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• 10 avr 2012

  Call for papers - Africa

  Mozambique: accumulation and transformation in a context of international crisis

  O IESE anuncia a realização da sua III conferência académica internacional, subordinada ao tema Moçambique: acumulação e transformação num contexto de crise internacional, a ter lugar em Maputo, nos dias 4 e 5 de Setembro de 2012. A conferência deverá, entre outros assuntos, debruçar-se sobre a análise das tendências políticas, económicas e sociais actuais e sobre as dinâmicas e desafios de mudança, num contexto de crise internacional.

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• 07 déc 2009

  08 déc 2009

  Nogent-sur-Marne

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  From debt to over-indebtedness in southern countries: Processes, practices and meanings

  International Workshop, Paris-IEDES, 7-8 december 09

  Organized by UMR 201, RUME India, Mexico, Madagascar, CIESAS (Mexico) (www.rume-rural-microfinance.org). The main purpose of this interdisciplinary workshop will be a theoretical and empirical examination of over-indebtedness from the perspective of southern countries, with the following underlying hypothesis: to define and analyze the process of indebtedness requires first an understanding of the complexity and diversity of debt relationships. The following questions might be addressed: 1) The social meaning of debt, creditworthiness and over-indebtedness. 2) Financial ‘markets’ and financial providers. 3) Financial culture. 4) Impoverishment and accumulation. 5) Over-indebtedness.

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