26 May 2021 14:00–15:30
This event will examine recent research on migration and mobility in Ghana and West Africa, and discuss its implications and future trajectory.
Four experts in the field will present completed and ongoing research on movement within and across regions and countries. The themes addressed include the movement of youth, the role of environmental change, and the significance of inter-rural migration as well as migration between urban areas and their hinterlands. Presenters will hold a discussion, which will touch on the potential impacts of recent events, particularly the Covid-19 pandemic, on such migration and mobility. Participants are invited to bring their questions to the discussion, which will aim to sketch out important directions for research in this field in the coming period.
25 February 2021 12:00–13:30
As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by strong public policy and social governance, to support economic development and social welfare. China has much to share from its experience of rapid urbanisation and putting in place structures to support population health and welfare. This webinar explores the bottom-up and top-down participation approaches to urban sustainable development in Africa and China.
Speakers and topics
A bottom up approach to changing top down approaches; the work of the many African Slum/Shack Dwellers Federations
David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow at IIED and visiting professor at the Development Planning Unit, University College London. He co-authored with Diana Mitlin two recent books on Urban Poverty in the Global South; Scale and Nature (2012) and Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South (2