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Cambridge International Development Course
- May 2007 Programme -

A copy of the programme, as it was distributed at the course, can be downloaded here.

Time

Dur.

Environment     


LG 18

Infrastructure   


B 16

Health
                  

G 24

Education
          

LG 19

Economics
and Trade

LG 17

9:00 � 9:30

30 min

Registration

9:30 � 10:30

60 min

Introductory talk: �Capitalism and Freedom� � Professor Peter Nolan LG 19

10:30 � 11:30

60 min

Faith and the environment: the possibilities and problems of  mobilising religious beliefs and practices for sustainable development'

Dr Emma Mawdsley

Water supply and health in poor communities

Dr Sandy Cairncross

Development aspects of HIV and AIDS

Professor Andrew Lever

Education and development in Brazil: exploring the challenges of access
and equality

Cleonice Puggian

Foreign direct investment in the service sector, and implications for WTO negotiations

Karen Ellis

11:30 � 11:45

15 min

Morning Tea

11:45 � 12:45

60 min

Sustainable Development in semi-arid Africa

Simon Maddrell

From water welfare to supported self-help -
putting the dignity in development

Professor Richard Carter

Medact - Training
health workers for/in developing countries

Marion Birch

Supporting development from the UK:
Education, charity and you

Richard Lebon

Odious lending:

debt relief as if morals mattered

Steve Mandel

12:45 � 13:35

50 min

Lunch

13:35 � 14:35

60 min

Fences and farms: The past, present and future of community based conservation in sub-Saharan Africa

Ivan Scales

Building for safety: using local materials in
disaster-risk areas

Professor Robin Spence

 

Research in Developing Countries: Worms and other neglected diseases in Africa

Professor David Dunne

Rebuilding: Education in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka

Leslie Dep

Current trends among donor agencies working on Private Sector Development

Jim Tanburn

14:35 � 15:35

60 min

Video - 'Ancient Futures -Learning from Ladakh'

Dude � where�s my phone? - IT in international development

Tariq Khokhar

M�decins Sans Fronti�res

Janet Hearn

Educational Empowerment and Capacity Building:
Experiences from Eastern Europe

Trevor Davis

Inclusive Financial Systems: Challenges and Opportunities in Providing Financial Services for All

Tugba Basaran

15:35 � 16:05

30 min

Concluding talk: �The Politics of Policy Making� - Naved Chowdhury LG 19

16:05 � 17:00

55 min

Societies fair