Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Seminar

Social policy in a development context - lessons from UNRISD research 2000-2005

Stockholm, Sweden, 31 October 2006

Agenda

Opening Session

9.00 - 9.15 Welcome and introduction
- Maria Stridsman, Director, Department for Democracy and Social Development, SIDA, Sweden

Session - 1 Research Lessons

9.15 - 11.10 "Lessons from UNRISD Research on Social Policy in a Development Context" - Thandika Mkandawire
"Gender and Social Policy" - Shahra Razavi
"Social Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa" - Jimi Adesina
"Social Policy in the Nordic Countries" -Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme
Discussants -
Plenary

Session 2 - Research Lessons

11.30 - 13.00 Can low-income countries afford social security? Krzysztof Hagemejer, International Labour Organisation - ,
UNDP/IPC - Terry McKinley, Director, International Poverty Centre, Brasilia (tbc)
Researchers - Ian Gough, University of Bath, Bob Deacon, University of Sheffield (tbc)
Discussants -
Plenary

Session 3 - Current Practice

14.15 - 15.45 CASE STUDIES:
- South Africa - Vukani Mthintso, Pat Naicker, Unathi Mguye, Department of Social development
- India - The "right to work" and recent legislation in India, Jayati Gosh
World Bank - Anis Dani, tbc
DIFD - Stephen Kidd/other tbc
Plenary

Session - 4 Future Directions

16.15 - 16.45 DESA Social Policy Guidelines - Isabel Ortíz
Linking MDGs and Social Policy --

16.45-17.00 Closing remarks