NOVEMBER 18 | |
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8h30 – 09h30 | Credentials and welcome coffee |
09h30 – 10h | Opening session |
10h – 12h30 | WHAT DOES A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY MEAN?Does ending poverty mean overcoming a monetary line? Does it mean to provide a minimum level of well-being? What is the role of the concepts of multidimensional and relative poverty in this discussion? James Foster, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, George Washington University Murray Leibbrandt, Professor of Economics, University of Cape Town Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP Coordinator: Deborah Wetzel, World Bank |
12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch |
14h30 – 17h | OVERCOMING EXTREME POVERTY – THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCEPresentation of the Brazilian experience in terms of formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan and its main results, followed by critical evaluation from the commentators. Speaker Tereza Campello, Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger, Brazil Commentators Margaret Grosh, Lead Economist for Human Development in the Latin American and Caribbean Region, World Bank Nora Lustig, Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University Emir Sader, Professor at Rio de Janeiro State University Coordinator: Jorge Chediek, UNDP |
17h – 18h | Cocktail |
NOVEMBER 19 | |
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09h30 – 10h | Welcome coffee |
10h – 12h30 | IS A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY POSSIBLE?Ending extreme poverty within a generation. Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Director of the Bureau for Policy and Program Support, UNDP Sergei Soares, President of the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research Coordinator: Tiago Falcão, Brazilian Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger |
12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch |
14h30 – 17h | A POLICY AGENDA BEYOND THE EXTREME POVERTYConsidering poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon, what is the public policies agenda in order to meet the new and sophisticated demands of those who came out of extreme poverty? Ana Revenga, Senior Director of the Poverty Global Practice, World Bank Laís Abramo, ILO Brazil country Director Francisco Menezes, IBASE/Action Aid Marcelo Neri, Minister of Strategic Affairs, Brazil Coordinator: Romulo Paes, RIO+ Centre/UNDP |
17h – 18h | Closing session |