become one of the
controversies generated by the rise of China as a world power. In 2006,
as a further confirmation of this global shift, one of the largest
gathering of African leaders ever met in Beijing to chart for the future
this new and expanded Africa China partnership.
All this has added fuel to the fire. Often vilified as a
neo-imperialist, China's role in Africa deserves consideration as a new
form of partnership between Africa and the rest of the world. Will
Chinese investment influence ideas about development strategies in
Africa? Will it reshape the political economy of aid relationships?
Having grown at 9-10 percent annually for over 30 years and lifted over
500 million people out of poverty, China is being increasingly looked at
as a model of development for other developing countries. Would the
Beijing Consensus displace the Washington Consensus?
Educated at the universities of Punjab, Cambridge, Essex and Oxford,
Khalid Malik is a development economist who served as the UN Resident
Coordinator in China for 7 years until 2010. He is currently Special
Advisor in UNDP on relations with China, and on other partnerships with
'new donors', and has just completed a book entitled, “Why Has China
Grown so Fast for so Long”.
Development Thought & Policy @ The New School is a new seminar series
that brings to the fore contemporary research and policy proposals for
development that is equitable and human centered.
www.gpia.info/development/dtp <http://www.gpia.info/
The India China Institute (ICI) fosters study, research, and connections
between India, China and the United States—countries that increasingly
share interests and challenges, but have not yet been fully engaged in
trilateral conversations. ICI is the hub of an international network of
institutions and activities that nurtures these conversations and
deepens our understanding of global processes.
www.indiachinainstitute.org <http://www.
Global Studies Program
The New School
66 West 12th St., Suite 401
New York, NY 10011
(212) 229-8590
http://nsglobal.info/
Also, many of you might just be interested in checking out The New School for grad school : ) AND there are a LOT of resources on their website, including a list of internships at a bunch of great orgs!! Check it out! http://gpia.info/internships/current
Development, Thought & Policy @ The New School and The India China
Institute would like to invite you to a lecture with:
Khalid Malik
Understanding China in Africa
Potential for New Development Strategies in Africa
Thursday, March 3rd, 6pm-8pm
66 West 12th Street, room 702
Please RSVP to development.newschool@gmail.
In a relatively brief period, only 6-7 years or so, China has now
emerged as a leading trade, investment and aid partner in almost all
countries in Africa. Trade for instance between Africa and China went up
from a modest $ 2 billion to a whopping $108 billion in 2008. Its
investments now surpass financing from the World Bank. Not only is China
viewed as displacing long established political arrangements, it
steadfastly refuses to condition its investment or aid to political or
economic reforms, taking the view that national policies and governance
are matters of national sovereignty. Africa has thus become one of the
controversies generated by the rise of China as a world power. In 2006,
as a further confirmation of this global shift, one of the largest
gathering of African leaders ever met in Beijing to chart for the future
this new and expanded Africa China partnership.
All this has added fuel to the fire. Often vilified as a
neo-imperialist, China's role in Africa deserves consideration as a new
form of partnership between Africa and the rest of the world. Will
Chinese investment influence ideas about development strategies in
Africa? Will it reshape the political economy of aid relationships?
Having grown at 9-10 percent annually for over 30 years and lifted over
500 million people out of poverty, China is being increasingly looked at
as a model of development for other developing countries. Would the
Beijing Consensus displace the Washington Consensus?
Educated at the universities of Punjab, Cambridge, Essex and Oxford,
Khalid Malik is a development economist who served as the UN Resident
Coordinator in China for 7 years until 2010. He is currently Special
Advisor in UNDP on relations with China, and on other partnerships with
'new donors', and has just completed a book entitled, “Why Has China
Grown so Fast for so Long”.
Development Thought & Policy @ The New School is a new seminar series
that brings to the fore contemporary research and policy proposals for
development that is equitable and human centered.
www.gpia.info/development/dtp <http://www.gpia.info/
The India China Institute (ICI) fosters study, research, and connections
between India, China and the United States—countries that increasingly
share interests and challenges, but have not yet been fully engaged in
trilateral conversations. ICI is the hub of an international network of
institutions and activities that nurtures these conversations and
deepens our understanding of global processes.
www.indiachinainstitute.org <http://www.
Global Studies Program
The New School
66 West 12th St., Suite 401
New York, NY 10011
(212) 229-8590
http://nsglobal.info/
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