AFD-EU Conference: Inequality and Redistribution in Low- and Middle -Income Countries
Posted: 9/27/2019 (Conference)
Redistributive policies represent powerful policy instruments for improving equality of outcome through the redistribution of income and for enhancing equality of opportunity by improving the distribution of income-generating assets, such as human capital and wealth.
In low- and middle -income countries such reality is even more evident. These countries have the particularity of having a large proportion of their population considered as poor or recently graduated from that status, but still in a vulnerable position. In this context, the French development agency (AFD) is organizing on November 4th, at the AFD headquarters, a conference on the topic of Inequality and redistribution in low- and middle- income countries, with the goal of bringing together academia, political actors and civil society to discuss about these issues.
Confirmed speakers :
- Nora Lustig, Director of the Commitment to Equity Institute (CEQ)
- Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, Professor at CERDI
- Erica Gerretsen, Head of Budget support, Public finance management and Domestic revenue mobilisation Unit at DEVCO/European Union
- Susana Ruiz Rodríguez, Regional Taxation Coordinator at Oxfam Intermon
- Anne-Sophie Robilliard, Researcher at DIAL
- Ingrid Woolard, Professor at Stellenbosch University
- Manuela De Allegri, Professor at Heidelberg University
- Liyousew Borga, Research Associate at University of Luxembourg
This conference is organized by the Agence française de développement (AFD), with support from the Development Cooperation Instrument of the European Union. The conference will be held at AFD headquarters in Paris, at Le Mistral – Auditorium Nelson Mandela, 3 Place Louis-Armand, 75012 Paris. Conferences organized by AFD are by invitation only. Places are limited and registrations are subject to validation by the organizing committee. For additional information and registration please click here.
Date: 11/04/2019
Location: Paris, France