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About Aporde
APORDE was created in 2007 at the initiative of Nicolas Pons-Vignon (then at IFAS, now at Wits University) and Nimord …
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Lecturers
APORDE will feature leading international and African economists to lead discussions and share their views on economic development and industrialisation …
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Our partners
APORDE is supported by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Industrial Development Corporation; both crucially involved in economic development, with an …
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This is Joburg
Joburg may well be the perfect city: its summers are warm with spectacular thundershowers; its winters are relatively mild.
Aporde 2021 Call for Application
Dear APORDE ALUMNI,
We would like to announce that the fifteenth edition of the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) is currently CLOSED.
Thandika Mkandawire Prize for Outstanding Scholarship in African Political Economy and Economic Development and Prize for Young Scholars
The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) and the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI Industrial Development) would like to announce that we are awarding the 2021 Prize for Young Scholars to Julia Ngozi Chukwuma from Nigeria, for her paper ‘The political economy of health system reform in Nigeria: a National Health Act for universal health coverage in Nigeria?’…..
The Seminar
Over the two weeks, leading academics, policy makers and civil society representatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America explore alternatives to mainstream thinking on development issues, in a manner that promotes original thinking.
Participants receive intensive high-level training and interact with some of the best development economists in the world, as well as with their peers from around the world.
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EconomicsEconomics
the study of how people use resources and respond to incentives, or the study of decision-making. It often involves topics …
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FinancialisationFinancialisation
is the development of financial capitalism during the period from 1980 until 2010, in which debt-to-equity ratios increased and financial …
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Rural PovertyRural Poverty
Rural poverty refers to poverty found in rural areas, including factors of rural society, rural economy, and rural political systems …
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Industrial PolicyIndustrial Policy
The industrial policy of a country, sometimes denoted IP, is its official strategic effort to encourage the development and growth of part …
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Profile creation
Create a profile with Aporde before you get all the information necessary that we are offering by clicking the button below.
Once you have completed the online application and uploaded all the required documents,please email the same documents to christiank@idc.co.za.
Please download the call for application document .Call for application 2021
Our Speakers Videos
Speakers: Christopher Cramer and Nicolas Pons-Vignon Lecture topic: Critical perspectives on development economics
Speaker: Rashmi Banga Lecture topic: South-South digital cooperation for industrialisation and regional integration
Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang Lecture topic: Bringing production back into development: The role of industrial policy
Speaker: Fiona Tregenna Lecture topic: Structural change and deindustrialisation
Speaker: Julia Chukwuma Lecture topic: The political economy of health system reform in Nigeria: A National Health Act for universal health coverage in Nigeria Julia Chukwunda is the 2021 Recipient of the Thandika Mkandawire Young Scholars Prize in African Political Economy and Development Economics
Speaker: Mushtaq Khan Lecture topic: Governance, democracy and economic development