Globalization and Labour Market Outcomes - Policy Forum Programme

Friday, June 24, 2011

Where: ILO, Geneva, Room II

14.00 - 14.30

Opening Remarks

 
  • José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
    Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO “An ILO perspective on Globalization and Employment”
 
  • Martin Rama
    Lead Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
    The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs: Ideas, Process and Collaboration

Photo 1. Margaret Mc Millan, Martin Rama, Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Stephen Pursey

14:30 - 15:00

Keynote Address

 

Photo 2. Margaret McMillan delivering her keynote address

15:00 – 16:00

Globalization and Labour Markets: Policy Relevance of Research

 
  • Chair: Mina Mashayekhi
    Head, Trade Negotiations & Commercial Diplomacy, DITC, UNCTAD
 
 
 
 

Photo 3. Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Marc-Andreas Muendler, Mina Mashayekhi, Michael Plummer, Marion Jansen

16:00 – 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 – 17:45

Panel Debate

 
  • Chair: Richard Newfarmer
    Country Director Rwanda, International Growth Centre
 
  • Stephen Pursey
    Director, Policy Integration Department, ILO
 
  • Patrick Low
    Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO & Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva
 
  • David Autor
    Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
  • Yorgos Altintzis
    Policy Advisor, International Trade Union Confederation
 
  • Scott Barklamb
    International Organization of Employers

Photo 4. Yorgos Altintzis, David Autor, Richard Newfarmer, Stephen Pursey, Patrick Low, Scott Barklamb

17:45 – 18:15

Closing Session

 
  • José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
    Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO
 
  • Kathleen Beegle
    Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
 
  • Sascha O. Becker
    Associate Professor, University of Warwick

Photo 5. Kathleen Beegle, Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Sascha O. Becker, Stephen Pursey