SOAS Economics: Seminar series, public lectures and events

Speaker: Adam Hanieh, Sana’a Center Moderator: Amal Nasser, SOAS University of London

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Keston Perry, UWE Bristol Moderator: Julian Boys, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle, Anna Vergnano and Glennie Moore Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Carolina Alves, University of Cambridge & Farwa Sial, University of Manchester Moderator: Manvi Laddha, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle, Anna Vergnano and Glennie Moore Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Ourania Dimakou, SOAS University of London Moderator: Oliver Tipton, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle, Anna Vergnano and Glennie Moore Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speakers: Josh Ryan-Collins, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose & Rachel White, London Renters Union Moderator: Liam Mullany, previously of Rethinking Economics Greenwich Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Nina Banks, Bucknell University Moderator: Justin Kwame Kanzah-Andoh, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Trent University Moderator: Sara Ansari, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Daniela Gabor, UWE Bristol Moderator: Marie Meyle, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Christina Laskaridis, SOAS University of London Moderator: Azfar Hanif Azizi, SOAS University of London A copy of the presentation can be downloaded: https://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/events/file147464.pdf Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Jo Michell, UWE Bristol Moderator: Raza Rehman, SOAS University of London Organiser: Yannis Dafermos, Sara Stevano, Marie Hyllested Meyle and Anna Vergnano Contact email: yannis.dafermos@soas.ac.uk

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS University of London Moderator: Carla Coburger, Rebuilding Macroeconomics

This is part of a webinar series co-organised by the SOAS Department of Economics and the SOAS Open Economics Forum. The aim of the series is to provide a critical perspective to the recent economic developments related to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaker: Tobias Franz, SOAS University of London Moderator: Alice Malivoire, SOAS University of London

Machiko Nissanke (SOAS) Drawing in part on her chapter in the forthcoming Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics, Machiko presents a critical reflection on how to secure sovereign debt sustainability for economic development of LICs. Her seminar talk is set in the context of the rising debt distress in several SSA countries over the recent years as well as the evolution of the academic and policy debates on the ‘aid-debt-growth’ nexus. After critically evaluating the constructs of the IFIs’ Debt Sustainability Framework in use of LICs, she discusses alternative approaches to sovereign debt sustainability. These entail: a) a system of prudent resource and debt management, including sound selection of debt-financed projects with large developmental dividends and spill-overs in light of a country’s absorptive capacity, and close performance monitoring at micro and macro levels; b) choice and packaging of appropriate financial instruments; and c) a clearly agreed procedure, backed up with global facilities laid out at the onset in debt contracts, on how to deal with downside risks and debt distress conditions in order to facilitate an orderly debt restructuring and workout process. Against these conditions, she evaluates the prospects of the emerging debt problems in Africa, in particular in relation to the growing portion of sovereign debt owed to private creditors and non-traditional concessional loan providers, and the way forward with their sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms. Machiko Nissanke is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the SOAS Department of Economics. This talk was organised by the Centre for Global Finance (CGF) and was part of the CGF Seminar Series. The Centre for Global Finance (CGF) is established under the AXA Chair in Global Finance. The centre undertakes rigorous research that explores mega-trends in global finance and how they impact on development in the international financial system and the world economy. The research via the centre aims to significantly extend the existing body of knowledge on finance, stability and growth. This can help identify the drivers of growth in emerging economies, and the issues that lead to financial crashes. Find out more about the CGF: https://www.centreforglobalfinance.org/ Speakers: Machiko Nissanke (SOAS), Victor Murinde (AXA Professor in Global Finance, SOAS University of London) Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts

Rebecca Riley (Centre of Excellence, NIESR) XVI IDP Lecture – Organised by SOAS Economics Research Cluster on Industrial Development and Policy. Many advanced economies have seen a slowdown in productivity growth since the middle of the 2000s. In the UK this slowdown has been particularly stark. A decade on from the global financial crisis UK productivity levels are little different to what they were at their peak in 2007. In this paper we use new data to provide a detailed account of the weakness of UK productivity, documenting patterns across industry sectors and across the sources of growth. Productivity weakness has been pervasive across many UK industries. But, as we move further away from the crisis, the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is increasingly apparent in particular pockets of the economy. We also discuss the likely implications of measurement error for the interpretation of our findings. Rebecca Riley is director of the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. The lecture is followed by a roundtable discussion chaired by Antonio Andreoni (SOAS) with Lord David Sainsbury, Ciaran Driver (SOAS) and Mike Gregory (Cambridge). Event Date: 24 January 2018 Released by: SOAS Economics Podcast

The multiple crisis of 2007/8 aggravated the uneven development inside Europe and led to the rise of populist forces in different countries. Progressive industrial policy in the framework of a broader industrial strategy could serve as a tool to reduce the existing imbalances. However, considering climate change, we also need to rethink which kind and quantity of products we need and how their production can be organised consistent with the goal of the social-ecological transformation, e.g. by strengthening regional and local economies. In this context, I draw on theoretical debates in the global South regarding dependency relations and self-reliant development. Julia Eder is doing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Linz, Austria, and currently holds the Marietta Blau Scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Her research analyses different aspects of trade and industrial policy. She is particularly interested in the overcoming of dependency relations and progressive (multi-scale) development strategies to promote the social-ecological transformation. Prior to her scholarship, she worked as a Research Associate in the field of Development Sociology at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. She did her Magister Studies in Development Studies and in Romance Studies at the University of Vienna.