China and the World: A critical discussion on state capacity in the developing countries

Date: 29 January 2024

Time: 10:00-16:00

Venue: LSE Connaught House 7.05

Information:

The rise of China and the Global South has put the conventional narrative of weak state capacity of developing countries under scrutiny. This workshop brings together scholars working on contemporary issues in developing countries from a state capacity perspective.

Participants are urged to present their work in progress or unpublished articles, as the workshop is designed in a manner to share on-going work and receive feedback.

We leave it to the discretion of the participants on what they wish to present and receive feedback (e.g. research question, framework, methodology, applications).

Schedule:

10:00 – 12:30

Panel 1: Chinese presence and state building in Africa

Discussants: Yu Zheng (Mayling Birney Scholar, Fudan) and Chris Alden (LSE)

Presenters:

Ana Cristina Alves (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) and/or Chris Alden (LSE)

TBD

Elisa Gambino (University of Manchester)

Refashioning Patterns of Profiteering: The ‘Infrastructure Turn’ in Kenya’s Political Economy

Miriam Driessen (Oxford)

Brokers of sovereignty: Ethiopian judges, Chinese litigants, and contested claims of immunity

Yuezhou Yang (LSE-Fudan)

Expropriating land for rail: contested land governance and citizenship along China-led rail developments in Kenya

12:30-13:30

Senior Dining Room Lunch Break

13:30-16:00

Panel 2: Environment and Climate in the Global South

Discussant: Kathryn Hochstetler (LSE)

Presenters:

Michael Lerner (Department of Government, LSE), Assistant Professor

Expert preferences for carbon pricing in the developing world

Biraj Adhikari (Practical Action, Nepal), Post-doctoral fellow

Urgency with inclusion in global climate adaptation finance: why measurement matters

Ashrika Sharma (University of Edinburgh), PhD student

Public Participation for Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal: Gaps between Rhetoric and Practice

Tanvi Deshpande (LSE-Fudan), Post-doctoral fellow

Urban institutions and global climate action norms

16:00-17:00

Closing refreshment (TBD)

For more information about this event and other events by the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub visit: https://www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-public-policy/Research/LSE-Fudan/China-and-the-World-Seminar-Series

LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub State Capacity Workshop