Inequality and Development – trends and policies

Powerpoint presentation

UNU-WIDER policy seminar on “Inequality and Development - trends and policies” at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The seminar will look at current trends in inequality, the relationship between development and inequality, and the role of social protection and taxation in the development process. There is now an active debate on whether countries should set themselves goals for not only achieving absolute poverty reduction, but also for lowering inequality. However, policy action needs to be better served by analysis and data.

This policy seminar aims to encourage dialogue between researchers and policy makers to enable the use of evidence in development assistance work. Thus plenty of time has been reserved for discussion after the presentations.

Programme

12:45-13:00    Registration and coffee

13:00-13:05    Opening, Riikka Laatu, Deputy Director General of Development Policy Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

13:05-13:20    Introduction, Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER

13:20-13:40    Inequality trends and the role of social protection, Miguel Niño Zarazúa, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER

13:40-14:00    The role of taxation, Jukka Pirttilä, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER
   
14:00-15:00    Questions and answers – including comments from Kari Alanko (Deputy Director, General of Department for Africa and Middle East) and Eija Rotinen (Deputy Director General of Department for Americas and Asia)