PAD Seminar Series
The aim of the Poverty and Development (PAD) seminars is to focus on a set of interrelated sub-topics related to development and poverty reduction. The organisers, (SUM’s research area ‘Poverty and Development in the 21st Century), draw on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, experiences and research networks when planning the seminars, and we aspire to present high quality guest lecturers from home and abroad to the Oslo audience.
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In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Senior Economist Jamele Rigolini from the World Bank presents preliminary findings from an on-going project in Cambodia, evaluating the different impacts of social assistance delivered in cash and food.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, the Director of the Evaluation Department in Norad discusses the links between research and evaluation, the role of evaluation in development aid and the results agenda, and recent international trends in the evaluation and learning field...
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Senior Social Development Specialist Sanjay Agarwal will give a seminar discussing the “what, why and how” of social accountability. All are welcome!
“You get accountability ONLY when you demand it!”
Prof. Huang Meibo is visiting SUM from the Economics School at Xiamen University and will give a PAD Seminar on China's role in the global aid architecture. All are welcome!
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, Policy Director Hans Olav Ibrekk will present and discuss the International Energy and Climate Initiative – Energy+. All are welcome!
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Dr. Carl Henrik Knutsen will discuss the linkages between income growth and revolutions. All are welcome!
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Dr. Peris Jones will discuss the challenges in measuring impact of human rights assistance.
Ana Revenga and Ana Maria Munoz Boudet from the World Bank are visiting SUM to present the 2012 World Development Report.
In this seminar, Dr. Wilbroad Mutale will discuss the current health development agenda and health system strengthening, sharing lessons from Zambia.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Prof. Ka Ho Mok from the Hong Kong Institute of Education will discuss the effects of economic reforms on social development in China.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) Seminar, Prof. Mahendra P. Singh will discuss social and economic rights in India, with special reference to the right to food and the right to property.
With Professor Jing Cao, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics, Nankai University, China.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, Prof. George Kent will discuss the vicious linkages between infant formula, childrens' health and poverty, and suggest steps for the way ahead in securing young childrens' nutritional rights.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, Dr. Maitreyi B. Das will present and discuss findings from a recent World Bank report on Poverty and Social Exclusion in India, which captures key areas of female exclusion.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, our guest Dr. Nandini Patel will discuss the quality of democracy and elections in Africa in general and in Southern Africa in particular.
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, Dr. Gladwin Joseph will ask: Can a new paradigm of inclusive forest governance, that advances a `win-win' scenario for people and biodiversity, be a way ahead?
In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar Mr. Hugo Leon-Manco will introduce the work of the Ombudsman Office in Peru and discuss the challenges they face in a country where human rights exist in the public discourse, but not always in the delivery of public services.
In this PAD-seminar, Mr. Asbjørn Eidhammer, Norad's Director of Evaluations, will discuss findings from Norwegian development aid evaluation and methodological challenges involved.
In this year's first PAD seminar, Dr. N.K.Kumaresan Raja, (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India), will update us on emerging issues concerning the crucial connections between access to land and poverty, using examples from India. All are welcome!
In this PAD-seminar, Dr. Nilufar Ahmad, Senior Gender Specialist, World Bank, will present a new World Bank study which reviews gender and climate change in Bangladesh and has conducted extensive field work.
Professor K. P. Kannan is a distinguished development thinker and researcher in India. Of particular relevance to this seminar's topic, is his involvement as a member of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector in India in the period 2004-2009.
Happy Kayuni argues that Malawi is becoming a defective democracy - neither democratic nor authoritarian. Interested? All are welcome to join the discussion!
Why were human rights considerations left out of the formulation of the Millennium Development Goals relating to women’s health, and what have the consequences been? How can human rights approaches be used to effectively address poverty-related issues such as maternal mortality? Our guest from Harvard Law School may have some of the answers... Welcome!