UNU-ONY will hold a book launch to discuss issues raised inRethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010,published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The book focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction, which remains an ethical, political and economic imperative.
The negative economic and social impacts of the recent food and energy crises, combined with the threats posed by climate change, challenges the assumption of the sustainability of poverty reduction. Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010 disputes the current technocratic vision of poverty reduction and affirms that eradicating poverty requires actions leading to sustainable economic growth, productive employment creation and social development as part of an integrated framework of economic and social policies for the benefit of all citizens.
The event will feature Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and (Honorary) Research Coordinator for the G-24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development.
The Q&A session following the presentation will be moderated by UNU's Director Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud.
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room C, Temporary North Lawn Building (TNLB), UN Headquarters
Background Readings:
- Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010 - Executive Summary - PDF
- Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010 - Full Report - PDF
- The Global Economic Crisis after One Year: Is a New Paradigm for Recovery in Developing Countries Emerging? - UNU Policy Brief - PDF
- Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in Africa - UNU Policy Brief - PDF
- Vulnerability in Developing Countries - UNU Research Brief - PDF
- Fragile States - UNU Research Brief - PDF
- Poverty Reduction in China: Is High Growth Enough? - UNU Policy Brief - PDF
- Can We Eradicate Hunger? - UNU Policy Brief - PDF
- Fiscal Policy for Poverty Reduction, Reconstruction, and Growth - UNU Policy Brief - PDF
- Resolution 56/177 adopted by the General Assembly. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for
Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly - PDF
Speaker Profile:
Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Moderator Profile:
Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, UNU-ONY
Dr. Jomo KS (Jomo Kwame Sundaram) has been UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) since January 2005, and (Honorary) Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development since December 2006. During 2008-2009, he serves as adviser to the President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly, and as a member of the [Stiglitz] Commission of Experts of the President of the United Nations General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System. Jomo was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya until November 2004, Founder Director (1978-2004) of the Institute of Social Analysis (INSAN) and Founder Chair (2001-2004) of IDEAs, International Development Economics Associates (www.ideaswebsite.org ) where he now serves on the Advisory Panel. He was also on the Board of the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. Jomo studied at the Penang Free School, Royal Military College, Yale and Harvard. He has taught at Science University of Malaysia, Harvard, Yale, National University of Malaysia, University of Malaya, and Cornell. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Jomo has authored over 35 monographs, edited over 50 books and translated 12 volumes besides writing many academic papers and articles for the media. He is on the editorial boards of several learned journals. In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. Some of his most recent book publications include Malaysia's Political Economy (with E. T. Gomez), Globalization Versus Development: Heterodox Perspectives; Southeast Asia's Industrialization; Behind Miracle and Debacle; After The Storm: Crisis, Recovery and Sustaining Development in East Asia; The Origins of Development Economics (with Erik Reinert); Pioneers of Development Economics; the two volumes of The Long Twentieth Century -- Globalization Under Hegemony: The Changing World Economy and The Great Divergence: Hegemony, Uneven Development and Global Inequality; Policy Matters: Economic And Social Policies To Sustain Equitable Development and Flat World, Big Gaps: Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty and Inequality. His books in press include Servicing Malaysia: Labour Market Segmentation in Services (with H. L. Khong) and Regulating Malaysia: Law, Institutions and Economic Development (with others).
Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud is the Director of the United Nations University (UNU) Office at the United Nations in New York. He was Senior Academic Officer at the UNU in Tokyo from 1996 to 2003. Before joining UNU, he served in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a speechwriter for Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1992-1996). A former fellow at Harvard University (Center for International Affairs, Department of Philosophy and Harvard Law School, from 1986 to 1992), Coicaud has held appointments such as Cultural Attaché with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legislative Aide with the European Parliament (Financial Committee), Associate Professor at the University of Paris, Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm in Paris and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management. He has also taught at the New School for Social Research (New York). He has been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.) and a Global Research Fellow at New York University School of Law. Coicaud holds a Ph.D. in political science-law from the Sorbonne and a Doctorat d'Etat in philosophy from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. In addition, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in literature and linguistics. Jean-Marc Coicaud is a member of the Advisory Board of Carnegie Council's Global Policy Innovations (New York). He also serves as an adviser for the Fondation pour l'Innovation Politique (Paris). Dr. Coicaud has published 14 books in the fields of comparative politics, political and legal theory, international relations and international law. They are available in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Arabic, and include the following single-authored books: Politics and Legitimacy: A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Beyond the National Interest (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007), Kokuren no Genkai/Kokuren no Mirai (Future of the UN/Limits of the UN - Fujiwara Shoten, 2007), Mai Xiang Guo Ji Fa Zhi (Towards the International Rule of Law - Sanlian Shudian, 2008). His latest book, co-edited with Hilary Charlesworth, is Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
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