Thursday, February 14, 2019

Release of Report "Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia" | 28 February at IHC New Delhi

Release of the Report "Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia"

on Thursday, February 28, 2019

at Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Organized by ICRIER, World Bank Group and International Labor Organization (ILO)


PROGRAMME


09:30 – 10 am: Registration

10:00 – 11:30 am: Welcome AddressProf. Anwarul Hoda, Chair Professor, Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Special Address: Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog | Shri Heeralal Samariya, Secretary (L&E), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India

Opening Address: Mr. Junaid Kamal, Country Director India, World Bank | Ms. Dagmar Walter, Country Director-India, International Labour Organization

Release of the Report | "Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia"  World Bank Group and International Labor Organization

Presentation of the Report | By Ms. Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, World Bank and Mr. Daniel Samaan, International Labour Organization

11:45 am – 01 pm: Panel Discussion on How to Reinvigorate the Labor Market through Greater Export Growth

  • Chair: Ms. Nidhi Mani Tripathi, Joint Secretary – TPD (Services), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Panelists:

  • Mr. Srinivasan Iyer, Program Officer, The Ford Foundation
  • Ms. Sabina Dewan, President and Executive Director, Just Jobs Network
  • Ms. Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Fellow, ICRIER
  • Mr. Martin Rama,  Senior Advisor, World Bank
  • Prof. Ajit Ghose, Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development

01 pm – 01:30 pm: Question and Answer

01:30 – 01:35 pm: Vote of Thanks | Mr. Martin Rama, Senior Advisor, World Bank

 


RSVP

Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER

Core-6A, 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110003, India

Tel: 01143112400; Fax: 24620180 | E-mail: rajat.kathuria[@]icrier.res.in

Registration

No comments:

Post a Comment