International Development Economics Associates

IDEAs "was established in September, 2001, following a conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on 'Rethinking Development Economics' organised by UNRISD with the support of Ford Foundation. The current Executive Committee was chosen at that conference, with the mandate to establish and build the IDEAs network. With financial support from UNRISD, a secretariat was set up in New Delhi in October 2001. For ease of financial transactions, IDEAs was formally registered in London, U.K., as a charitable friendly society in August 2002."

Funding
"The organisations that have funded IDEAs by providing core support or sponsoring particular activities include UNRISD, Ford Foundation, UNDP and ActionAid."

Executive Committee
Accessed April 2008:


 * Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand - Chairperson of Executive Committee. (Female)
 * C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. (Male)
 * Erinc Yeldan, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. (Male)
 * Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. (Female)
 * Alicia Puyana, Flacso, Mexico City, Mexico. (Female)
 * Saul Keifman, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Male)
 * Cui Zhiyuan, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. (Male)

Advisory Board
Accessed April 2008:

Labour Office, Geneva (Male)
 * Thandika Mkandawire, UNRISD, Geneva (Chairperson) (Male)
 * K. S. Jomo, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations, New York (He was also a founding member of the IDEAs and first Chairperson of the Executive Committee) (Male)
 * Samir Amin, Dakar, Senegal and Forum du Tiers Monde (Male)
 * Maria da Conceicao Tavares, UFRJ, Brazil (Female)
 * Kari Polanyi Levitt, Canada (Female)
 * Diane Elson, University of Essex, United Kingdom (Female)
 * Korkut Boratav, Ankara University, Turkey (Male)
 * Arturo O'Connell, Director of Central Bank of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Male)
 * Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru Universty, New Delhi, India (Male)
 * Dani Rodrik, Harvard U niversity, USA (Male)
 * Amartya Sen, Harvard University, USA (Male)
 * Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University, USA (Male)
 * Rolph Van Der Hoeven, Director, Policy Coherence Group, International

Activities Advisory Committee
Accessed April 2008:


 * Christina Morales, University of Phillipines, Quezon City, the Philippines (Female)
 * Alicia Puyana, Flacso, Mexico City, Mexico (Female)
 * Berhanu Nega, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Male)
 * Sam Moyo, Director, Centre for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe (Male)
 * Carlos Medeiros, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Male)
 * Saul Keifman, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Male)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.ideaswebsite.org

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