Organised
by: MINISTRY OF LABOR OF ARGENTINA, IDEAs,
UNDP, ILO, ECLAC.
Site: Ministry of Labor
of Argentina, Islas Malvinas Auditorium
Argentina has experienced
fast economic growth along with budgetary and trade
surpluses, in recent years. As a consequence, many
labor market indicators have shown a reversal of the
negative trend experienced in the 1990s. Strong employment
creation, steady improvement of jobs quality and lowered
inequality have restored the role of employment as
a factor in social inclusion and exit from poverty.
Despite this successful performance, the goal of equity
in income distribution still requires the implementation
of additional public policies.
This international conference organized by
the Ministry of Labor of Argentina, in collaboration
with the International Labor Organization, the network
IDEAs, the United Nations Development Programme and
the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, intends to examine several issues related
to globalization and income distribution. The participation
of national and international researchers and experts
will enable a comparative perspective on current challenges
and policy options to improve the welfare of population.
Monday September 22
Opening
Carlos Tomada, Minister of Labor of Argentina
Carlos Felipe Martínez, resident representative
of United Nations Development
Programme
in Argentina
Javier González Olaechea, director of the International
Labor Organization office for
Argentina
Bernardo Kosacoff, director of the Economic Commission
for Latin America and the
Caribbean
office in Buenos Aires
Session I: "Globalization
and income distribution: trends and prospects"
Keynote speaker: Raymond Torres, Director, International
Institute for Labor Studies,
Geneva
Discussant: Giovanni Andrea Cornia, University of
Florence
Session II: Macroeconomic regime,
employment and inequality
Macroeconomic Policy Changes in Argentina at the Turn
of the Century, Roberto
Frenkel,
CEDES and University of Buenos Aires
Macroeconomic Policy Regime, Employment and Inequality:
Inflation Targeting in Brazil
1999-2008,
Franklin Serrano, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Growth and distribution, Martín Abeles, Secretary
of Economic Policy, Ministry of the
Economy
of Argentina
Discussant: Arnaldo Bocco, Central Bank of the Argentine
Republic
Lunch break
Session III: Productive structure,
employment and equity
Elites and Structural Inertia in Latin America: An
Introductory Note on the Political Economy
of Development, Mario Cimoli, Economic Commission
for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Santiago
Estructura productiva, empleo y equidad en Argentina
(Productive structure, employment
and equity in Argentina), Matías Kulfas, Bank
of the Argentine Nation
Efectos del nuevo patrón de crecimiento sobre
el empleo femenino (Effects of the new growth
pattern on female employment in Argentina), Victoria
Castillo, Ministry of
Labor of Argentina
Discussant: Diego Coatz, Center of Economic Studies-Argentine
Association of Industrial
Employers
Session IV: Social security
and equity
Sistema previsional y equidad en América Latina
(Social security and equity in Latin America,
Fabio Bertranou, ILO Santiago
Movilidad jubilatoria en Argentina (Pension adjustment
in Argentina), Walter Arrighi, Secretary
of Social Security, Ministry of Labor, Argentina
Sistema previsional y equidad en Brasil (Social security
and equity in Brazil), Rogerio Nagamine
Costanzi, Ministry of Social Security of Brazil
Discussant: Rafael Rofman, World Bank office in Argentina
Tuesday September 23
Session V: "Policy coordination
to improve income distribution"
Keynote speaker: Giovanni Andrea Cornia, University
of Florence
Discussant: Saúl Keifman, University of Buenos
Aires
Session VI: Money transfer
policies and inequality
La Distribución de Ingresos y los Programas
de Transferencia: Una Comparación entre Brasil,
Chile y México (Income distribution and transfer
programs: A comparison between
Brazil, Chile and Mexico), Sergei Soares, Instituto
de Pesquisa Econômica
Aplicada-International Poverty Centre, Brasilia
Políticas de transferencias monetarias y desigualdad
en Uruguay (Money transfer policies
and inequality in Uruguay), Ernesto Murro, Bank of
Social Security, Uruguay
Políticas de transferencias monetarias en Argentina:
Una evaluación de su impacto sobre
la pobreza y la desigualdad (Money transfer policies
in Argentina: An appraisal
of their impact on poverty and inequality), Roxana
Maurizio, National University
of General Sarmiento, Argentina
Discussant: Marita González, General Confederation
of Labor, Argentina
Lunch break
Session VII: Distributive impact
of the tax regime
Justiça tributária: iniqüidades
e desafios no Brasil (Tax justice: inequities and
challenges
in Brazil), Marcio Pochman, Instituto de Pesquisa
Econômica Aplicada,
Brasilia
La reforma tributaria en Uruguay (Tax reform in Uruguay),
Gabriel Lagomarsino, Bank Social
Security, Uruguay
Incidencia distributiva del sistema tributario argentino
(Distributive incidence of the Argentine
tax system), Juan Carlos Gómez Sabaini, independent
consultant
Discussant: Roberto Pereyra, ILO consultant
Session VIII: Inequality and
poverty in Asia and Latin America
China’s Income Inequality in the Globalization Era,
Andong Zhou, Tsinghua University, Beijing
*
Desigualdad y Pobreza en América Latina (Inequality
and poverty in Latin America), Oscar
Altimir, Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Santiago
Discussant: Luis Beccaria, Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago
Roundtable: The social impact
of globalization
Jan Kregel, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Marta Novick, Ministry of Labor, Argentina
Jayati Ghosh, Jawarhalal Nehru University
November 10, 2008.
* Due to last minute complications,
Andong Zhu was not able to attend the conference.
Therefore, Luis Beccaria, the session discussant,
summarized Zhu’s presentation, before proceeding to
the comments.
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