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Policy Responses to the Employment Effects of COVID-19 in the Global South: What Have We Learnt So Far?

Name: Policy Responses to the Employment Effects of COVID-19 in the Global South: What Have We Learnt So Far?
Start: 2020-09-01T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-09-04T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Online

September 1, 2020 - September 4, 2020
Online

September 2, 2020: 3 PM (CEST, UTC+2)

The World Bank in collaboration with UNU-WIDER , the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and the Network on Jobs and Development hosted a virtual conference focused on ‘Better Jobs for Development’ from September 1 – September 4, 2020. This followed the success of the 2016, 2018 and 2019 Jobs and Development Conferences which were held in Washington DC and Bogotá.

The four-day conference was expected to attract economists from around the globe and featured keynote speeches, a policy panel, and about 90 paper presentations. The event focused on policy-relevant research, applicable to identifying solutions to jobs challenges in low and middle income countries.

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On Day 2 of the conference, WIEGOs International Coordinator Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Marty Chen participated in a policy panel on the employment effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South.