|
Accueil
>
Vie publique
>
Apparitions publiques
>
Conférences, débats
> Trade as if Development really mattered (http://lipietz.net/?article1691)
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 |
|
||