International Development Economics Associates

🌍 What does a more equitable future look like? Join us at the #SCIAnnualInequalityLecture as internationally acclaimed economist Professor Jayati Ghosh explores the challenges and opportunities shaping our world today. ✨ Expect bold ideas, critical conversations, and unforgettable insights. 🎟️ Seats are limited – book your spot now! bit.ly/4wIH6Rd #SCIS #Inequality #SCIAnnualInequalityLecture

🪨#RareEarths mining in coastal #SriLanka lays bare capitalism at its most predatory form. Mining lobbies, are capitalising on the country’s debt distress to push commercial extraction of heavy mineral sands from public beaches. In doing so, they not only exploit the country’s vulnerability but also undermine the right to development that working people in the #GlobalSouth have been advocating for years. ✍️Amali Wedagedara writes, originally published in @FT_SriLanka: go.networkideas.org/4pEyNU9

Join us for IDEAs 2nd webinar series Reviving Central Planning: A view from the Global South. This time we will be looking at The Soviet Union model. The world's first comprehensive planning approach centering equal resource distribution. 🗓️ 3 August, 10:30 UTC 👉Register: Scan QR or visit go.networkideas.org/zoomrcp

📌This week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we launched the book "𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲". ⬇ You can download your copy here: go.networkideas.org/44GA6Iz 📖The book examines the current economic challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on the region’s dependence on commodities. 📝Edited by @carlosaguiarde and @JacquelineLagua, the book features papers by Martin Abeles, @jmahumadaf, @famico02, Marlon Anatol, Ezra-Marie Bennett, @lcassini, @cpc01, @NicoGrimblatt, Raymond Mark Kirton, @PabloL1969, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Lorenzo Nalin, @EdgarMdina, @CMarinCIPI, and @RicardoSumma. 🙏We’d like to thank everyone who attended the book launch on Wednesday and helped make it a success.

Can developing countries reduce inequality in today's global economy? Join the 2026 SCIS Annual Inequality Lecture as we examine how global financial systems, trade rules, and colonial legacies shape inequality—and why countries still have opportunities to build fairer societies. 📅 28 July | 16h00–18h00 (SAST) 📍 Hybrid 🔗 bit.ly/4wIH6Rd #Inequality #Development #GlobalSouth #SCIS

📖𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊: Commodity and financial dependence in Latin America and the Caribbean: The dilemma of the rentier state in the twenty-first century ⬇️Download: go.networkideas.org/44GA6Iz ✍🏻Edited by: @carlosaguiarde of @ufrj, and @JacquelineLagua of @UWI_StAugustine 📄Overview: The developmental priority in the region so far has been the expansion of raw material production without any relevant processing. This regional evolution runs counter to ongoing transformations in the global economy, even in countries rich in natural resources. Industrialising natural resources is one of the most obvious strategies that Latin American countries, especially those rich in copper, lithium, rare earths, and other minerals, could use to diversify their productive structures. The challenges facing the continent necessarily include resuming a growth rate that enables reductions in high structural unemployment and income inequality, a shift in the productive structure towards higher-value-added and technology-intensive activities, and a reduction in emissions through reduced deforestation and an energy transition. As discussed in the chapters of this book, these challenges, while general to the development process, have historical particularities on the continent, shaped by development trajectories of financial and commodity dependence. The green transition is both a challenge and an extraordinary opportunity to restructure production and mitigate the climate change that is already affecting vulnerable populations. The purpose of this book is to investigate in detail this evolution, the current impasses, and the emerging opportunities in Latin American economies. Methodologically, the authors follow a historical-structuralist perspective, covering, albeit with varying emphases, macroeconomic, historical, and sociopolitical dimensions in line with their specialisations and fields of research.

✍🏻Prabhat Patnaik writes: go.networkideas.org/4vOwqiS 💬The common perception of socialism is that it is a society characterized by the social ownership of the means of production, for which state ownership is taken as a proxy. But this, while a necessary condition, is not a sufficient condition. The former Yugoslavia for instance, while being characterized predominantly by state ownership of the means of production, had many of the features that are associated with capitalism, such as unemployment, inflation, and inequality both personal and regional (though nowhere as extreme as what neo-liberal capitalism has “achieved” today); likewise there are many capitalist countries like France where there is a significant nationalized sector but this fact does not make France a socialist country. Socialism therefore clearly means something more than just social or state ownership.

