| Day 1: 16th February |
| 9.30 am |
Opening remarks by Juan Somavia, Director-General, ILO |
| 9.50 am to 11:15 am |
Session 1: The Crisis: Where do we stand? |
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Chairperson: Raymond Torres |
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Discussant: Robert C Shelburne, UNECE |
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Raymond Torres |
Responding to the global crisis: Achievements and pending issues - [pdf 100 KB] |
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Andrés Marinakis |
Explaining Latin America’s robust recovery from the crisis - [pdf 116 KB] |
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Lawrence Egulu |
The global financial and economic crisis: Key lessons for Africa - [pdf 114 KB] |
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Gyorgy Sziraczki, N; Bhattacharya, S; Dasgupta, and K B Kim |
Recovery, job quality and policy priorities in developing Asia |
| 11.15 am to 11:30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30 am to 1.00 pm |
Session 1: The Crisis: Where do we stand? (Continued…) |
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Chairperson: Raymond Torres |
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Discussant: Alfredo Calcagno, UNCTAD |
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Iyanatul Islam |
Post-crisis macroeconomics and the global development agenda: Which way now? - [pdf 249 KB] |
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Robert Kyloh |
Labour flexibility and economic recovery in Europe: Focus on Romania
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Youcef Ghellab and K Papadakis |
The politics of economic adjustment: State unilateralism or social dialogue? - [pdf 187 KB] |
| 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm |
Lunch Break |
| 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm |
Session 2: Employment Recovery with Quality jobs |
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Chairperson: Duncan Campbell |
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Discussant: Scott Barklamb, IOE |
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Duncan Campbell |
Employment-led growth and Growth-led employment in the Recovery - [pdf 447 KB] |
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Sandrine Cazes and Sher Verick |
What has happened to Okun’s law in the US and Europe? Insights from the Great Recession and longer term trends - [pdf 321 KB] |
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Christiane Kuptsch |
The economic crisis and labour migration policy in European countries - [pdf 112 KB] |
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Frank Hagemann and Furio Rosati |
Policy response to child labour and the effects of the crisis - [pdf 178 KB] |
| 4.00 pm to 4.15 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 4.15 pm to 6.00 pm |
Session 2: Employment Recovery with Quality jobs (continued…) |
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Chairperson: Duncan Campbell |
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Discussant: Georg Fischer, European Commission |
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Alena Nesporova |
Employment recovery and job quality in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - [pdf 96 KB] |
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Tariq Haq, D. Schmidt and Z. Tzannatos |
The labour market after the crisis in the Arab States: Trends, Policy responses and Challenges in the Recovery - [pdf 280 KB] |
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Corine Vargha and Colin Fenwick |
Towards a framework for measuring how labour law promotes Decent Work: A case study of Romania |
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Kazutoshi Chatani and Christoph Ernst |
Fiscal Stimulus Package: Its impact on employment creation - [pdf 91 KB] |
Day 2: 17th February |
| 9.00 am to 10.30 am |
Session 3: Financial reform and the real economy |
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Chairperson: Ekkehard Ernst |
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Discussant: Etienne Wasmer, OFCE Sciences Po, Paris |
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Bernd Balkenhol |
Do policies work to alleviate the credit crunch for SMEs? - [pdf 770 KB] |
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Hagen Henrÿ |
The impact of financial reforms on Cooperatives - [pdf 183 KB] |
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Ekkehard Ernst |
The future of finance: Options for financial sector reforms and their labour market implications - [pdf 187 KB] |
| 10.30 am to 10.45 am |
Coffee Break |
10.45 am to 12.30 pm |
Session 4: Achieving income-led growth |
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Chairperson: Frank Hoffer |
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Discussant: Detlef J Kotte, UNCTAD |
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Patrick Belser |
Wages in the global economy - [pdf 218 KB] |
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Christina Behrendt, Michael Cichon and Krzysztof Hagemejer |
Social security: Three lessons from the Global Crisis - [pdf 177 KB] |
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Janine Berg and Steven Tobin |
Income-led growth as a crisis response: Lessons from Brazil - [pdf 127 KB] |
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Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead |
The effects of the crisis on work inequalities in Europe - [pdf 163 KB] |
| 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm |
Lunch Break |
1.30 pm to 2.30 pm |
Session 4: Achieving income-led growth (continued…) |
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Chairperson: Krzysztof Hagemejer |
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Discussant: Detlef J Kotte, UNCTAD |
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Research and Policy Challenges: The Way Forward
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Sangheon Lee |
Wages and economic development: Towards an alternative model - [pdf 106 KB] |
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Susan Hayter |
Collective bargaining |
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Krzysztof Hagemejer |
Social Security |
| 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm |
Session 5: The role of International labour standards in rebalancing globalisation |
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Chairperson: Karen Curtis |
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Discussant: Eddy Lee |
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David Kucera, Leanne Roncolato and Erik von Uexkull |
The trade crisis and the financial crisis in India and South Africa - [pdf 155 KB] |
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Marion Jansen and José
Monteiro |
Regional trade and domestic labour market regulations |
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Eric Gravel, Tomi Kohiyama and Katerina Tsotroudi |
A Legal perspective on the role of international labour standards in rebalancing globalisation - [pdf 140 KB] |
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Franz Ebert and Anne Posthuma |
Aligning private sector investment and labour standards?: The case of policies of Development Finance Institutions - [pdf 164 KB] |
| 4.30 pm to 4.45 pm |
Coffee Break |
4.45 pm to 6.30 pm |
Round Table on Implications for the Global Jobs Pact and International Policy Coherence
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Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General, (TBC)
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Raymond Torres : Wrap up of major outcomes of the Conference |
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Bruno Coquet, Ministry for Economy, Industry and Employment of France, Technical Advisor for the G20 |
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Georg Fischer, Director, Analysis, Evaluation and External Relations, European Commission |
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Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre |
