Thursday, April 07, 2022 to Friday, April 08, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the importance of global access to social welfare while also highlighting the limits of our current welfare systems. This is situated in a global context of closing borders and decades of welfare cuts. This conference seeks...
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Social protection policies and programs help individuals and families escape poverty, manage risks, and improve resilience and opportunity. Prioritizing poorer households in social protection programs often can generate more progress on reducing poverty and...
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Social protection is not a privilege, but a human right. It is also the best insurance against inequalities, poverty and exclusion. To guarantee this right to social...
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Life course risks are generally considered to be the main drivers of stratification. The hypothesis is that the disadvantaged are more likely to experience such events, and once experienced, suffer more from their consequences, which might then lead to wider...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19...
Monday, November 22, 2021 to Wednesday, November 24, 2021
The neoliberal counter-revolution in development economics / studies re-purposed the idea of development as poverty relief. In contrast, Thandika Mkandawire offered a vision of development grounded in the Bandung Spirit. In very fundamental ways, Mkandawire’s...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 to Thursday, October 28, 2021
La Cuarta Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe es organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Gobierno de Antigua y Barbuda y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el...
Friday, July 23, 2021
Join IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and ILO Director General Guy Ryder for a virtual conversation about recent developments in the informal economy on Friday, July 23 at 09:00 a.m. (ET). More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labor force, or...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 to Friday, July 16, 2021
Despite significant global advances in societies and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, the poverty and inequality fault lines are unlikely to be redrawn or removed unless bold new and innovative solutions are developed, implemented and...
Location:
Africa, South Africa
Friday, July 02, 2021
With the emerging evidence of the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating socio-economic disparities, addressing inequality has become the central theme in the discussion on “building forward better” with its focus on well-being and inclusiveness, and sustainable and...