| Day 1 | 9 October 2000 | |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Opening Plenary | |
| Welcome | Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, Human Development Report Office (HDRO), UNDP |
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| Chair: | Elena Martinez Director, UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| Keynote Speakers: Speech |
Marco Maciel Vice-President, Brazil |
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| Why is it so hard to cancel unpayable debts? |
Ann Pettifor Director, Jubilee 2000, UK |
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Luis Filipe Marques Amado Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Portugal |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Presentation of Human Development Report 2000: Human Rights and Human Development: Extending the Paradigm | |
| Chair: |
Bacre Waly Ndiaye Director, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations |
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| Presenter:
Human Rights and Human Development: Expanding the Paradigm |
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, UNDP HDRO |
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| Discussant: |
Kenneth Roth Executive Director, Human Rights Watch |
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| Human Rights and Human Development: Some Reflections |
Kamal Hossain UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Human Development: Key Policy Issues in National Strategies | |
| Chair: |
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, UNDP HDRO |
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Presenters:
Brazil's
Alvorada Program
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Wanda Engel Aduan Secretary of State for Social Assistance, Ministry of Social Assistance, Brazil |
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| Approaches to Human Development in the Philippines |
Solita Monsod Former Minister of Social and Economic Planning, Professor, University of the Philippines |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| Citizen, Constitution and Human Rights |
Candido Mendes President, Candido Mendes University, Brazil |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Session 1: Human Development Trends in Brazil | |
| Chair: |
Walter Franco Resident Representative, UNDP Brazil |
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| Speakers: |
Roberto Martins Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA), Brazil |
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Desenvolvimento
Humano Sustentavel: Parcerias no Brasil
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José Carlos Libânio UNDP Brazil |
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André Urani Secretary of Labor State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Desenvolvimento Humano E As Desigualdades Étnicas No Brasil: Um Retrato De Final De Século |
Marcelo Paixão Instituto de Economia -UFRJ/FASE, Brazil |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Session 2: Human Rights and Statistics | |
| Chair: |
A.K. Shivakumar UNDP HDRO Consultant |
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| Presenters: Indicators and Standards for Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Audrey R. Chapman American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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| The Challenge of Creating Human Rights Indicators |
Christian Barry Programme Officer, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, United States |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Session 3: International Human Rights Machinery: Challenges and Future Prospects | |
| Chair: |
Kamal Hossain UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan |
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| Presenters:
Accountability of International Institutions: a Clash of International Public Goods |
Shin-Ichi Ago Professor of International Economic Law, Kyushu University, Japan |
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| Human Rights and Human Development in the Context of Globalization |
François Trémeaud Executive Director International Labour Office |
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| Discussant: |
Joanna Weschler UN Representative Human Rights Watch |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Session 4: Human Rights and Democracy in Latin America | |
| Chair: |
Roberto Bissio Executive Director Instituto del Tercer Mundo (IteM), Uruguay |
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| Speakers: |
Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos Candido Mendes University, Brazil |
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| A Social Policy of Inclusion Centered on Human Development |
Carlos Flores-Alcocer Coordinator, Social Sector, Fox Transition Team, Mexico |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Sessions 1: Human Development and Conservation: Interdependent Imperatives | |
| Chair: |
Nadia Hijab Consultant, UNDP HDRO |
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| Presenters:
Influence of the GEF/UNDP Small Grants program on Public Policy in Brazil |
Donald Sawyer President, Institute for Society, Population and Nature, Brazil |
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| Human Development Index and Appropriation of the Natural Resources Benefit |
Raul E. Murguia National Coordinator, Global Environment Facility GEF/SGp Mexico |
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| Addressing Human Development Through Local Environmental projects |
Jamarbar Malltezi National Coordinator, GEF/SGp Albania |
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Seemin Qayum Technical Advisor to GEF/SGp, UNDP/NY |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Session 2: Innovations in the Measurement of Human Development | |
