AFRICAN PROGRAMME ON RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Call for applications for the African Programme on Rethinking
Development Economics (APORDE) 13 to 25 May 2007 Stellenbosch, South Africa

APORDE will allow talented academics, policy makers and trade unionists to gain access to alternatives to mainstream thinking on development issues and to be equipped in a way that will foster original thinking. Participants
will receive intensive high-level training, interact with some of the best development economists in the world and with other participants from Southern Africa and beyond. Costs incurred by participants - travelling, accommodation, conference fees and per diem - will be covered.

Deadline for applications: 20 December 2006.