AFD-EUDN 2007

 INVITATION

5th Conference Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and European Development Research Network (EUDN)

     

 Does Culture Matter for Development?

 

 

Paris, 5. December 2007

Maison de la Chimie

28 bis rue Saint Dominique, 75007 PARIS

 

Timur Kuran, Michael Walton,
Eliana La Ferrara, Jean-François Bayart, Rohini Somanathan, Marcel Fafchamps, Philippe d’Iribarne, Jean-Pierre Warnier

 

Mona Makram-Ebeid, Pierre-Joseph Laurent, Stutti Khemani,
Stéphanie Mahieu, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

 

Regarding the relationship between culture and development, two radically opposed views are possible. The first view asserts that culture may block development and, unless cultural changes take place, the societies concerned will prove unable to go ahead. The second view, on the contrary, contends that cultural traits are essentially malleable and adapt to more fundamental determinants such as technological and economic factors. How can we go beyond these two extreme views and how policy makers could intervene to accelerate economic progress and cultural change when the two are interrelated forces driving societies? The conference aims at promoting a constructive dialogue between multidisciplinary academic research and operational expertise, in order to exchange views on this topic and explore lessons and perspectives for ODA policies.

The registration is closed. Thank you for your attention.

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Should you need further information regarding the conference and your participation, do not hesitate to contact Aymeric BLANC (blanca@afd.fr, (+33) 1.53.44.40.57). 

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