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The need to politicize development economics — Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
The need to politicize development economics — Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
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57 minutes
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven's research focuses on the role of finance in development, structural features of underdevelopment, the political economy of development (including the role of international institutions), and critically assessing the economics field.Dr. Kvangraven is currently an Assistant Professor in International Development at the University of York’s Department of Politics. She is the founder and editor of Developing Economics and founder and steering group member of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ).ResourcesIngrid's websiteBeyond The Stereotype: How Dependency Theory Remains RelevantIf we want to tackle global inequality, we need better economic theories‘Impoverished economics? A critical assessment of the new gold standardThe Wall Street Consensus (Daniela Gabor)Follow Ingrid Hvangraven on TwitterIn Pursuit of Development on Twitter
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Dreaming of electricity: Over 570 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to lack access to electricity. And the problem is particularly acute in rural areas. Why is this so? And what types of strategies should policymakers on the African continent pursue? by In Pursuit of Development