A Workshop organised by the IDEAs (International Development Economics Associates)network (please check our brand new website [www.networkideas.org], hosted by the Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IE-UFRJ) [www.ie.ufrj.br] with the support of UNRISD:the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland [www.unrisd.org] and the Ford Foundation, New York, USA.

The conference will be held on January 28 and 29, 2002 at the Hotel Luxor Continental Leme,Rua Gustavo Sampaio, 320, Leme, Phone 55 (Brazil) 21 (Rio ) 2543-5252 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Organizing Committee:
Franklin Serrano, host (IE-UFRJ)
Romulo Ribeiro, assistant (IE-UFRJ)
Sheila Klajman, secretary (IE-UFRJ)
Wendy Salvo (UNRISD)
Jerry Maldonado (Ford Foundation)

Preliminary Conference Programme (still subject to a few changes)
Monday, 28 january 2002

First Session : 9 a.m. to 1 p. m.

A. Introduction: IDEAs and the Conference 
Jomo, K. S. ,  IDEAs executive comittee (exco) and , University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Representative of the Head of the Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IE-UFRJ)

Thandika Mkwandare, Director of UNRISD

Manoel Montes, Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Growth and Distribution under Financial Globalization: An Overview of the Main Issues
Franklin Serrano, IE-UFRJ and IDEAs exco .

B. The Relation Between Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty

Reduction:What Kind of Growth is Good for the Poor?
Chair: Jomo K.S. Growth, Distribution and Poverty Reduction Strategies for Brazil. Carlos Medeiros, IE-UFRJ.

Growth and Inequality in a regional perspective: The state of Bahia, Brazil
Antonio Henrique Silveira, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) and ANPEC (Brazilian Graduate Economics Association)

Comments
Ricardo Bielschowsky, Comissão Econômica das Nações Unidas para a América Latina e o Carive, CEPAL- , Brasília  Claudio Salm, IE-UFRJ discussion.

Second Session 3 p. m. to 7 p. m.

Globalization' of Production and Investment : Challenges and Opportunities for Development Strategies
Chair: Franklin Serrano.

Exporting Jobs or Watching Them Disappear /elocution, employment and accumulation in the world economy
Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and IDEAs exco.
 
Services and the 'New' Capitalism  
C.P. Chandrasekhar, JNU and IDEAs exco.

Trade Liberalization and Employment in Mexico
Julio lopez Gallardo, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico , Ciudad de Mexico , Mexico (UNAM).
 
Foreign Trade and Direct Investment in Brazil
Reinaldo Gonçalves IE-UFRJ and Sociedade de Economia Política (SEP) comments:
Fabio Erber, IE-UFRJ discussion 29 january 2002.

Third Session 9 a.m. to 1 p. m.
Financial Globalization and Macroeconomic Policies: Long Term Consequences for Developing Countries
Chair: C.P. Chandrasekhar.

The Turkish Crisis in a Comparative Framework
Erinc Yeldan, Bilken University, Ankhara, Turkey and IDEAs exco.

The New Financial Dependency of Latin America
Rogério Studart , CEPAL, Santiago, Chile.

The Case of Argentina Arturo O’connell, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina Brazil since the nineties
Ricardo Carneiro, Universidade de Campinas, UNICAMP comments José Carlos Miranda , IE-UFRJ.

The Political Economy of Development: The State, the Market and the International Political and Financial Architecture
Chair: Jayati Ghosh
 
"Polanyi and Keynes: Then and Now"
Kari Polanyi Levitt McGill University and Karl Polanyi Institute, Montréal, Canada.
 
The New International Financial Architecture
Otaviano Canuto, UNICAMP and Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
 
The State in Developing Countries
Adebayo Olukoshi , CODESTRIA, Dakkar, Senegal and IDEAs exco.

January 10, 2002.