In his new book Ending Aid Dependence, Yash Tandon reviews the possibilities for change in the architecture of aid. The author explores the extent to which many developing countries reliant on aid wish to escape dependence, and yet are constrained from doing so. Proposing that moving away from dependence should be at the top of the political agenda of all developing countries, this timely book cautions countries of the global South from falling into the aid trap and endorsing the collective colonialism of the OECD.
Dorothy-Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (ed) (2008) China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective. 
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South Africa: Research and Training Institute of Women's Rights and Citizenship
2008-04-24
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/courses/47634
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Political Studies at Wits University and the Women’s Rights and Citizenship Programme at IDRC are pleased to announce a Research and Training Institute on Women’s Rights and Citizenship, to be held at Wits University from 4-16 August 2008. The aim of the Institute is to deepen the capacity of researchers to deploy feminist theories and methodologies in applied, policy-oriented research. The deadline for applications is Monday May 5 2008.
RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
Political Studies at Wits University and the Women’s Rights and Citizenship Programme at IDRC are pleased to announce a Research and Training Institute on Women’s Rights and Citizenship, to be held at Wits University from 4-16 August 2008. The aim of the Institute is to deepen the capacity of researchers to deploy feminist theories and methodologies in applied, policy-oriented research. The Institute has two components: a training institute (4-16 August, followed by a further week of training in November), and seed funding to develop fully-fledged research proposals in the area of women’s rights, citizenship and governance in sub-Saharan Africa .
We invite applications from research teams of 2-3 African researchers based in African institutions, and working in the area of gender, citizenship and governance. Research teams could be flexible in composition, for example a mix of university-based and NGO-based researchers, a senior researcher with a PhD and two Masters/ Doctoral level students, or exclusively university or NGO-based. Research teams could also cut across more than one institution, for example two research centres.
Ideally, we would prefer that the team consist of a senior researcher with a PhD and two young researchers with four-year or Masters degrees. All expenses (travel, accommodation and meals, and course materials) will be covered by the Institute. Successful participants will be provided with seed grants of $10 000 to conduct baseline research and develop full research proposals by 30 November. Interested researchers should contact Nurina Ally (Nurina.Ally@students.wits.ac.za ) for a detailed application package and further information.
The deadline for applications is Monday May 5 2008.