Trade and Employment: Research Events
The Trade and Employment Programme organizes High-Level Academic Research Events and Workshops that bring together leading academic scholars and researchers. The aim is to help to identify priority areas for research and shape the discussion on globalization and labour markets and to assist stakeholders in maximizing the benefits of trade and FDI policies in terms of quantity and quality of jobs.
Below a list of recent Research Events and Conferences of the Trade and Employment programme.
Below a list of recent Research Events and Conferences of the Trade and Employment programme.
- Washington launch of “Making Globalization Socially Sustainable”, ILO-WTO co-publication, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington: October 2011
- Joint ILO-World Bank- Cesifo-EFIGE academic workshop and policy forum, Geneva: June 2011with the participation of key note speakers David Autor (MIT), Elhanan Helpman (Harvard) and interventions from OECD, UNCTAD and WTO.
- Joint ILO-World Bank conference: “Globalization and Employment: Global Shocks, Structural Change and Policy Response”, Geneva: June 2010.
- ILO-WTO academic workshop on ‘Global Trade and Employment’, WTO, Geneva: October 2009.
- ILO-World Bank Institute ‘Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labor: Economic Slowdown, Openness to Trade and Labor Market Adjustment’, Geneva, April 2009.