The BARA Development Seminar Series is pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Francis to present "Swimming Upstream: Anthropology and Social Development at the World Bank". (PDF)

Post Seminar Materials:

• Bitter Harvest: The Social Costs of State Failure in Rural Kenya Paul Francis, World Bank and Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, African Institute for Health and Development
• Republic of Kenya Country Social Analysis - Decision Meeting Draft May 14th, 2006
• Localized Cosmopolitans: Anthropologists at the World Bank David Mosse, SOAS Paper prepared for ‘Cosmopolitanism and Development’. Panel 4, ASA Conference, Keele, 10-13 April 2006
  (please email Karyn Fox for more information).
  

When: Monday Feb. 26th, 3:00-5:00 pm
Rescheduled:
Thursday, March 1st, 12:00 – 2:00

Where: Kiva Room in the Student Union - (see map)

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Paul Francis is currently Senior Social Development Specialist in the Africa Region of the World Bank. He received his Ph.D. in Social and Environmental Sciences from University of Liverpool, 1981. Trained as both an anthropologist and economist, he has spent most of his professional career dedicated to sociological analysis and concepts and its application to social and institutional development. He has previously worked with DFID, the International Monetary Fund, and UNDP, mainly in Africa and Asia, and was a professor in the Development Studies program, East Anglia University. His current interests include violence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria and rural Kenya.

Dr. Francis will present on social impact assessment and the social development agenda of the World Bank that is reflected in new analytic instruments such as Country Social Analysis (CSA), Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA), and Community-Driven Development (CDD). The discussion will explore these recent trends within the context of the evolution of the institution, and consider their implications for the application of social science (especially anthropological) knowledge in international development.

Joining Dr. Francis on the panel will be Dr. Mamadou Baro, BARA and Anthropology; Dr. Marcela Vásquez-León, BARA; and Dr. Paul Robbins, Geography.

We look forward to your participation!