Listen "Rethinking Development Through Global Urban Middle Classes"
Episode Synopsis
On November 10, PRIO hosted a seminar discussing how global urban middle classes are growing in the shadow of crises and inequality. Speakers were drawing on examples from cities in Africa and Asia to discuss how these emerging realities challenge current notions of 'development'. Speakers: Markus Roos Breines, Fafo. Author of Becoming Middle Class: Young People's Migration between Urban Centers in EthiopiaArve Hansen, University of Oslo and PRIO. Author of Consumption and Vietnam's New Middle Classes: Societal Transformations and Everyday Life.Anu Abraham, PRIOKaren Liao, PRIOPRIO Director Henrik Urdal opened the event and PRIO Researcher Marta Bivand Erdal moderated the conversation.For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.prio.org/events/9076. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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