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Nov 21 2012

Professor Thandika Mkandawire

Published by at 6:30 am under Economy and Finance

Professor of African Development at the LSE

Thandika Mkandawire speakerProfessor Thandika Mkandawire is an economist with a keen interest in the promotion of comparative research on development issues. He is former Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the first person to take on the new position of Chair in African Development at the London School of Economics (LSE). He currently holds the Olof Palme Professor for Peace with the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm.

“An economist with many years’ experience in the promotion of comparative research on development issues.”


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Prof. Mkandawire was formerly Director of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen and has taught at the Universities of Stockholm and Zimbabwe. His research interests are mostly in development theory, economic policy and development and social policy in developing countries and political economy of development in Africa.[/expand]


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Professor Mkandawire offers audiences an extensive insight into the role of African intellectuals; social policy in a development context; African perspectives on structural adjustment; Africa’s re-industrialisation; aid, accountability and democracy; and transformative social policy in developing countries.[/expand]


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Professor Mkandawire’s presentations are customised to fit the needs of the clients to whom he is speaking. His messages are powerful and effective, delivered in his personal, yet highly professional style.[/expand]



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Social & Economic Policy in Developing Countries

Political Economy of Development in Africa

Development Theory



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