APORDE is very important for both my personal and career development as it critically analyses
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Lecturers

APORDE features leading international and African economist to lead discussions and share their views on economic development and industrialisation. The names of the lecturers for APORDE 2022 will be announced soon.

Previous lecturers included:

  • Ha-Joon Chang (Cambridge University)
  • Adeyemi Dipeolu

About APORDE

The African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) was started in 2007 and is a high-level training programme in development economics aimed at building capacity in the South, particularly in Africa. APORDE’s aim is to train policymakers, researchers, academics and …

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Our Speakers Videos

Speakers: Christopher Cramer and Nicolas Pons-Vignon Lecture topic: Critical perspectives on development economics

Speaker: Rashmi Banga Lecture topic: South-South digital cooperation for industrialisation and regional integration

Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang Lecture topic: Bringing production back into development: The …

Rural Poverty

Rural poverty refers to poverty found in rural areas, including factors of rural society, rural economy, and rural political systems that give rise to the poverty found there.…