Session I. Fiscal Policy, Gender Inequalities and Development

2:00 - 3:30

Facilitator: Rania Anotonopoulos, New York University and Levy Economics Institute, U.S.A.

Discussants:

Dimitri Papadimitriou, Levy Economics Institute and Bard College, U.S.A.
Talah Sulieman Arabiyat, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Amman, Jordan

Session II. Gender and Macroeconomic Policies in Latin America

3:45 - 5:30

Facilitator: Manuel (Butch) Montes , Ford Foundation

1. Alma Espino, Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo (CIEDUR), Uruguay and Paola Azar, Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo (CIEDUR), Uruguay, Changes in Economic Policies in Uruguay: A Gender Perspective
2. Lucia Fragoso, Equidad de Genero: Ciudadania, Trabajo y Familia, Mexico, (Title TBA)
3. Francisco Cos-Montiel, London School of Economics, Macro or Microstreaming Gender Economics? Engendering Economic Policy in Mexico.

Discussants:

Matias Vernego, University of Utah
Marsha Caddle, UNIFEM, Barbados
Jason Jackson, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados

Session III. Informal Economy, Fiscal and Social Policy

9:00 - 10:45

Facilitator: Shalabh Kumar Singh, National Council for Applied Economic
Research, India

1. Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University, U.S.A. and Maria S. Floro, Levy
Economics Institute and Vassar Colleege, U.S.A., Labor Market Informalization and Social Policy: Distributional Links and the Case of Homebased Workers<
2. Richard Devey, Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Definitions, Data And The Informal Economy In South Africa: A Critical Analysis
3. Indira Hirway, Center for Development Alternatives, India, Application of Time Use Statistics for Macropolicy Making

Discussants:

Alison Vasconez, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, (FLACSO), Ecuador
Corina Rodriguez-Enriquez , Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Politicas Publicas, Argentina
Jane Kiringai, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

ROUND TABLE

11:00- 12:15

Session V. Gender, Assets and Poverty: Toward Gender-Aware Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction Strategies

1:45 -3: 15

Facilitator: Hitomi Komatsu, United Nations Capital Development Fund, New York

1. Rania Antonopoulos, New York University and Levy Economics Institute, U.S.A. and Maria S. Floro, Levy Economics Institute and Vassar College, U.S.A., Asset Depletion Among the Poor: Does Gender Matter? The Case of Urban Households in Thailand
2. Maureen Were, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
(KIPPRA), Kenya and Jane Kiringai, Kenya Institute for Public Policy
Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya, Gender Mainstreaming in Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction Strategy in Kenya
3. Sokha Nguon, National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia, Gender Aspects of Cambodia's PRSP

Discussants:

Kristina Henschen, UNDP, Armenia
Christiana Okojie, University of Benin, Nigeria (TBC)
Hoang Huong, Institute of Socio-Economic Development and Enterprise Management (SEDEM), Vietnam and Tseveenbolor Davaa, Poverty Research Group, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Ulaanbatar, Mongolia

Session VI. Gender Inequalities and Trade

3:30 - 5:15

Facilitator: Dinara Anvarovna Alimdjanova, Development Support Services Programme of the Government of Uzbekistan

1. Gunseli Berik , University of Utah, U.S.A., Trade, Growth and Gender Wage Gaps in Taiwan
2. Ellen Houston, New School University, U.S.A., International Trade Competitiveness and Gender Inequality: Testing a Social Gap Model
3. Shaianne Osterreich, Ithaca College, U.S.A., Women and Global Commodity Chains: Theorizing the Relationship Between Gender, Monopoly Power, and North-South Trade

Discussants:

Nilufer Cagatay, University of Utah, U.S.A.
Wen Chen, Xiamen University, China (TBC)
Ebru Kongar, Dickinson College, U.S.A.

Session VII. Accumulation, Gender Segregation and Discrimination in Paid Work

9:00 - 10:45

Facilitator: Matias Vernengo, University of Utah

1. Maria Elena Cardero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM), Mexico, Women's Employment in Mexican Industry: a Tentative Measure of Discrimination and Segregation
2. Mariana Povazanova, Matej Bel University, Slovakia, Gender Segregation and Discrimination in Paid Work in Slovakia
3. Ajit Zacharias, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, U.S.A. and
Melissa Mahoney, New School University, U.S.A., Accumulation and Gender Disparities in Paid Work in the United States

Discussants:

Rosalba Todaro, University of Santiago, Chile
Zdravka Todorova, University of Missouri at Kansas City, U.S.A.
Korkut Erturk, University of Utah, U.S.A.

Session VIII. Gender, Employment and Trade Liberalization

11:00 - 12:45

Facilitator: Alyce Abdalla, Population Council, Cairo, Egypt

1. Parthaprathim Pal, Economic Research Foundation, India, WTO, Agriculture Trade Liberalization and Its Impact on Employment and Gender in India
2. Flora Kessy, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, Gender and Trade in East Africa: The Case of Tanzanian Cut Flowers
3. Jeevika Weerahewa, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and Anoma
Ariyawardana, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, WTO and the Women in Garment and Spice Industry of Sri Lanka

Discussants:

Santosh Kumar, Delhi University, India
Burca Kizilirmak, Department of Economics Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Maigul Nugmanova, Astana Educational Advising Center, Soros Foundation, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Session IX. Globalization, Labor and Gender

1: 45 - 3:45

Facilitator: Yejing Huang , Institute of World Economy, Shanghai Academy of
Social Sciences, China

1. Corina Rodriguez-Enriquez, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de
Politicas Publicas, Argentina, Gender and Labor Markets in Argentina During the 1990s
2. Rosalba Todaro, University of Santiago, Chile, Labor Market Flexibility and Gender in Chile
3. Aziza Ahmed, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados and Jason Jackson, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados Gender, HIV/AIDS and Intra-Regional Migration in the Eastern Caribbean
4. Luciene Rodrigues, Department of Economics, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil Feminist Economy, Solidarity/ People's Economy as Ways of Promoting Fair Trade: from Micro Experiences to a Macro Level

Discussants:

Francisco Cos- Montiel, London School of Economics, U.K.
Maria Elena Cardero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
Marsha Caddle, UNIFEM
Alma Espino, Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo (CIEDUR), Uruguay

Session X. Migration and Gender

4: 00- 5: 30

Labour Standards Round Table

Shalabh Kumar Singh, National Council for Applied Economic Research, India
Nilufer Cagatay, University of Utah, U.S.A.
Imraan Valodia, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rosalba Todaro, University of Santiago, Chile