| Chair: | Ricardo Paes de Barros IPEA, Brazil | |
| Presenters:
The Social Watch Indicators |
Roberto Bissio Executive Director Instituto del Tercer Mundo (IteM), Uruguay |
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| In Search of Indicators of Culture and Development: Review of progress and proposals for Next Steps |
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Director, UNDP HDRO |
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| Innovative
HD Measurement Tools in the NHDR Egypt Series |
Heba El Leithy Professor of Statistics, National Human Development Report (NHDR), Egypt |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Session 3: Legitimizing Human Rights Within Development: The Carnegie Council Human Rights Initiative | |
| Chair: |
Joanna Bauer Director of Studies Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, USA |
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| Presenters:
The Public Legitimacy of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Rural Ecuador |
Juana Sotomayor Fellow, Human Rights Initiative Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs |
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| The Right to a Secure Environment |
Carlos Basombrío Instituto de Defensa Legal, Perú |
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| The Human Rights Framework: Its Relevance for Development |
Stephen P. Marks Harvard University, United States |
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| Human Development and the "Human Rights Box" |
T. Jeffrey Scott Program Officer, Human Rights Initiative, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs |
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| 18:00 | Reception - Mahbub ul Haq Memorial Lecture | |
| Introduction |
Elena Martinez Director, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP |
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| Speaker: |
Enrique Iglesias President Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
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| Day 2 | 10 October 2000 | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Plenary Session: Promoting economic, social and cultural rights: accountability of state and non-state actors | |
| Chair: | Stephen P. Marks Harvard University, USA |
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| Presenters:
Human Rights and Human Development: The Case of Thailand |
Vitit Muntarbhorn Law Professor Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
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| Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Obligations of States and Accountability of Non-State Actors |
Asbjørn Eide Director Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, Norway |
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| Human Rights to Food, Health, and Education |
Siddiqur Osmani University of Belfast, UK |
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| Rules of International Economic Integration and Human Rights |
Jayati Ghosh Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
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| 11:00 - 13:00 | Plenary Sessions: Income Inequality - Old and New Lessons | |
| Keynote Speaker:
Global Economic Justice and Human Rights |
Leif Pagrotsky Minister of Trade, Sweden |
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| Chair: |
Nancy Birdsall Special Adviser to the Administrator, UNDP |
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| Presenters:
Education for the Masses? The Interaction between Wealth, Education and political Inequalities |
Francisco H.G. Ferreira Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Pro-Poor Growth and Income Inequality |
Ernesto M. pernia Lead Economist, Economics and Development Resource Center Asian Development Bank |
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| The Measurement of Poverty and Economic Inequality |
Thomas W. Pogge Professor Columbia University, United States |
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| Economic Reform and Wage Differentials in Latin America |
Miguel Székely Research Economist Inter-American Development Bank |
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| Discussant: |
François Bourguignon Professor of Economics University of Paris, France |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Launch of World
Energy Assessment with Jose Goldemberg Instituto de Eletrotecnica e Energia, University of Sao paulo, Brazil |
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| Introduction |
Sarah Burd-Sharps Manager, Programme Development and Outreach, UNDP HDRO |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Sessions 1: Liberalization, Poverty, and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s | |
| Chair: |
Enrique Ganuza UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| Presenters: Effects of Liberalization on Poverty and Inequality |
Ricardo Paes de Barros IPEA, Brazil |
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| Liberalización Comercial, Empleo y Desigualdad en Chile |
Tomas Rau University of Chile |
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| Efectos
sobre el crecimiento, el empleo y los ingresos en Argentina and Tendencias de la distribución de ingresos en los años noventa |
Roberto Frenkel, presented
by Roxana Maurizio Centro de Estudios de Economia y Societad (CEDES), Argentina |
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| Balance of payments Liberalization, Poverty, and Distribution in Jamaica |
Damien King University of the West Indies, Jamaica |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Sessions 2: The UN System's rights-based approach: lessons from the field | |
| Chair: |
Bacre Waly Ndiaye Director, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations |
