The New Rules for Global
Finance Coalition invite you
to a brown bag lunch
presentation and discussion
Taking a Fresh Look at Trade
with Irfan ul Haque and Tom
Palley
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
1225 Connecticut
Avenue, NW #400
Washington, DC
20036
Presentation by Tom Palley: Creating a Post-Doha Agenda.
With the Doha Negotiations “on hold” for at
least several months, the development community has the opportunity to step back
and ask some more fundamental questions about the relationship between trade and
growth and equity and development.
Two members of the New Rules for Global Finance
Coalition, Irfan ul Haque and Tom Palley, have agreed to lead off the
discussion. Each brings a rich background of knowledge about trade to this
conversation.
Irfan will speak about “Trade for Development:
Going Beyond WTO”. He has long been concerned that the discussion on trade
issues has been highly WTO-centric. Market access is not the only thing that
hinders development in developing countries.
In turn, Tom will address the question: How can
progressives position themselves in light of the Doha fallout and the apparent
diminishing returns from trade for developing countries?
This seminar is organized as a follow-on to the
conversations during the May 17 New Rules for Global Finance Coalition’s Special
Inaugural Meeting. Several New Rules members, including Irfan and Tom, wanted
to explore trade-related issues in greater depth.
All are welcome to this open discussion.
Dr. Tom Palley holds a B.A. degree from Oxford University, and a M.A. degree
in International Relations and Ph.D. in Economics, both from Yale University. He
has published in numerous academic journals, and written for
The Atlantic Monthly, American Prospect and
Nation magazines. He was formerly Chief Economist of the US – China
Economic and Security Review Commission. Prior to joining the Commission, he was
Director of the Open Society Institute’s Globalization Reform Project, and
before that he was Assistant Director of Public Policy at the AFL-CIO. Dr.
Palley is the author of
Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for
Structural Keynesianism (Princeton University Press)
and Post
Keynesian Economics (Macmillan Press). He has
written extensively on matters of macroeconomic theory and policy, international
finance and trade, economic development, and labor markets.
Dr.
Irfan ul Haque previously worked for UNCTAD, World Bank, and South
Centre and taught at the University of Cambridge and Lahore School of
Economics. Dr. Haque is a member of the UNCTAD group of Eminent Persons on
Commodities, and Member of the Panel of Experts on Commodities invited to
address the UN General Assembly, 2003.
Bring
your own lunch. Cookies and drinks will be provided.
Kindly RSVP:
jbaker@new-rules.org
www.new-rules.org
Please check the New Rules for Global Finance
Website for updates on upcoming events!
-
New Rules Meeting (September 13,
2006) 3-5
-
Hijacking of the Development Debate
(September or October)
-
Odious Debt (October or November).
Apologies for
cross posting! Please let me know if you do not wish to receive event
announcements from the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition. Please feel free
to forward to colleagues. |
