Málstofa um áhrif efnahagskreppunnar á Afríku
Fimmtudaginn 7. maí kl. 14-17 verður haldin málstofa undir yfirskriftinni “How the Financial Crisis Influences Africa”. Málstofan fer fram á ensku og verður haldin í Öskju (HÍ), Sturlugötu 7, 101 Reykjavík. Í fréttatilkynningu segir:
The Nordic Africa Institute, Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland, the Icelandic International Develpment Agency and the Faculty of Socical and Human Sciences, University of Iceland invite you to a seminar and book launch - “How the Financial Crisis Influences Africa”.
Chair: Jónína Einarsdóttir
Speakers: Ann Pettifor, Executive Director of Advocacy International, London: “The Global Financial Crisis: causes and prospects.”
Fantu Cheru, Research Director at the Nordic Africa Institute: “Crisis, Shock Therapy, the Politics of Conditionality: Lessons from Africa’s Experience with Two Decades of IMF Conditionality.”
Stefán Ólafsson, professor at the University of Iceland: “Iceland’s Financial Crisis: Causes and Social Consequences.”
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Book Launch of “The Bush is Sweet: Globalization, Identity and Power Among Wodaabe Fulai in Niger”, by Kristín Loftsdóttir
Chair: Carin Norberg, Director of the Nordic Africa Institute
Dr. Kristín Loftsdóttir, professor at the University of Iceland: “Risk Management at the Margins: WoDaaBe Agency, Migrant Work and Pastoral Livelihoods.