20121015_EDD12_Full_Agenda

TUESDAY 16
HIGH LEVEL PANELS
WORLD FOOD DAY | HIGH LEVEL PANELS
14:30 – 16:00 The Perspective of the Working Poor
Auditorium C in the Informal Economy
#Workingpoor
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Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director, World Institute for
Development Economic Research, United Nations University UNU-WIDER
Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School,
Harvard University, International Coordinator of the Women in Informal
Employment: Globalising and Organising Network – WIEGO
Heidi Hautala, Minister for International Development, Finland
Renana Jhabvala, National Coordinator, Self-Employed Women’s
Association – SEWA, India
Federico Parra, Regional Coordinator for Waste Pickers in Latin America,
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing – WIEGO
Globalisation is producing benefits in terms of growth and reduction of poverty.
However, growth is not always inclusive. In developing countries, the majority
of workers are still engaged in informal employment, characterised by a lack
of adequate social protection, low pay, limited growth potential, violations of
labour rights, and unsafe or difficult working conditions. Despite strong economic
growth, informalisation of work is increasing in all developing regions
except East Asia. Women and young people are overrepresented in informal
employment.
This HLP of academics, policy-makers and practitioners will aim to take stock
of this diversity and discuss which policies are needed to create better opportunities
for development of the workers in the informal economy.
Moderated by Kristian Schmidt, Director, Human Development Department,
Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid,
European Commission
Organised by European Commission, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing
and Organizing – WIEGO
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