Join the networkInequality and Development – trends and policies
UNU-WIDER policy seminar on “Inequality and Development - trends and policies” at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The seminar will look at current trends in inequality, the relationship between development and inequality, and the role of social protection and taxation in the development process. There is now an active debate on whether countries should set themselves goals for not only achieving absolute poverty reduction, but also for lowering inequality. However, policy action needs to be better served by analysis and data.
This policy seminar aims to encourage dialogue between researchers and policy makers to enable the use of evidence in development assistance work. Thus plenty of time has been reserved for discussion after the presentations.
Programme
12:45-13:00 Registration and coffee
13:00-13:05 Opening, Riikka Laatu, Deputy Director General of Development Policy Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
13:05-13:20 Introduction, Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER
13:20-13:40 Inequality trends and the role of social protection, Miguel Niño Zarazúa, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER
13:40-14:00 The role of taxation, Jukka Pirttilä, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER
14:00-15:00 Questions and answers – including comments from Kari Alanko (Deputy Director, General of Department for Africa and Middle East) and Eija Rotinen (Deputy Director General of Department for Americas and Asia)
