Back | Programme Area: Special Events (2000 - 2009) | Event: Regulating Global Institutions: Financial, Corporate and Non-Governmental Organizations
Regulating Global Institutions: Financial, Corporate and Non-Governmental Organizations
- Date: 3 - 4 Feb 2002
- Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Speakers: Deborah Eade, Peter Evans, Reinaldo Gonçalves, David Korten, Thandika Mkandawire, Peter Utting
- Counterpart(s): Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (iBASE)
- Project Title: Geneva 2000: The Next Step in Social Development
3-4 February 2002
Sunday 3 February 2002
Session I: International Finance and Trade Organizations
14.00—14:30 Globalization and Social Development after Copenhagen:
Premises, Promises and Policies, Thandika Mkandawire
14:30—15:00 Can the South Save the Fund?
Redefining the South’s Role in the Governance of the IMF, Peter Evans
15:00—15:30 Financing for Development, Reinaldo Gonçalves
15:30—18:00 General discussion
Monday 4 February 2002
Session II: Transnational Corporations and International Development NGOs
14:00—14:30 New Forms of TNC Regulation:
How Useful are Multistakeholder Initiatives?, Peter Utting
14:30—15:00 Completing the Historic Transition to Democracy:
Beyond the Regulation of Transnational Corporations, David Korten
15:00—15:30 Global Institutions: Where Do NGOs Fit In?, Deborah Eade
15:30-18:00 General discussion
List of Participants:
Deborah Eade: Editor - Development in Practice, Oxford
Peter Evans: Professor of Sociology - Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Reinaldo Gonçalves: Professor of Economics, Instituto de Economia, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
David Korten: President - People Centered Development Forum, Bainbridge Island, WA
Thandika Mkandawire: Director - UNRISD, Geneva
Peter Utting: Research Co-ordinator - UNRISD, Geneva