Cette conférence sera en anglais.
This public lecture will be in English.
The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
presents
Now it’s Everybody’s Crisis : The Social and Economic Challenges of the Spread of the Global Crisis to the Developing World
Gordon Betcherman
World Bank
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Desmarais Building, room 3120
Just a few months ago, the financial crisis appeared to be a “rich country” problem, with the rest of the world seemingly less exposed. However, this is obviously no longer the case. The developing world has quickly spiraled downwards, placing in jeopardy the impressive gains in growth and poverty reduction that these countries enjoyed in the years preceding the crisis. This talk will discuss the unfolding economic and social slump in the developing world, with a particular focus on the very exposed transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. With the consequences potentially serious and domestic capacity to address them constrained, it all adds up to a challenging situation that will require effective international action and a quick recovery in the economies where the crisis started.
Gordon Betcherman is Sector Manager and Lead Economist, Human Development Economics in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region at the World Bank. He joined the regional unit after seven years in the Bank’s central Social Protection Unit where he led the Labor Market Group. In his current position, Dr. Betcherman is responsible for leading economic analysis and policy lending in education, health, and social protection and labor in the ECA region. Recent publications include an analysis of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and a review of labor market reforms in China over the past three decades. He has published widely in the fields of labor economics and social protection and has been a frequent speaker and media commentator. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1998, Dr. Betcherman held senior positions in research organizations in Canada. He is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University. He obtained his PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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