recent activities, fall 2011

The 2011 - 2012 academic session is now upon us. This year I will only be teaching our first year introduction to international development, Human inequality in global perspective. In addition to my administrative responsibilities as Chair of the Department, I will continue my advisory work for the Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative of the United Nations Development Programme. This will see me travel to Korea, Bahrain and possibly Senegal as the Initiative is 'rolled out' into Asia and the Pacific as well as the Middle East and North African regions. I also will be continuing to revise my current research on land grabbing in the developing world. As usual, it will be busy.

food movements unite!

Food Movements Unite! is a new book edited by Eric Holt-Giménez and Annie Shattuck. It provides a sector by sector road map for bringing the tremendous transformative potential of the world’s food movements together into a powerful transnational force capable of ending the injustices that cause hunger.

Food Movements Unite! from Food First on Vimeo.

Congratulations to Food First for bringing together such an extraordinary range of contributors, and for facilitating a vision of a different food future.

occupy your democracy

The single most important Robert Reich clip you can share today; it’s two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure common sense that you can share with everyone.

The Single Most Important Robert Reich Clip You Can Share Today

How to write about Africa

An excellent article by Binyavanga Wainaina originally published in Granta 92 that challenges us to rethink our assumptions.

Page 1 | How to Write about Africa | Granta 92: The View from Africa | Magazine | Granta Magazine

Thanks Laura for directing this to me.

the case for an alternative economic strategy

Jayoti Ghosh is one of the best heterodox development economists working today. Here is her recent prescription for equitably fixing the global economy.

Overpopulation: the making of a myth

An excellent tutorial introduction as to the creation of the myth that the world is overpopulated.



As some students have remarked, in the words of Raj Patel, 'scratch a Malthusian and you'll find a racist.'

Putting growth in its place: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze on India's political economy in the 21st century

This is an excellent article by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen on India's social and economic performance in the 21st century. It was first published in Outlook.

www.outlookindia.com | Putting Growth In Its Place