On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

Under the general theme Future of Work: Democracy, Development, and the Role of Labour the XIII GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on four sub-themes: 1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour 2. Trade Union Organization and Strategies 3. Labour Regulation 4....

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

High commodity prices, favourable financial conditions and the hard-won economic reforms of the 1990s boosted regional economic growth to an average of 5% in the past years, with low inflation and strong current account surpluses. Besides dealing with the international financial turbulence and...

Developing country economies have grown faster than those of the developed countries. In particular, the emergence of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) is reshaping the global economic and political landscape. The prospects and implications of the rise of CIBS are of profound...

The organizers are looking particularly for empirical and conceptual studies exploring the impact of globalization on the poor in Latin America through one or more of its various manifestations. a) Globalization and the chronic poor b) ‘Corporate globalization’ and the poor c) Threshold and...

Successful policies for development and poverty alleviation require the involvement of civil society in policy development and implementation. Trade Unions play an important role in organizing and representing worker's interest. They are a crucial partner in promoting the ILO Decent Work agenda...