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Jerry Buckland, PhD

Professor, International Development Studies
Telephone: (204) 953-3859
j.buckland@uwinnipeg.ca
On sabbatical until September 2010

Academic Interests
Jerry Buckland’s academic background is in Economics and International Development Studies. His interests and teaching areas include micro-financial services and poverty, rural development and food security, non-governmental organizations and community development, Bangladesh development.

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Research Projects & Publications
Jerry is currently involved in a three-year Social Science & Humanities Research Council funded research project examining financial exclusion in inner-cities in three Canadian cities. Find out more about this project.

‘An Examination of Asset-building as a Means to Foster Financial Inclusion: The Case of Individual Development Accounts,’ in Peter Nares & Jennifer Robson-Haddow ed., Asset-building in Canada, Toronto: Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI), 2007.

‘International Obstacles to Rural Development: How Neoliberal Policies Constrain Competitive Markets and Sustainable Agriculture,’ Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol. XXVII, No 1, 2006.

Ploughing up the Farm: Neoliberalism, Modern Technology and the State of the World’s Farmers. Halifax: Fernwood Books, & London: Zed Books, 2004.

“Non-governmental Organizations and Civil Society in Bangladesh: Risks and Opportunities of Globalization,” in Matiur Rahman ed., Globalization, Environmental Crisis and Social Change in Bangladesh. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2004.

“Globalization, NGOs and Civil Society in Bangladesh,” in J-L. Chodkiewicz and R.E. Wiest, eds., Globalization and Community: Canadian Perspectives. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Anthropology Papers 34, 2004.

Community Service
Jerry continues to be involved with a variety of community organizations in Winnipeg and was a co-chair of the editorial board for the Canadian Journal of Development Studies.