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The lectures honor the name of Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish journalist and writer, who died in 2007. Kapuscinski, whose books were translated into many languages, was often named the “Third World Chronicler” or the “Voice of the Poor” for his famous reportages and books describing developing countries on all continents. Among other books, he was famous for the following: “The Emperor” on Ethiopia, “Shah of Shahs” about Iran, “The Shadow of the Sun” about Africa, “Another Day of Life” about Angola, and “Imperium” about the Soviet Union.
The kapuscinski development lectures are a unique event where to debate on development issues with international organizations representatives, politicians, civil society, private sector or academic representatives. How to fight against climate change in development countries; how to achieve the Millennium Development Goals; how to improve aid effectiveness; What about development and Democracy; ; Pros and cons of the micro credit ; how to ensure that development aid is not wasted and reaches the poor; how is terrorism and instability rooted in unequal development; which lessons can be learned from the transition economies in Eastern Europe?
Those and other questions are answered by the 3rd round of the “Kapuscinski Lectures,” which are organized between November 2011 and June 2012. The lectures support the European Development Days, one of the biggest worldwide events on development organized annually.
