Report of DSL/EADI Symposium 2006

The EADI Multi-dimensional Poverty Working Group met for the second time on June 22-23 at a joint event with the EADI TNCs working group along with the Development Studies Association (DSA). The symposium, held at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, consisted of a series of seven sessions over two days based on the theme: TNCs, Trade, and Investment. On the first day, the sessions covered Trade, 'TNCs and Industrial Linkages,' and on the second, 'TNCs and Corporate Social Responsibility,' 'TNCs, Poverty and Inequality,' and group planning session - future meetings, publications, etc.

The list of papers delivered in those sessions included:

  • 'TNCs and Corporate Social Responsibility'
    Is Serving the Poor Profitably, Serving the Poor?
    Andrew Crabtree, Copenhagen Business School

  • Risks and Threats of FDI for the Recipient
    David Durkee, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

  • Exploring Impact of FDI on host developing countries: The cases of Mali and South Africa
    Claire Mainguy, University of Strasbourg and Soeren Jeppesen, Copenhagen Business School

  • 'TNCs, Poverty and Inequality'
    TNCs, the nature of FDI and impact on multidimensional poverty: Case study of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Meera Tiwari, UEL

  • The second wave of Indian investments abroad
    Jørgen Dige Pedersen, University of Aarhus

  • Transnationals and economic integration in small countries: Central America under CAFTA
    Diego Sanchez, University of London

  • FDI, growth and poverty: does government policy matter? The case of Viet Nam
    Andrew Sumner, LSBU/Ngo Minh Tuan, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Viet Nam

The symposium resulted in two outcomes. First,a project to publish an edited book. Second, the next meetings of both the TNCs and MDP groups were discussed.

The next TNCs meeting will on 15 June 2007 in Strasbourg.

The EADI working group on multi-dimensional poverty is planning its next conference "EC Policy Making for Poverty Reduction: Different Poverties, Different Policies?" to be held in Copenhagen in late 2007. The aim of the conference is to bring EC policy makers and researchers together. The theme of the conference thus links poverty research and policy making, in particular whether different understandings of poverty imply different policies. Further announcements to be made with the finalization of arrangements.

Contacts

Andrew Sumner:
a.sumner(AT)ids.ac.uk

Andrew Crabtree:
ac.ikl(AT)cbs.dk

David Durkee:
durkee(AT)sgh.waw.pl

Meera Tiwari:
m.tiwari(AT)uel.ac.uk


© EADI Newsletter 2/2006