Understanding and addressing inequality in all its forms is necessary to promote the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure that “no one is left behind” in the development process. However, many challenges still exist to foster knowledge on the multiple dimensions of inequality, improve its measurement and strengthen the design of public policies for equality and that consider a rights-based approach.

This Inter-regional Expert Group Meeting marks the closing of the 9th Tranche United Nations Development Account project “Promoting Equality: Strengthening the Capacity of Select Developing Countries to Design and Implement Equality-oriented Public Policies and Programmes”, which is aimed at improving the awareness of the different dimensions of inequality, strengthening countries’ capacities to analyze and measure inequality, as well as at promoting the conceptualization, design and implementation of multidisciplinary public policies oriented towards greater socio-economic equality.

Programme of work

27 June 2018

  • Interregional Expert Group Meeting “Placing equality at the centre of the 2030 Agenda”

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    Room: Celso Furtado

  • Inauguration: Equality and the 2030 Agenda

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

  • Session 1: Regional views on inequality

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Key messages of the report & Latin American and Caribbean view on inequality

      Simone Cecchini, Senior Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC

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    • Regional View: Inequality in Africa

      Adrian Gauci, Economic Affairs Officer, Employment and Social Protection Section, Social Development Policy Division, ECA

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    • Inequality in Asia and the Pacific

      Patrick Andersson, Chief, Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP

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    • Informality in the Arab region: Another facet of Inequality

      Oussama Safa, Jefe, Chief, Participation and Social Justice Section, Social Development Division, ESCWA

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  • Session 2: Social protection, informality and inequality

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Report on the World Social Situation: Promoting inclusion through social protection

      Maren Jimenez, Social Affairs Officer, Emerging Issues and Trends Section, Division for Inclusive Social Development, DESA

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    • Pension and income transfers for old age

      Fernando Filgueira, CIESU, Uruguay

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    • Social protection for families and early childhood

      Cecilia Rossel, Catholic University of Uruguay

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    • Social protection in rural areas

      Natalia Winder Rossi, Social Protection Team Leader, FAO

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    • Informality and inequality in Africa

      Saurabh Sinha, Employment and Social Protection Section, Social Development Policy Division, ECA

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  • Session 3: Country views on inequality (part 1)

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Repensando la pobreza desde las trayectorias de la desigualdad

      Juan Pablo Labat, Director, Evaluation and Monitoring, Ministry of Social Development (MIDES), Uruguay

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    • Miradas nacionales de la desigualdad

      Gabriela Agosto, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Social Policy Coordination, Argentina

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    • Fighting inequality in Vietnam: current situation and the future directions

      Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Director, Institute for Vocational Education and Social Protection, Vietnam Vocational Training Association and Vocational Social Worker

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    • Les inégalités en Tunisie: État des Lieux et Défis

      Anis Zahraz, Resource Person from the Tunisian Public Administration, Tunisia

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28 June 2018

  • Session 4: Country views on inequality (part 2)

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Experiencia República Dominicana

      Ana Ortega, Proyecto Tú Primero, Vice-presidency, Dominican Republic

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    • Miradas nacionales sobre desigualdad: México

      Blanca Lilia García, Deputy Director General, International Relations, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico

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    • Nino Odisharia, Head of the Social Assistance Department, Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Georgia

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    • Mubarak Rahamtalla, Consultant on International Development Cooperation for the Ministry of Security and Social Development, Sudan

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  • Session 5: International perspectives on social protection and inequality

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • UBI and poverty reduction

      Armando Barrientos, Professor, University of Manchester

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    • IBU: ¿una bala de plata?

      José Florito, Coordinator, Social Protection, CIPPEC and Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors

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    • Ingreso ciudadano universal y desafíos para un nuevo régimen de bienestar

      Pablo Yanes, Research Coordinator, ECLAC

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    • The Promise of a Universal Child Grant: Examining the Case

      Ian Orton, Child Poverty and Social Protection Unit, Social Inclusion and Policy Section, Programme Division UNICEF

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    • Varieties of Basic Income: The Political Economy of Unconditional Cash Transfers

      Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Bath

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  • Session 6: Measurement and analysis of poverty and socio-economic inequalities

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Challenges and opportunities for the measurement of income inequality and poverty

      Xavier Mancero, Statistics Division, ECLAC

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    • Tools for the study of socio-economic inequalities and the redistributive impact of social policies and taxation

      Varinia Tromben, Economic Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC

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    • Analyzing inequality of opportunity in Asia and the Pacific

      Ermina Sokou, Social Affairs Officer, Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP

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    • Advancing the measurement of poverty and inequality in the UNECE region

      Andres Vikat, Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics Section, UNECE

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    • Challenges and opportunities for the measurement of ethnic and racial inequalities

      Vivian Milosavlievjc, Social Development Division, ECLAC

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  • Session 7: Country experiences on measurement and analysis of socio-economic inequalities and the 2030 Agenda

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    Room: Celso Furtado
    Presentation(s)

    • Measuring inequality and poverty in the United States: challenges and opportunities in the international context

      Trudi Renwick, Assistant Division Chief, Economic Characteristics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, UNECE region

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    • Measuring poverty and inequality in Latvia: advantages of harmonising methodology

      Viktors Veretjanovs, Senior Expert of Social Statistics Methodology Section, Social Statistics Department, Central Statistical Bureau, Latvia, UNECE region

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    • Functional distribution of income

      Soledad Villafañe, ECLAC office in Buenos Aires, ECLAC region

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