Seminar: How can development finance to the private sector help deliver decent work?
17 March 2010, 13.00-17.00
Venue: Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS
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Development financing to the private sector makes up a huge proportion of official development assistance and has a large impact on employment. Yet, its scope and impact is poorly understood.
This seminar will examine the potential and actual impacts of private sector development finance on decent work and labour standards. It will also focus on learning from good practice and identifying policy and practice initiatives that could assist with delivering decent work in the context of development financing for the private sector.
Join in the debate and discussion with representatives from the private sector; the UK government; international development community; and development finance institutions, such as the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the UK’s CDC Group plc , which provide finance to the private sector in developing countries.
Speakers:
- Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development
- Alke Schmidt, Senior Environmental and Social Adviser, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
- Shonaid Jemmett-Page, Chief Operating Officer, CDC Group plc
- Alastair Usher, Director of Research, Ergon Associates
Please register for this event by sending an email to Tanya Warlock and Sharon Sukhram
