Dr. A Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Dr. A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, B.A. (SOAS, London), M.Phil. (Cambridge) and Ph.D. (Manitoba)
Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Trent University
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Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
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Research Interests
Dr. Akram-Lodhi's major research interest is in gender and the political economy of rural change. As such, he has researched and written on the economics of gender relations in rural development, on the theory and practice of the economics of the household, on the empirical estimation of agrarian classes, on water and social power, on the operation of 'real' markets, on access to land, and on the 'agrarian question'. In addition, he has conducted research and written on structural adjustment, the use of structural macromodels in policymaking, health economics, and the gendered impact of government revenue and spending. Dr. Akram-Lodhi's current research includes: ongoing research on gender and agrarian change in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan; the evolution of land policy in Vietnam and its impact on poverty reduction; the fate of the peasantry in an era of globalization; gender and economic analysis; and the macroeconomics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Selected Recent Publications
Books:
- Peasants and Globalization: Political Economy, Rural Transformation and the Agrarian Question (co-edited with C Kay). London: Routledge, 2009.
- Land, Poverty and Livelihoods: Perspectives from Developing and Transition Countries (co-edited with C Kay and S Borras). London: Routledge, 2007.
- Globalization, Neoconservative Policies and Democratic Alternatives (co-edited with R Chernomas and A Sepehri). Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2005.
- Water, Pipes and People in Pakistan: The Social and Economic Impact of the Salinity Control and Reclamation Project in Mardan, Northern Pakistan (co-edited with J Freedman). Lahore: Vanguard, 2001.
- Confronting Fiji Futures. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 2000.
Academic Journal Papers:
- ‘(Re)imagining agrarian relations? The World Development Report 2008—Agriculture for Development’, Development and Change 2008, pp. 1145 – 1162.
- 'State, civil society and Sardar Sarovar' in Contemporary South Asia 2008 vol 16 no 2, pp. 231 - 235.
- 'Land reform, rural social relations and the peasantry' in Journal of Agrarian Change vol 7 no 4 2007, pp. 554 - 562.
- 'Land, markets and neoliberal enclosure: an agrarian political economy perspective' in Third World Quarterly vol 28 no 8 2007, pp. 1437 - 1456.
- 'Transition, savings and growth in Vietnam: a 3-gap analysis' in Journal of International Development vol 17 2005 (with A Sepehri).
- 'Penalizing patients and rewarding health care providers: user charges and health care utilization in Vietnam' in Health Policy and Planning vol 20 no 2 2005 (with A Sepehri and R Chernomas).
- Vietnam's agriculture: processes of rich peasant accumulation and mechanisms of social differentiation' in Journal of Agrarian Change vol 5 no 1 2005.
- 'Are "landlords taking back the land"? An essay on the agrarian transition in Vietnam' in European Journal of Development Research vol 16 no 4 2004.
- '"If they get sick they are in trouble": health care restructuring, user charges and equity in Vietnam' in International Journal of Health Services vol 33 no 1 2002 (with A Sepehri and R Chernomas).
- '"All decisions are top-down": engendering public expenditure in Vietnam' in Feminist Economics vol 8 no 3 2002.
- 'Trouble in paradise? Savings and growth in Fiji, 1970-2001' in Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy vol 6 no 3 2001 (with A Sepehri).
- '"Like an act of God": land, water and social power in northern Pakistan' in Contemporary South Asia vol 10 no 3 2001.
Links
Courses 2010 - 2011
- Human inequality in global perspective (IDST 1000Y)
Department of International Development Studies, Trent University
- Agrarian change and food production in a global context (IDST-ANTH 2210Y) Department of Anthropology & Department of International Development Studies, Trent University
