AFRICAN PROGRAMME ON RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 2016
The African Programme On Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE), in association
with the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development at the University of
Johannesburg, has the pleasure of inviting you to the following Evening Seminar:
SOCIAL POLICY AND ITS LINKAGES WITH
INDUSTRIAL POLICY
presented by Prof Thandika Mkandawire
Topic: During recent decades official institutions have turned to social policy as an important element. The focus
of attention has largely been on social protection and poverty alleviation. This approach has overlooked the
transformative and developmental roles of social policy. The lecture by Professor Mkandawire will highlight and
discuss these features of social policy.
Date:
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Time:
17h30 for 18h00 (refreshments will be provided before the seminar)
Venue:
University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus Auckland Park, C-Ring 315
RSVP:
Reshmi Singh: [email protected] to confirm attendance, by 7 September.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Thandika Mkandawire is former Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
(UNRISD) and the first person to take on the position of Chair in African Development at the London School of
Economics (LSE).
Prof. Mkandawire was formerly Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen and has taught at the
Universities of Stockholm and Zimbabwe. He was a holder of the Olof Palme Professorship for Peace with the Institute
for Future Studies in Stockholm. His research interests are mostly in development theory, economic policy and
development and social policy in developing countries and political economy of development in Africa.
About the APORDE programme: APORDE is a two-week high-level annual seminar that brings together academics,
policy-makers and civil society representatives to investigate economic development options. It is aimed at building
capacity in the South, particularly in Africa and founded on the need to broaden perspectives on development thinking
and policymaking.