ReCom: Jobs - Aid at Work seminar 9/10 - Sam Jones, Finn Tarp and Martin Rama
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2012-10-31

The ReCom -- Research and Communication on Foreign Aid results meeting under the theme 'Aid, Growth & Employment' titled Jobs -- Aid at Work was held 8 October 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Speakers included policy makers, practitioners and academics. More about the event at http://www.wider.unu.edu/recomjobs

Professor Gary Fields, Cornell University -- Aid, Growth and Jobs

Dr Martin Rama, World Development Report 2013, World Bank -- The World Bank's World Development Report 2013 - Jobs

Dr Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank -- The Employment Effects of AfDB Projects

Dr John Page, Brookings / UNU-WIDER -- Aid, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Africa

H.E. Morten Elkjær, Danish Ambassador to Bolivia, H.E. Johnny Flentø, Danish Ambassador to Tanzania and Carin Norberg, Director of the Nordic Africa Institute - Reality check

Professor Måns Söderbom, Gothenburg University and Dr John Page, Brookings / UNU-WIDER -- Aid, Employment and Firm Dynamics in Africa

Professor Keijiro Otsuka and Professor Tetsushi Sonobe, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan) -- Enabling Entrepreneurs

Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER and Assistant Professor Sam Jones, University of Copenhagen -- Delivering good jobs in Mozambique: progress, problems, and possibilities

Dr Martin Rama, World Development Report 2013, World Bank -- How does Vietnam differ?

Christian Friis Bach, Danish Minister for Development Co-operation

More about ReCom: http://www.wider.unu.edu/recom
More about UNU-WIDER: http://www.wider.unu.edu