How does “business as usual” fit development?

Lyydia Kilpi The Finnish NGO Platform (Kepa) Nearly 50 researchers, activists and other interested citizens gathered together on 7 June to discuss the current role of private sector in development discourse and practice in the seminar “Private-sector driven development: Views from Academia and Activists”, organised by the Finnish Society for Development research. The trend is clear: …

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Summer Days 2017 – looking at the theme of Private-sector driven development from the Nordic perspective

THE NEW PRIVATE TURN IN NORDIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION STRATEGY* Bonn Juego University of Jyväskylä In the past 15 years, “the private turn” in international development cooperation framework has become more evident. This shift in foreign policy is essentially characterized by a change in strategy from the old state-to-state relations centered on the giving and receiving …

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FSDR Summer Days 2017: Private-sector driven development – Views from Academia and Activists

Time: Wednesday, the 7th of June, 13.00-16.00 Place: House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Hki (Hall 505; 5th floor, lift available) This seminar, organized by the Finnish Society for Development Research, will explore the drivers and implications of the current “private turn” in development policy and aid practice. The global Agenda 2030 for sustainable …

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Docnet launched

The Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID) launched UniPID DocNet, a nationwide initiative to support development research doctoral training. As the Finnish development research doctoral network, UniPID DocNet supports the interdisciplinary training and networking of doctoral students in development research. UniPID DocNet is a membership-based network for selected doctoral students and supervisors from UniPID …

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Professor Neera Chandhoke: Keynote speech

Professor Neera Chandhoke delivers her keynote speech titled as “Realising justice” at the Development Research Day 2016 in Helsinki, February 2016. Video & editing: Mikael Kanerva.

Kesäpäivät 2016

Hyvä Kehitystutkimuksen seuran jäsen! (*) For English, scroll down Lämpimästi tervetuloa viettämään Kehitystutkimuksen seuran perinteistä Kesäpäivää ti 17. toukokuuta 2016 klo 16:00 alkaen, Tieteiden talo (Kirkkokatu 6), sali 505. Tänä vuonna haluamme nostaa esille taiteen avaamia mahdollisuuksia kehityskysymysten ymmärtämiseksi ja erilaisten teemojen esille nostamiseksi. Niinpä Kesäpäivän otsikoksi onkin valittu: TAITEEN JA KEHITYSTUTKIMUKSEN RAJAPINNOILLA Olemme kutsuneet tilaisuuteen kolme …

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