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Nigeria Country Workshop: "New Researches on Development in Nigeria"
Time: July 22nd, 2009, 10 am to 17 pm
Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of Bremen
Purpose: It is the purpose of the workshop to present new research results on development in Nigeria for three core issues (education and poverty; small industries and industrialisation; globalisation and development).
New researches at IWIM on development in Nigeria will be presented by three speakers on the following themes:
1. "Income Distribution, Education and Poverty in Nigeria"
Speaker: Dr. Reuben A. Alabi2. "Networks, Clusters and Innovation in Nigerian Small and Medium Scale Industries"
Speaker: Dr. des. O. O. Uzor3. "Applying a New Globalisation Index to Development Problems of Nigeria".
Speaker: Dr. des. S. EbenthalThe speakers will present full papers of their researches. Related researches by the speakers can be downloaded here. Participation of guests is welcomed upon application. Related researches can be presented by the guests in short statements. Guests can also become discussants of presented papers.
Contact: Professor Karl Wohlmuth (mailto:wohlmuth@uni-bremen.de)
Administration of the Workshop: Research Assistant: A. Tchokam
(mailto:iwimsek@uni-bremen.de)
Dr. Reuben A. Alabi, A. v. Humboldt Research Fellow at IWIM, gave a mid-term report about his research on "Progressivity of Education Spending in Nigeria" (see foto). See also the related studies by Dr. Alabi here. Full evidence about the research programme will be presented at the Nigeria Country Workshop on July 22nd, 2009 about "New Researches on Development in Nigeria". Researches will be presented on three themes:
1. "Income Distribution, Education and Poverty in Nigeria",
2."Networks, Clusters and Innovations in Nigerian Small Industries", and
3."Applying a New Globalisation Index to Nigeria".
Research Output S. Ebenthal: New Globalisation Index for Developing Countries Is Available (See Information..). Related studies from the author can be downloaded here.
Einladung zum Doktorandenkolloquium Weltwirtschaft: Vortrag und Diskussion zum Thema "Progressivity of Education Spending in Nigeria", Dr. Reuben A. Alabi, A. v. Humboldt Research Fellow, at IWIM, am 29. April 2009, 16.00 bis 18.00 Uhr, Hochschulring 4, Rotunde 3/3. Etage. Die offizielle Einladung und das Thesenpapier finden sie hier
Zwanzig Jahre „African Development Perspectives Yearbook” – ein internationales entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerkprojekt Mehr...
Governance and Social Action after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan of January 5, 2005: New Publications on Reconstruction, Development and Peace in Sudan by Dr. Samson Samuel Wassara, Project Applicant Phase II and Project Partner Phases I and II, Juba University, Khartoum/Juba, Sudan (For more Information).”
A short report from Professor H. Takeuchi, Toyohashi, Japan on the results of his researches in Bremen as a visiting professor at IWIM, University of Bremen (March to September 2008), is available here
Twenty Years "African Development Perspectives Yearbook" (1989 – 2009):
The Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen and the Institute for World Economics and International Management (IWIM) have published recently Volume 14 for the year 2009 of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook with the title “New Growth And Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa: Institutional and Local Perspectives”.
The Research Group started in 1989 its work with Volume 1 of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook on the theme “Human Dimensions of Adjustment”, and has over the twenty years covered major issues of policy relevance for Africa. Major themes covered in the various volumes were Industrialization in Africa based on Agricultural Development; Energy for African Development; Active Labour Market Policies in Africa; Governance and Empowerment in Africa; Africa’s Reintegration into the Global Economy; Private Sector Development and Entrepreneurship Development in Africa; Balancing Private and Public Sectors in Africa. The most recent Volumes 13 and 14 present an account and a comprehensive strategy on New Growth And Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa. The international, regional, institutional and local dimensions of the theme are discussed in these two volumes.
The Research Group has influenced the international discussion on African Development by workshops, conferences, research projects, by hosting guest professors and guest researchers from Africa, by networking international and African research and advisory institutions, by collecting and reviewing books, journals and documents from and for Africa, and by international consultancy work aimed at Africa. An international network of institutions, partners and experts was built up. Over the time the Group became very successful in Africanizing the editorship, the authorship and the readership of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook.
A new project of the Research Group centers on the issue of “Overcoming Africa’s Trends of De-industrialization by designing new and better adapted Industrial Strategies”. The theme is important because of the rapid deterioration of the industry sector in Africa and of the quality of industrial policies for Africa. (LIT-Verlag, ADPY...)
Professeur Karl Wohlmuth, Professeur de Systèmes d'Economies Comparées, et rédacteur coordonnant de l'Annuaire sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain à la Faculté d'Economie de l'université de Brême, a publié pour le Groupe de Recherche sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain de Brême les ouvrages suivant:
- Volume 13, Annuaire 2008 des Perspectives du Développement Africain intitulé «Nouvelles Stratégies de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté pour l'Afrique – Perspectives Internationales et Régionales» ;
- Volume complémentaire numéro 14, Annuaire 2009 des Perspectives du Développement Africain intitulé «Nouvelles Stratégies de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté pour l'Afrique – Perspectives Institutionnelles et Locales».
Le Groupe de Recherche sur les Perspectives du Développement Africain de Brême a commencé son travail en 1989 avec la publication du premier volume intitulé « Dimensions Humaines de l'Ajustement en Afrique».
Pour plus de détails voir l'avant-propos, l'introduction générale ( cliquez ici ) et les informations sur les deux publications (LIT-Verlag, ADPY...)
The A. v. Humboldt Foundation has recently approved Phase II of the Postdoc-Research Programme by Dr. Reuben A. Alabi from the Department of Economics and Agricultural Economics, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria where he serves as Senior Lecturer. Dr. Alabi is a Research Fellow at IWIM in the Research Group on African Development Perspectives Bremen since December 2007. Prof. Wohlmuth supervises the programme for the host institution. The research programme on “Education Spending, Inequality, and Poverty in Nigeria” highlights and analyses issues and the measurement of progressivity of educational spending and the redistributive effects of educational spending in Nigeria, and aims to give analytical and conceptual foundations for reforms in educational funding at all state levels of Nigeria (Research Report by Dr. Alabi, CV ) and the latest study on the research theme published as number 114 of our Reports from the World Economics Colloquium of IWIM, to be downloaded as a PDF from the IWIM homepage)