The Emerging Powers in Africa Network (EPAN)
Date
From: 16 January 2013 10:00
Till: 16 January 2013 13:00
Location:
Room 3.01
The Emerging Powers in Africa Network (EPAN) is delighted to invite you to its first Research in Progress seminar, held on the 16th of January from 10:00-13:00 in room 3.01 at ISS in The Hague.
The EPA Network aims to promote listening and give a more prominent position to the perspectives of Emerging Powers and Africa in the debate on the increasing involvement of emerging powers on the African continent.
The Research in Progress Seminars provide a chance for academic researchers in Europe to receive constructive feedback with regard to their own research, observe the work of their peers and of course to network.
This first seminar has infrastructure as its central topic. Bert Jacobs (IOB), Paul Libaudière (UNESCO-IHE) and Peter Konijn (Knowing Emerging Powers) will present their research on infrastructure in Africa and China.
- Bert Jacobs will present his paper: “Damming the flood? An evaluation of Africa’s emerging institutional architecture for infrastructure development”;
- Peter Konijn will present his paper: “Resources-for-infrastructure (R4I) Swaps: An escape from the resource curse?”; and
- Paul Libaudière will give a presentation on the need for infrastructure in China, private sector investments in infrastructure and the obstacles faced by private parties operating in China
After the seminar, you are invited for a network lunch (at your own expense) in ISS canteen.
Please let us know at info@epanetwork.nl if you wish to attend the seminar and/or the lunch. If you are unable to attend but would like to receive information on upcoming events, please sign up to our newsletter by sending us an email at the same address.
Some final practical information, the seminar will take place on:
Date: Wednesday the 16th of January
Time: 10:00-13:00
Place: Room 3.01 at the ISS, the Hague (for directions please check: http://www.iss.nl/about_iss/contact_and_directions/)
This seminar is kindly supported by the ISS Governance, Globalization and Social Justice Research Program.
We hope to see you all on Wednesday.
Best wishes,
The EPANetwork Team
Paul Libaudière holds a Masters degree in Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Organisation Economics (2011) from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and a bachelor degree in International Business Administration (2007) from Tilburg University in Tilburg. Paul Libaudière has been active at UNESCO-IHE since June 2011 as a lecturer in the management and organisation of sanitation. He is a part of the Water Management Chair group of the department Integrated Water Systems and Governance. Currently Paul's research focuses on private sector investments in urban water and sanitation infrastructure in China. His research focuses on Greenfield investments through Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) schemes and other similar arrangements such as BOO and ROT. His research will also address the distinction between the prosperous eastern provinces and, on the other hand, the developing central and western provinces. For his research a number of projects will be selected as case studies, based on location and source of investment. | |
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Bert Jacobs studied political science and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel after which he studied Mandarin and Chinese politics at Renmin University Beijing. He is currently a lecturer and PhD candidate at Institute of Development Policy Management (IOB) at the University of Antwerp. His research is focused on the sustainability of the wave of Chinese infrastructure projects in Africa. His more recent work concentrates on the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). | |
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Peter Konijn is founder and director of Knowing Emerging Powers, a knowledge program about the role of China, India and Brazil in the development of Africa. Research findings are shared and discussed with practitioners. He is a researcher at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is an agricultural engineer (MSc, Wageningen University) and political scientist (MA, University of Amsterdam) by training. After 2 years working at the University of Amsterdam, he joined a small environmental NGO Ecooperation, responsible for the implementation of sustainable development agreements. He worked for 3 years at the Dutch ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. He was deputy director of Cordaid, responsible for policy and evaluation for 8 years. |
Publication date: Monday, 14 January 2013
