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50th Anniversary conference reviewing the first decade of development and democracy in South Africa

Final Programme

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Day 1, October 21


Session 1 (Plenary)
Contemporary debates in development theory


Chair: Vishnu Padayachee (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Gill Hart (University of California Berkeley, USA), Beyond Neo-liberalism? Development Debates in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Dani Nabudere (Afrika Study Center, Uganda), Development Theories, Knowledge Production and Emancipatory Practice.

Keith Hart (University of London, UK), State capitalism and African development: the long and the short of it.


Discussant: Henry Bernstein (University of London, UK)



Session 2 (Plenary)
Reflections on the first wave of economic reforms


Chair: Imraan Valodia (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Larry Westphal (Swathmore College, USA), Reversing the pendulum:returning to growth fundamentals.

Rashad Cassim (WITS University), Reflections on South Africa’s first wave of economic reforms.

Jonathan Michie (University of Birmingham, UK), Macroeconomic reforms and employment: What possibilities for South Africa?


Discussant: Neva Seidman – Makgetla (Cosatu)
Discussant: Cyrus Rustomjee (University of KZN)



Session 3 (Plenary)
From macroeconomic balance to microeconomic reform


Chair: Julian May (University of KZN)

Haroon Bhorat (University of Cape Town) Labour supply and demand constraints on employment creation: A microeconomic analysis.

Kuben Naidoo (National Treasury), Operationalising South Africa’s move from macro-economic stability to micro-economic reform.

Michael Carter (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Sequencing micro and macro reforms for pro poor growth: Forward looking reflections on the South African experience.


Discussant: Dori Posel (University of KZN)



Session 4 (Plenary)
Distributive issues in post-apartheid South Africa


Chair: Paulus Zulu (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Julian May (University of KZN), Constructing the social policy agenda: conceptual debates around poverty and inequality.

Guy Standing (ILO, Switzerland), Policy alternatives: The Basic Income Grant.

Francie Lund (University of KZN), Policy dilemmas around direct state transfers to the poor.


Discussant: Marian Jacobs (University of Cape Town)
Discussant: Nicoli Nattrass (University of Cape Town)
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Day 2, October 22


Parallel Session 1A
Meeting the global competitiveness challenge: Industrial upgrading and innovation


Chair: Bahle Sibisi (ex Deputy-Director General, DTI; Sangena Investments)

Presenters:
Hubert Schmitz (University of Sussex, UK), Local upgrading in global chains: Recent findings.

Justin Barnes* (Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analyst) and Mike Morris (University of KZN), 'Globalisation and upgrading in the automotive industry: What can one do when David is matched against Goliath?' (* presenter)

Jo Lorentzen (Human Sciences Research Council and University of KZN), The Noledge of Numbers: S&T, R&D, and Innovation Indicators in South Africa.

Mike Morris* and Glen Robbins (University of KZN) and Justin Barnes (Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts): 'The role of government in facilitating clusters’. (* presenter)


Discussant: Larry Westphal (Swathmore College, USA)



Parallel Session 1B
Municipal Development/Governance


Chair: Patrick Bond (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Jo Beall (London School of Economics, UK), Decentralising government and de-centering gender: Lessons from local government reform in South Africa.

Chris Rogerson (WITS University), Pro poor local economic development in post apartheid South Africa: The Johannesburg Fashion District.

Bill Freund (University of KZN), Local economic development: Utopia and reality in South Africa; the example of Durban KZN.


Discussant: Glen Robbins (University of KZN)
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Parallel Session 1C
The role of traditional authorities in rural development


Chair: Thokozani Xaba (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Donald Ray (University of Calgary, Canada), Traditional leaders promoting rural development and fighting HIV/AIDS: Inherent contradiction or actual possibility?

Inkosi Patekile Holomisa (Contralesa), The cultural, socio-economic and governance role of traditional authorities in the new South Africa.

Lungisile Ntsebeza (University of Cape Town), Rural development, traditional authorities and democracy in South Africa.


Discussant: Basil Sikhakhane (Development Interface)



Parallel Session 2A
Population, health and development


Chair: Eleanor Preston-Whyte (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Akim Mturi*, Thokozani Xaba, Dorothy Sekokotla and Nompumelelo Nzimande (University of KZN) People’s views on how families cope with illnesses and deaths in South Africa. (* presenter)

Pranitha Maharaj* (University of KZN) and John Cleland (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Condom use within marriage and cohabiting partnerships: perspectives of couples. (* presenter)

Jan Sundin (University of Linkцping, Sweden), Health and social change: How does South Africa, Russia and 19th Century Sweden compare?


Discussant: Gerry Coovadia (University of KZN)
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Parallel Session 2B
Civil society, social movements and development


Chair: Mandisa Mbali (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Grant Farred (Duke University, USA), The most extreme consequence of enmity: The political and the civil.

Dale McKinley (Independent Scholar), Democracy and social movements in South Africa.

Richard Ballard* (University of KZN), Adam Habib (HSRC and University of KZN) and Imraan Valodia (University of KZN) Globalisation, marginalisation and contemporary social movements in South Africa. (* presenter).

Sharad Chari (London School of Economics and University of KZN), Political work: Mobilisation and negotiation in the shadows of Durban’s refineries.


Discussant: Ashwin Desai (University of KZN)
Discussant: Zackie Achmat (Treatment Action Campaign)



Parallel Session 2C
The informal economy: Re-conceptualisation and data trends


Chair: Francie Lund (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Marty Chen (Harvard University, USA) Informality at work: Reconceptualising the employment challenge.

Richard Devey* Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia (University of KZN), Definitions, data and the informal economy in South Africa: A critical analysis. (* presenter)

Jeemol Unni (Gujarat Institute for Development Research, India), Innovations in data collection techniques on informal employment – lessons learned from India.


Discussant: Pali Lehohla (StatsSA)



Plenary Session
The achilles heel? Ten years of HIV/AIDS in South Africa


Chair: Vishnu Padayachee (University of KZN)

Presenters:
Eleanor Preston-Whyte (University of KZN), Framing the South African epidemic – A sociological perspective.

Salim Abdool Karim (University of KZN), Biomedical perspectives on HIV /AIDS.

Mark Heywood (Treatment Action Campaign), The price of denial.

Alan Whiteside (University of KZN), Economic and development issues around HIV/AIDS.


Discussant: Gerry Coovadia (University of KZN)



Closing Summary

Chair: Mike Morris (University of KZN)

Presenters:
David Szanton (University of California Berkeley, USA)

Adam Habib (HSRC and University of KZN)

Bill Freund (University of KZN)




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