Organised by: IDEAs; CONICET; MINISTRY OF LABOR, Argentina and UBA

Site: Salón de Actos

September 24

Opening

School of Economic Sciences-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ministry of Labor and IDEAs.

Session I: Economic growth and employment creation

India, Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
China, Dic Lo, University of London
Argentina, Bárbara Perrot and Soledad Villafañe, Ministry of Labor of Argentina

Discussant: Diego Herrero, Ministry of the Economy of Argentina/Universidad de Buenos Aires

Coffee break

Session II: Labor market segmentation and income distribution
Overview, Luis Beccaria, ECLAC Santiago
Informal workers, Diego Schleser, Ministry of Labor of Argentina
Unionized workers, David Trajtemberg, Ministry of Labor of Argentina

Discussant: Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Università di Firenze and ILO consultant

Lunch break

Session III: International finance and development

Overview, Arturo O‘Connell, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
Financial crises, Jan Kregel, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Argentina, Martín Abeles, Secretary of Economic Policy, Ministry of the Economy of Argentina
Bank of the South, Roberto Felleti, Bank of the Argentine Nation

Discussant: Alejandro Vanoli,

Coffee break

Session IV: Trade and development

Overview, Armando Di Fillipo, Institute for International Studies, Universidad de Chile
Doha Round, Néstor Stancanelli, Center for International Economics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina
Argentina, Fernando Porta, Centro Redes, Argentina

Discussant: C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

September 25

Site: Salón de Usos Múltiples

Session V: Technology and development

Asia, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Latin America, Andrés López, CENIT/Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina, Gustavo Lugones, Centro REDES, Argentina

Discussant: Mario Cimoli, ECLAC Santiago

Coffee break

Session VII: Sustainability of development

Sustainability of development, Gilberto Gallopin, CEPAL Santiago
Economics and sustainability, Martina Chidiak, Universidad Nacional de General san Martín
Structuralism and the environment, Armando Di Filippo, Institute for International Studies, Universidad de Chile

Lunch break

Session VI: The agrarian question under globalization

Peasants, Alejandro Rofman, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Rural wage labor, Susana Aparicio, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Native peoples, Catalina Buliuvasich, Universidad Nacional de Salta

Coffee break

Roundtable: Is there a challenge from the South?

Andong Zhu, Tsinghua University, China
C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Saúl Keifman, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Franklin Serrano: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

September 10, 2008.