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| Presenters:
Toward Effective Monitoring of Compliance with Obligations and the Progressive Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Clarence J. Diás International Centre for Law in Development |
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| UNDP and the Rights-Based Approach to Development |
Rebecca Rios-Kohn UNDP Bureau for Development Policy / Management Development and Governance Division |
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| UNICEF and the Rights-Based Approach to Development |
Marta Santos pais Director, UNICEF Division of Evaluation, Policy and Planning |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Sessions 3: Strategies for Reducing Inequality and Poverty | |
| Chair: |
Roberto Martins President, IPEA, Brazil |
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| Presenters:
Listening
to Citizens as a Means to Enhance public Services
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Ceres Alves Prates State Secretary, Government of Brazil |
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| Has income distribution really worsened in the South? And has income distribution really worsened between the North and the South? |
Pablo Rodas-Martini UNDP HDRO Consultant |
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| Private Adjustments: Household Responses to the Erosion of Work |
Mercedes González de la Rocha Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Anthropologia Social (CIEASAS Occidente), Mexico |
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Rohini Nayyar Planning Commission, India |
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| Discussant: |
Enrique Vasquez Universidad del pacifico, Peru |
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Parallel Sessions 4: National Human Development Reports: Challenges in Advancing a Human Development Agenda | |
| Chair: | Solita Monsod Professor, University of the Philippines |
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| Presenters: National Human Development Reports: The Chilean Experience |
Rodrigo Marquéz NHDR Chile |
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| Virgilio Juvane NHDR Mozambique |
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| Riad Tabbara NHDR Lebanon |
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| Lin Dapeng NHDR China |
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| Nune Yeghiazarian NHDR Armenia |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Sessions 1: Measuring Short-Term Progress - Rethinking Conventional Wisdom | |
| Chair: |
Enrique Ganuza UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| Presenters: Measuring short-term changes in human development |
A.K. Shivakumar UNDP HDRO consultant |
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| HDI as reference frame to measuring efforts and short-term progress in human development at subnational level: SEADE Foundation's work proposal to São paulo State Legislature |
Flavio Favas de Moraes Fundaçao Sistema Estadual de Analise de Dados (SEADE), Brazil |
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Living
Conditions in Three Brazilian Metropolitan Regions: Some comparative
results
and Condições De Vida Em três Regiões Metropolitanas Brasileiras: Alguns Resultados Comparativos |
Fernando Martins prates Fundação João Pinheiro, Brazil |
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| Discussants: |
Matthew Sudders Consultant, Paris 21 Secretariat, OECD |
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Maznah Mohamad University Sains, Malaysia |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Sessions 2: National and Regional Strategies on the Rights-Based Approach to Development | |
| Chair: |
Marta Santos Pais UNICEF |
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| Presenters:
Human Rights and Human Development: Learning from Those Who Act |
Nadia Hijab UNDP HDRO Consultant |
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| Human Rights and Human Development in Jordan |
Asma Khader UNDP HDRO Consultant |
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| A Report on Human Rights in Malaysia |
Johan Saravanamuttu University Sains, Malaysia |
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| Human Development and Social Integration Issues in Turkey |
Yilmaz Esmer Boshporus University, Turkey |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | Parallel Sessions 3: New Perspectives on Corporate Accountability | |
| Chair: |
Shin-Ichi Ago Professor of International Economic Law Kyushu University, Japan |
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| Presenters: Toward Accountability: The External and Internal Influence of NGOs |
Roberto H. Valentin Trustee, The Rotary Foundation |
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| Business and Decent Work |
Hans Hofmeijer Special Assistant to the Executve Director International Labour Office |
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| Indicators on Social Responsibility |
Oded Grajew Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility, Brazil |
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| New Frontiers of Corporate Responsibility and Accountability: The Response So Far and Remaining Challenges |
Malini Mehra Director, Centre for Social Markets, UK |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 | Closing Plenary | |
| Chair: |
Elena Martinez Director, UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| Presenters: |
Nancy Birdsall Special Adviser to the Administrator, UNDP |
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| NHDR Awards (including remarks from several NHDR team leaders) | ||
| Speech by Miss Soledad Godoy on behalf of the Chilean NHDR team regarding the reception of the award on excellence in analysis | ||
