Globalization, Development and Standards Seminar Series
2003-2004 Schedule
- Dr. Khalid Nadvi
Institute for Development Studies, Sussex (UK)
"Globalization and Poverty: What Can Global Value Chains Tell Us About Labor and Poverty"
(September 16)
- Professor Yasheng Huang
Sloan School of Management, MIT
"A Tale of Two Provinces: Foreign Ownership and Private Enterprise in China"
(September 30)
- Professor Regina Abrami
Harvard Business School
"Trade and Standards: The US-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement and Its Effects"
(October 28)
- Professor AnnaLee Saxenian
Department of Planning, University of California, Berkeley
"Local and Global Networks of Immigrant Entrepreneurs"
(November 6)
2002-2003 Schedule
- Dr. Lucio Baccaro
International Labor Organization
"Civil Sciety, NGOs and Decent Work Policies: Sorting Out the Issues."
- Professor John Ruggie
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
(Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations)
"The United Nation’s Global Compact Initiative"
- Dr. Werner Sengenberger
Hans Bockler Stifftung (FRG)
"Labor Standards: A Review of the Debates"
- Professor Katharina Blum
University of Jena (FRG)
"Transferring Work Practices and Standards: The Experience of German Corporations in Eastern Europe"
- Professor Dara O’Rourke
Department of Urban Studies & Planning, MIT
"Privatizing Government: Alternative Forms of Monitoring"
- Dr. Khalid Nadvi
Institute for Development Studies, Sussex (UK)
"The Effects of Global Standards on Local Producers: A Pakistani Case Study"
