Patrick Bond debates 'Africa Rising (or Uprising?)' in Maputo at Frelimo Political School, 29 May 2014 EIGHTH POLICY FORUM: “The Role of Ruling Parties in Promoting a Sustainable Economic Development Model - Thinking Beyond GDP” Maputo, 28th and 29th of May, 2014 Rapporteurs: Katharina Hofmann / Alva Hoffmann Policy Forum on: “The Role of Ruling Parties in Promoting a Sustainable Economic Development Mode - Thinking Beyond GDP” Maputo, May 28-29, 2014 The FRELIMO Party School and Friedrich Ebert Foundation Mozambique have the honour to invite you to a Policy Forum for representatives of ruling political parties in Southern Africa, on 28th and 29th May in Maputo. The conference will focus this year on The Role of Ruling Parties in Promoting a Sustainable Economic Development Mode - Thinking Beyond GDP. It shall aim at discussing whether the current GDP-centered growth model fosters economic development beneficial to the majority of Southern Africa’s population. The main objective of the Policy Forum, which follows previous annual conferences of the FRELIMO Central Party School and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, is to share experiences among party leaders and selected experts from Southern African countries and thereby contribute to democratic policy development in the region. More ‘Africa Rising’ from above – or uprising from below? By Patrick Bond Senior Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Built Environment and Development Studies and Director, UKZN Centre for Civil Society Presented to the Frelimo School and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Policy Forum The Role of Ruling Parties in Promoting Sustainable Economic Development: Thinking Beyond GDP Maputo, Mozambique, 29 May 2014  Back