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10 novembre 2005 Parlement européen (Bruxelles) Trade as if Development really mattered 9h30
Trade as if Development really matteredTaking poverty reduction and sustainability seriously in Hong KongMonday, 7 Nov 2005, 15h00 - 18h30 Welcoming words by Monica Frassoni, Co-president of the Green/EFA Group Introduction to the Conference by Pierre Jonckheer. MEP Belgium Key note address : 15h15 – Olivier Deleuze - UNEP, Chief of Policy Unit, Nairobi What’s at stake for sustainable development in Hong Kong Session 1 : 16h00 - 18h30 20 years of trade liberalization policy and its empirical impact on poverty Chair : Pierre Jonckheer, Green MEP, Belgium – Robert Wade, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics A critique of the development perspective of the multilateral economic organisations – Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy research (CEPR) The impact of trade liberalization on developing countries – Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University, New York How not to count the poor : Assessments of the impact of globalisation and the World Bank poverty statistics Commenting the debate : – Chien Yen Goh, Third World Network, Geneva Office Consequences for a development agenda in trade negotiations – Sirra Ndow, Network of African Women Economists, Gambia A gender perspective on trade negotiations Discussion Tuesday, 8 Nov 2005 Introductory speech, 09h30 – Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute All that money can’t buy : the real meaning of fair trade Session 2 : 10h00 - 11h30 Towards a rights based approach to international trade relations Chair : Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France – Sally-Anne Way, Research Unit on the Right to Food, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva Human Rights : respecting the human right to food in agricultural trade agreements – Christian Barry, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York Labour Rights : promoting poorer countries’ interests in the international trading system – Vicente Yu, South Centre, Geneva The Right to Development : Promoting Sustainability and Policy Space for the South Discussion Session 3 : 11h30 - 13h00 Towards international trade relations based on "values" for human development Chair : Frithjof Schmidt, Green MEP, Germany – Henri Rouillé d’Orfeuil, Coordination Sud, France "Fair returns" : how to put poor rural producers back into a winning lane – Maite Cabeza Gutés, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain "Sustainability" : how to protect from a social and environmental race to the bottom – Steve Emmott, Consultant on Global Trade, Belgium "Collective preferences" : a cultural approach of access to basic services Discussion Session 4 : 15h00 - 16h30 Roundtable : What Hong Kong should deliver for sustainable development - Recommendations for EU action Chair : Caroline Lucas, Green MEP, United Kingdom Discussants : – John Clarke, European Commission, Directorate General Trade, Head of Unit WTO – Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France – Alexandra Strickner, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Geneva – James Howard, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) – Marc Maes, 11.11.11., Belgium Conference conclusions by Alain Lipietz Venue : Brussels, European Parliament, Room ASP 1 G 2 ![]() |
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