Welcome to the United Nations
23-24 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) is organizing, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), an Expert Group Meeting on “The Challenge of Building Employment for a Sustainable Recovery”. The meeting, which will take place on 23-24 June in Geneva, Switzerland, will bring together specialists to undertake a review of responses to the global jobs crisis in different countries and regions of the world and will consider concrete policies and strategies to create productive, decent employment during the recovery.
Information Note to Participants
Papers
- The employment crisis in Spain by Juan Jimeno
- A macroeconomic framework for employment creation by Linda Low
- Achieving Full, Productive and Freely Chosen Employment for Young People by Steven Miller
- Latin American Experience with Crisis-Driven Labor Market Programs by Jacqueline Mazza
- Post-crisis macroeconomics and least developed countries: A way forwardby Lyanatul Islam and Sarah Anwar
- Will it Hurt? Who Will It Hurt?The Macroeconomic and Distributional Effects of Fiscal Austerity by Prakash Loungani
- Financing Social and Labour Market Policies in Times of Crisis and Beyond by Katja Hujo
- Labour Market Performance and the Challenges of Creating Employment in India by Partha Saha
- The Employment Dimensions of On- going Socio-political events in Arab Region by Mohammed Lamine FARES
- Global Unions Recovery Strategies And Growth Plans by Gemma Adaba
Presentations
- Post-Crisis Macroeconomics and LDCs by Lyanatul Islam
- A Macroeconomic Framework for Employment Creation by Linda Low
- Public policies for employment in an era of job-poor growth: Introductory remarks by Stefano Scarpetta
- Global unions recovery strategies and growth plans: a central focus for the global unions by Gemma Adaba
- Whom Will It Hurt? The Distributional Effects of Fiscal Consolidation by Prakash Loungani
- The Effectiveness of Public Works in Creating Sustainable Employment in Developing Countries by Anna McCord
- Financing Social and Labour Market Policies in Times of Crisis and Beyond by Katja Hujo
- Decent rural employment for food security and poverty reduction
- Labour market policies and strategies for sustained employment creation in Europe during the recovery by Alfonso Arpaia
- Employment challenges in MENA region- Socio Economic roots of the Arab Spring
- Rethinking public policies for employment promotion by Azita Berar Awad
- The employment crisis in spain by Juan F. Jimeno
- Latin American Experience with Crisis-Driven Labor Market Programs by Jacqueline Mazza
- Labour Market Performance and the Challenges of Creating Employment in India
- The role of labour market policy in tackling the jobs crisis by Stefano Scarpetta