For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.
Coming Up: 25-31 October
26 October, Manila, Philippines. INEQUALITY AND GROWTH. The seminar will provide updated cross-country evidence on the relationship between income inequality and economic performance in the context of globalization. The presence of an inverse-U-shaped relationship, the Kuznets curve, between income inequality and GDP per capital has been found across many countries and over time. Yet the Kuznets curve fails to explain much of the variation in income inequality. In terms of the impact of income inequality on GDP growth rates, existing theories provide little clear empirical predictions on the overall relationship. In fact, there is some evidence that inequality is bad for growth in poor countries and good for growth in rich countries. Internet: http://www.adb.org/Documents//2007/Inequality-Growth/default.asp
26-28 October, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION. The Centre for International Governance Innovation is hosting a conference, dubbed "The Moment of Truth," that will explore issues related to energy and the role of international governance institutions in addressing environmental sustainability. Internet: http://www.cigi07.org/
29 October, Geneva, Switzerland. FINANCIAL REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. The workshop will include updates on recent technical developments in the areas of International Financial Reporting Standards and International Standards on Auditing, the importance of revenue from extractive industries for many developing countries, explore the broader policy dimensions of revenue transparency, address technical accounting issues related to improving the comparability of financial reporting in the extractive industries and discuss possible courses of action for promoting comparability in financial reporting and transparency in extractive industries. Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=14387&year=2007&month=10
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
24 October: COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
24 October: COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS.
25 October: RULES OF ORIGIN COMMITTEE
25 October: SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES COMMITTEE
26 October: CAPE VERDE: MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATION (ACCESSION WORKING PARTY).
26 October: COMMITTEE ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
Other Upcoming
19-20 November, London, UK. SCALING UP RENEWABLES: FINANCE, POLICY AND MARKET GROWTH. In the context of recent agreements at EU level and record levels of renewable energy investment, this conference will create an opportunity for policymakers, investors and financiers to examine perspectives on market trends and political drivers, as well as exploring how the sector may be scaled up still further. Internet: www.chathamhouse.org.uk/renewables.