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PROGRAM
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| Sunday, June 21 |
7:00 p.m.
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INAUGURAL DINNER AND REGISTRATION |
| Monday, June 22 |
8:00 a.m.
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REGISTRATION |
8:15–9:00 a.m.
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WELCOME |
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, The Levy Economics Institute
Rebeca Grynspan, United Nations Development Programme
Selim Jahan, United Nations Development Programme |
| INTRODUCTION TO THE THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE |
| Rania Antonopoulos, The Levy Economics Institute |
9:00–10:30 a.m.
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SPEAKERS |
“During and After the Crisis: Why Is an Employer of Last Resort Policy Needed?”
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, The Levy Economics Institute
“Global Crisis and the Imperative for Job Creation: A Development Perspective”
Jan Kregel, The Levy Economics Institute |
10:30–10:45 a.m.
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TEA/COFFEE BREAK |
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
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SESSION 1—COUNTRY EXPERIENCES: INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND ARGENTINA |
| Moderator: Luis Felipe López-Calva, United Nations Development Program
“India: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”
Santosh Mehrotra, Rural Development, Planning Commission, Government of India
“South Africa: Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP)”
Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, EPWP, Department of Public Works, South Africa (former director)
“Argentina: Jefes y Jefas de Hogar”
Daniel Kostzer, United Nations Development Programme |
12:45–2:00
p.m.
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LUNCH |
2:00–3:15 p.m.
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SESSION 2—FUNDING EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE PROGRAMS |
| Moderator: Steven Miller, Founding Member, Economists for Full Employment (EFE) Network
“Policy Space, Fiscal Space, and Financing for NREGA”
Pinaki Chakraborty, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India
“Currency Regimes, Inflationary Pressures, and Fiscal Space Constraints”
Jan Kregel, The Levy Economics Institute |
3:15–4:00 p.m.
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SPEAKER |
“Making Infrastructure Generate Employment for the MDGs”
Selim Jahan, United Nations Development Programme |
4:00–5:15
p.m.
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SESSION 3—SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION OUTCOMES |
| Moderator: Ajit Zacharias, The Levy Economics Institute
“Urban Renewal and Youth Unemployment”
Steven Miller, Founding Member, Economists for Full Employment (EFE) Network
“Promoting Gender Equality: Ex-ante Evaluation of Scaling-up Social Sector Job Creation for the Case of South Africa”
Rania Antonopoulos, The Levy Economics Institute
“Community Development and ELR: A Gender Perspective on Jefes y Jefas”
Martha Tepepa, Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales, El Colegio de Mexico |
5:15–5:30 p.m.
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TEA/COFFEE BREAK |
5:30–7:00 p.m.
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SESSION 4—RESPONDING TO JOBLESSNESS: POLICY CONTEXTS AND THE ROLE OF THE UNDP AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS |
| Moderator: Jan Kregel, The Levy Economics Institute
“Colombia’s Displaced Population”
Cecilia López, Senator, Colombian Congress, Colombia
“ELR: The Case of Pakistan”
William Mitchell, Center for Full Employment and Equity, Australia
“Addressing Joblessness in Brazil”
Jose Carlos de Assis, National Development Bank of Brazil
Film: The Right to Work: Voices from the Ground, a 10-minute interview, introduced by Radhika Lal, United Nations Development Programme |
7:00–7:30 p.m.
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RECEPTION |
7:30 p.m.
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DINNER |
| Tuesday, June 23 |
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The dialogue sessions are intended to promote the exchange of views among all participants. During these sessions the panelists are allocated 10 minutes each, followed by comments, questions, and general discussion |
8:45–10:00 a.m.
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DIALOGUE (1)—POLICY CHOICES AND CHALLENGES IN INTRODUCING EGP, ELR |
| Scope and Scale: “Universal” (demand-driven) or “targeted”
Institutional Arrangements: Level of centralization, getting “incentives” right, wage setting
Identifying and Managing Job Creation’s Indirect Policy Objectives: Community development, social inclusion, skill creation, poverty reduction, MDGs, etc.
Radhika Lal, Rania Antonopoulos, Santosh Mehrotra |
10:00–10:15 a.m.
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TEA/COFFEE BREAK |
10:15 a.m. – 12:15
p.m.
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DIALOGUE (2)—POLICY OPTIONS AND CHALLENGES IN INTRODUCING EGP, ELR |
| Funding: Costing and sources of financing, impact on internal/external balances
Inflation: Acceptable range and micro-macroeconomic impacts
Jan Kregel, Daniel Kostzer, Pinaki Chakraborty, William Mitchell |
| 12:15–1:30 p.m. |
LUNCH |
1:30–2:30 p.m.
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SESSION 5—SCALING-UP WHAT HAS WORKED, EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW IDEAS |
| Moderator: Dimitri Papadimitriou, The Levy Economics Institute
“ILO’s Employment-intensive Infrastructure Programs”
Marc Van Imschoot, International Labour Organisation
“The Family-Weekend Program”
Kate Phillip, Office of the Presidency, South Africa
“An ELR Proposal for Tunisia” (on behalf of Fadhel Kaboub)
Pavlina Tcherneva, Franklin and Marshall College |
2:30–3:30
p.m.
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DIALOGUE (3)—POLICY OPTIONS AND CHALLENGES IN INTRODUCING EGP, ELR |
| Choice of Projects: Needs assessment? “Basic,” “public-private,” and “gender” dimensions in infrastructure, social services, agriculture, and the environment
Design and Implementation: Assessing existing capacities, deciding on implementing body options (direct-hire, subcontracting, NGOs)
Monitoring and Evaluation: Transparency, accountability, and the right
information
Steven Miller, Radhika Lal, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song |
3:30–3:45 p.m.
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TEA/COFFEE BREAK |
3:45–5:30 p.m.
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SESSION 6—QUANTITATIVE–QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS |
| Moderator: Rania Antonopoulos, The Levy Economics Institute
“Distributional Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act”
Ajit Zacharias, The Levy Economics Institute
“Mexico’s Programa de Empleo Temporal: Evaluation and Agenda for Reform”
John Scott, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
“Micro-macro Simulation Analysis for the Case of South Africa”
Kijong Kim, The Levy Economics Institute
“Employment Impact Assessment: The ILO Experience”
Steven Miller, Founding Member, Economists for Full Employment (EFE) Network
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5:30–6:45 p.m.
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ROUNDTABLE ON NEXT STEPS |
The role of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Labour Organisation (ILO), and other U.N. System partners; strengthening capacities; engaging in policy research, and consolidating the Economists for Full Employment (EFE) global network
Group1: Steven Pursey, Steven Miller, Jan Kregel
Group 2: Selim Jahan, Luis Felipe López-Calva, Rania Antonopoulos |
6:45 p.m.
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DINNER |
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