📌Recently, we partnered with the Institute for Applied Economic Research for the workshop “Navigating Global Uncertainty: Challenges for International Development Finance.” Held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷, on Monday, the event brought together economists, researchers, and policymakers to discuss key development finance issues, including global uncertainty, rising inequality, climate change, and the need to reform the international financial system. @cpc01 @Jayati1609

📺Watch: go.networkideas.org/4wiNKxF @Jayati1609 delivered the 9th Godley-Tobin Memorial Lecture: “Decolonising Keynesian economics: Macroeconomics for the Global South”. The lecture yesterday was organized by @ROKE_Elgar and held during the 7th International Workshop on Demand-Led Growth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

💥"The on-again, off-again US-Israeli war against Iran has underscored the growing disconnect between financial markets and real economic activity. It has also exposed how differently such shocks play out across the global economy." ⛽"Consider oil markets. While they have been extremely volatile since the war began, their fluctuations have largely reflected shifting perceptions and expectations--often shaped by US President @realDonaldTrump's erratic social media posts--rather than immediate changes in demand and supply." 👉🏼Read @Jayati1609's commentary on #IranWar and the global economy’s fault lines, via @ProSyn: go.networkideas.org/4fdKqhb

🥀In memory of Oscar Ugarteche, a founder of @latindadd and a professor at @UNAM_MX go.networkideas.org/3T1FDXD

🎉Finally, we’ve wrapped up the first chapter of this year’s IDEAs Latin American and the Caribbean School on Advanced Topics in Political Economy. Over five days last week, students from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay gathered in Buenos Aires to explore heterodox perspectives on political economy, exchange ideas, and strengthen networks. Thank you to everyone, and to our partner @idaesoficial-@unsamoficial for helping make the event a success. Our school continues in Chile, where we’ll bring together a new group of participants to further strengthen debates on #PoliticalEconomy. Follow @IDEAsLAC to get updates (in Spanish) on our activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

📌 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝟑𝟏 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘, 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐔𝐓𝐂 📘Workshop theme: Asian development trajectories in an era of protectionism and war ✍️Application form: forms.gle/7m1FCYFneerBrE… 🏫Venue: @ChulalongkornU in Bangkok, Thailand 🗓️Date: 19-23 October 🤝Organizers: IDEAs, @focussouth, and @DivDecEcon Travel and accommodation costs for the workshop will be covered. We welcome applications from those based in Asia who are young researchers, development practitioners, civil society and grassroots activists, and policymakers at the early stages of their careers. Applicants should have completed an undergraduate degree in economics and preferably hold a master’s degree or be enrolled in a PhD programme. Those with an undergraduate degree and postgraduate studies in other social science disciplines may also apply. Read more: go.networkideas.org/3SEB6do

Applications now open: Course on heterodox macroeconomics! Open to teachers & lecturers of economics. 🎓 Instructor: Prabhat Patnaik 📚 18 lectures 🗓️ 11 Aug–16 Oct ⏰ 9:30 am–12 pm, UTC 🖥️ Online via Zoom 👉 To register, scan QR or visit go.networkideas.org/4ycIsVI. Apply by 25 July

💻Webinar: National planning: The Soviet Union model 🗓️Schedule: 3 August, 10:30 UTC 👩🏻‍🏫Moderator: @farwasial 👨🏻‍🏫Discussants: Prabhat Patnaik and @cpc01 👉Register: Scan QR or visit go.networkideas.org/zoomrcp 📌This webinar is the second in the series "Reviving central planning: A Global South perspective", which aims to explore the basics of central planning as they existed around the world and understand the relevance of planned development today. The discussions will focus on the diverse cases of Russia, Eastern Europe, and East Asia to provide a historical analysis of their respective planning models, an assessment of the strengths and limitations of their implementation of these models, as well as an introduction to the rich analysis that emerged from the economic debates and ideas of economists on the idea of and the actual experience with planning.

💬@realDonaldTrump insists the West must unite on his terms against the 'rest', particularly China & Iran. Europe, however, wants his greater support for Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa regime to replace Putin's leadership of Russia. ✍️@ksjomo & Nurina Malek write go.networkideas.org/4fGGqWw

💻Rapid expansion in AI space increased demand for & created shortage of highend memory chip. #SouthKorea & its chip majors @Samsung & @SKhynix are reaping benefits. The spike in memory chip demand ratcheted up sales & the country's export. ✍️@cpc01 writes go.networkideas.org/4wP7IQv

📌We're running a new edition of IDEAs School on Advanced Topics in Political Economy. Organized in partnership w/ @unsamoficial, the event gathers students from 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇴🇵🇾🇺🇾 to explore heterodox views on political economy, share ideas & strengthen regional networks. via @IDEAsLAC

📖NEW REPORT: "The War on Iran and the Global South", focusing on significant realised & potential economic impacts of US–Israeli war on Iran & the #GlobalSouth, & analysing transmission channels through which the effects of conflict are likely to unfold. go.networkideas.org/4eZfDoa

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📌Workshop: Asian dev't trajectories in an era of protectionism & war 🤝🏻Organisers: IDEAs, @focussouth & @DivDecEcon 📅19-23 Oct at @ChulalongkornU, Bangkok 👀Read: go.networkideas.org/3SEB6do ✍🏼Form: forms.gle/7m1FCYFneerBrE… 🔔Deadline: 31 Jul, 12:00 UTC