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What’s hot and what’s not: New thinking in development

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REGISTER NOW (http://duncangreen.eventbrite.ca/) TO HEAR DUNCAN GREEN SPEAK on MAY 10 – Free admission

The Canadian Council for International Co-operation and The School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS), in partnership with Oxfam Canada and Oxfam Québec, are delighted to invite you to a public lecture and book launch by

Dr. Duncan Green

What’s hot and what’s not: New thinking in development

An overview of the evolution of the development debate since the 2008 publication of, “From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States Can Change the World.”

Friday, May 10th, 14:30 – 16:30
Social Sciences Building, Room FSS 2005, University of Ottawa, 120 University (see campus map)

Moderated by David Watson, Editorial Pages Editor
Ottawa Citizen

Duncan will speak in English, but discussion will take place in French and English

A question period and book signing will follow. Duncan's new book will be available for sale.

Free Admission
Registration Required - http://duncangreen.eventbrite.ca

Duncan is Oxfam Great Britain’s Senior Strategic Adviser and foremost development thinker and author of the extremely popular From Poverty to Power blog and book of the same title.

Duncan was previously Senior Policy Adviser on trade and development at the UK Department for International Development and a Policy Analyst on trade and globalization at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. He is also currently a visiting fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the author of several books on Latin America, including “Silent Revolution: The Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America.”