Message-ID: <00a701befbc7$4fd25280$0e01a8c0@bj> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:01:45 -0400 From: BJ Cameron <mailto:cameron@PAYSON.TULANE.EDU> Subject: Tulane Seminar Series, To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for cross-posting****************Invitation to a seminar****************
"Structural Adjustment and Poverty Reduction: A Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa for the 21st Century"
Tulane Institute for International Development (TIID) invites you to its September Seminar under the 1999 Tulane International Development Seminar Series.
Speaker: Dr. B. Essama-Nssah World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is among the poorest regions of the world according to all relevant indicators of social well-being, and since the early 1980s most countries in this region have been experiencing a severe socioeconomic crisis. The emergence of this crisis in a region that is rich in natural resources and its persistence during the last decade suggest that development policies and strategies have been either ineffective or poorly implemented, and raise the issue of the impact of Structural Adjustment Programs in the region. This presentation is a discussion of a framework for assessing the effectiveness of structural adjustment policies on poverty reduction, and its application to the case of SSA. Dr. Essama Nssah argues that both the initial development strategies and the Structural Adjustment Programs that followed them failed to reduce poverty in SSA because they were not imbedded in a fair and stable social contract. The real challenge faced by SSA governments and their development partners lies in building institutions capable of harnessing all energies within society to support and sustain a continuous process of social and economic transformation guided by a vision of true human development.
*****Time & Date***** The seminar will commence at 5.30 p.m. and end at 7.00 p.m. on Thursday September 23rd.
***Venue*** Tulane Institute for International Development 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 1100 Arlington, Virginia 22203 (Ballston Metro; Street parking, and parking in 901 North Stuart available)
This seminar is free and open to all, if you would like to attend the seminar: RSVP is required by Monday, September 20th. Telephone: (703) 243-0871 or e-mail: mailto:mmotoya@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
About the Speaker: Professional Experience Currently: Economist in the Operations Evaluation Department of the World Bank working on forest policy issues.
Previously: Economist in the Africa Region of the World Bank working on the interface between macroeconomic policies and poverty.
Senior Research Associate with Cornell University Food and Nutrition Program working on the impact of Structural Adjustment on poverty in Africa.
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law and Economics and Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Yaoundé : Taught International Trade, Mathematical Economics (Graduate level); Econometrics and Mathematics (Undergraduate level).
Education: Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor M.A. Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor BA in Law and Economics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon (major: Economics).
*******M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programs in International Development******* Those interested in the Masters Program in Applied International Development and the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program conducted at the Washington area (Arlington, VA) campus of Tulane University, will be able to meet members of the Tulane Faculty. You can also get more information on these programs by visiting our web site http://payson.tulane.edu/mad/
***Missed a Seminar??? Please Visit our Web site at http://payson.tulane.edu/mad/seminars . Here you can find text, audio and slides shows from previous presentations