Lezing: democratie en populisme

8th lecture in the lecture series of SID-Netherlands 2006 – 2007 on:

Democracy and Development

Democracy and Populism

By Daniel Kaufmann

Director, Global Programs, World Bank Institute

Monday 14 May 2007, 18.00h, Free University, Amsterdam

 Place: Auditorium, Free University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam

Costs:  Free

Language: English

Guests: Very welcome

Door is open:  From 17.30h

Accessible: Public transport: from Station Amsterdam Zuid WTC: by foot, tram 51or tram 5 (5 min.). from Amsterdam CS: tram 51 (15 min.) or tram 5 (25 min.); By car: motorway A10, junction S108, Buitenveldert/Amstelveen Centrum

Information and registration: Secretariat SID Netherlands; T: 070-338 3287,

E:  sid-nl@socires.nl

Website: www.sid-nl.org

SID-SERIES 2006-2007: Democracy Promotion at a Crossroads

 The Netherlands chapter of the Society for International Development (SID Netherlands) organises a series of lectures during the 2006 – 2007 academic year at the Free University of Amsterdam on the relationship between democracy and development, its contribution to nation building, the promotion of peace and stability and the consolidation of human rights.

 8th lecture: Democracy and Populism

Latin America is widely asserted, is moving to the left. The recent election victories of Evo Morales in Bolivia, of Chile's Michelle Bachelet, and of Ollanta Humala in the first round of Peru's presidential ballot are seen as forming part of a seamless web of leftism which also envelops Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Correa in Ecuador, Argentina's Néstor Kirchner and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the front-runner in Mexico's presidential election. What is the meaning and the reasons behind this move to the left? What is really changing in Latin America? What are the origins and consequences of this change? Can Democracy as we know it function together with populism?

Daniel Kaufmann

Regarded as a leading expert, researcher, and adviser to countries on governance and development, Mr. Kaufmann, along with his staff and colleagues, has pioneered survey methodologies and capacity building approaches for good governance and anti-corruption programs around the world. He currently heads groups on Global Governance and Knowledge for Development, and previously held positions at the World Bank which include managing a team on Finance, Regulation and Governance, heading capacity building for Latin America, and also serving as Lead Economist both in economies in transition as well as in the Bank's research department.

In the early nineties, he was the first Chief of Mission of the World Bank to Ukraine, and then he was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University prior to resuming his career at the World Bank. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum (Davos) Faculty. His research on economic development, governance, the unofficial economy, macro-economics, investment, corruption, privatization, and urban and labor economics has been published in leading journals.

Mr. Kaufmann is a frequent speaker on governance issues in major fora, such as the recent keynote presentation at the First Global Forum on Media Development, as well as the Annual Goodman Lecture at the University of Toronto in 2005, and his work on governance and development is often reported in media and policy circles. A Chilean national, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard, and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Partners of these lecture series are among others the Free University Amsterdam, NCDO, NIMD, ISS, Clingendael, Radboud University Nijmegen and Maastricht University