Working Towards Being Slum Free? - Agenda

Friday, April 27, 2012

Registration

• Raka Ray (University of California, Berkeley) 
• KC Sivaramakrishnan (Centre for Policy Research)

The Slum

• Ananya Roy (University of California, Berkeley)
• KC Sivaramakrishnan (Center for Policy Research)
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Slum Free Cities: The Legislation
Chair and Discussant: Raka Ray (University of California, Berkeley)

• Matias Echanove (urbz.net)
• Om Mathur (National Institute of Urban Affairs)
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• Rahul Srivastava (urbz.net)

Policing the Basti

• Keynote reading by author, Vikram Chandra

The Political Economy of  Slum Free City Planning
Chair and Discussant: Ashok Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley)

• Amitabh Kundu (Centre for the Study of Regional Development)
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• Malini Ranganathan (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)
      ► Presentation
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• Ravi Sundaram (Center for the Study of Developing Societies)
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Slum Infrastructure (Screening of "Q2P" and discussion)
Chair and Discussant : Alison Post (University of California, Berkeley)

• Isha Ray (University of California, Berkeley)
• Paromita Vohra (Director of "Q2P")

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Social Protection for the Urban Poor?
Chair and Discussant: Pranab Bardhan  (University of California, Berkeley)

• Alain de Janvry (University of California, Berkeley)
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• Gautam Bhan (Indian Institute for Human Settlements)
        ►  Presentation
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The Politics of Land
Chair and Discussant: Ananya Roy  (University of California, Berkeley)

• Amita Baviskar (Institute of Economic Growth)
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• Mike Levien (University of California, Berkeley)
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• Partha Mukhopadhyay (Center for Policy Research)
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Wrap-up

• Raka Ray (University of California, Berkeley)