Expert Conference
Presentation of the Workshop Results. Source: Michael Kirsten
March 16, 2012
The second day of the conference was a result-oriented expert forum with leading academics presenting the state of research. Participants from a variety of leading research and practice organizations discussed, how current knowledge could inform innovative and more effective policies and measures, and in what areas further research and research-practice cooperation were needed.
Employment and Development - What do we know and what can we do? |
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| 9:00 | Employment, development and policy: the state of research and practice | |
| Presentation 1: Employment, growth and poverty reduction: Factors, interdependencies and successful policies |
Gary Fields, Cornell University | |
| Presentation 2: Labour market institutions, policies and programmes: What are donors doing? |
Holger Seebens, KfW | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 | Parallel workshop sessions: Issues and challenges (for further information on topics see below) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Future development and employment: Research needs and options for practice |
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| Presentation 3: Core potentials of employment creation for development |
Martin Rama, World Bank Development Research Group | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:15 | Parallel workshop sessions: Approaches and solutions (for further information on topics see below) |
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| 17:30 | Plenary presentation of selected workshop results: lessons learnt and next steps Comments: The challenge of employment – prospects of research and development practice |
Michael Wehinger, Director Development and Climate, KfW Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director, Institute for the Study of Labor IZA |
| 18:00 | End of conference | |
Workshops
- Global shift of production factors, globalised value chains, and the role of industrial policy
- Informal sector and graduation
- Productivity growth, regional development, and the agricultural sector
- Employment creation in fragile states
- Labour supply, education, youth
- Labour mobility and employment in developing and transition countries
Last updated: May 2012
