Great start of #ECAS2023 in panel Econ14. Learnjng a lot from King'asia Mamati's presentation on indigenous food systems in Kenya.

Fascinating concept of "futurocracy" presented by Jonathan Fisher 🇺🇦 at #ecas2023: UAE, Singapore, and Rwanda deploy idealised future as ideology to justify today's actions.

Why small is not beautiful when it comes to development: ⁦david pilling⁩ takes on the current development orthodoxy on.ft.com/3FHYJbg

Ein kurzer Blogpost von mir auf 17Ziele dazu, wie Armut wirklich "überall und in allen Formen" beendet werden kann (SDG 1): 17ziele.de/blog/detail/sd… Spoiler: Es braucht strukturelle ökonomische Transformation in Niedrigeinkommensländern, inkl. Industrialisierung.

Just corrected the final proofs of my latest book, a political history of #Rwanda from the mid-19th century up to the present day. The longue durée shows more continuity than ruptures. cambridge.org/core/books/mod…

The CfP for our (co-organised w/ Pritish Behuria) workshop on the 70th anniversary of Lewis (1954) is up. Join us in Manchester, 5-6 December 2024 for discussion on contemporary significance of Lewis to contemporary development strategy. Further details: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/call-for-paper…

"In these scholars’ view, (historic development theory from the Global South) is already decolonial in nature because of its interest in structural economic transformation" developmentresearch.eu/?p=1915

Featuring Pritish Behuria Shandana Khan Mohmand Pallavi Roy Nic Cheeseman Sebastian Heinen Vanessa van den Boogaard Pauline Hoffmann Miguel Loureiro Mark Furness Moritz Schmoll Abel Gwaindepi Mette Kjær Niheer Dasandi & many many more!