Devpolicy Talks

One of the biggest growth opportunities in the world economy lies not in the mobility of goods or capital, but in the mobility of labour.

Many people born in low-income countries would like to leave those countries, but barriers prevent their emigration. Those barriers, according to economists’ best estimates to date, cost the world economy much more than all remaining barriers to the international movement of goods and capital combined. Yet economists spend a great time studying the movement of goods and capital, and when they study migration at all, they focus on the effects of immigration on nonmigrants in destination countries.

Dr Michael Clemens investigated why this is the case and sketched a four-point research agenda on the effects of emigration. Barriers to emigration, Dr Clemens argued, deserve a research priority that is commensurate with their likely colossal economic effects.

Michael Clemens is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development where he leads the Migration and Development initiative. His current research focuses on the effects of international migration on people from and in developing countries, and on rigorous impact evaluation for aid projects. He also serves as CGD’s Research Manager.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

Timor-Leste, which gained its independence in 2002, is one of the world's youngest countries. Born out of a history of violence and poverty, in recent years Timor-Leste has experienced both social stability and rapid growth, and its development prospects have strengthened considerably.

Timor-Leste has also been a pioneer in establishing the g7+, a group of 17 fragile states, which was formed in 2010 as a country-owned

and country-led global mechanism to monitor, report and draw attention to the unique challenges faced by fragile states. The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States represents the first time in history that conflict-afflicted states have taken the lead in designing an aid architecture for and by themselves.

The Harold Mitchell Development Policy Annual Lecture Series, of which this is the first, has been created to provide a new forum at which the most pressing development issues can be addressed by the best minds and most influential practitioners of our time.

Emilia Pires has been Finance Minister of Timor-Leste since April 2007. She is the founding chair of the g7+,and a member of the High-level Panel advising the United Nations Secretary-General on the post 2015 global development agenda.

Harold Mitchell AC is founder of the Harold Mitchell Foundation and Chairman, Aegis Media, Australia and New Zealand. He will inaugurate the lecture series.

This event with be hosted by Professor Ian Young AO, ANU Vice-Chancellor; Professor Andrew MacIntyre, Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific; Professor Tom Kompas, Director, Crawford School of Public Policy; and Professor Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre.

This seminar is presented by the Development Policy Centre at the Crawford School of Public Policy.

Related blog post: http://devpolicy.org/the-war-against-poverty-starts-with-a-battle-of-ideas-20121124/

This full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture.

Session 4 (Product development partnerships) speakers:

- Dr Mary Moran, Director, Policy Cures, Sydney.

- George Jagoe, Executive VP, Global Access, Medicines for Malaria Venture.

- Dr Wayne Best, Managing Director, Epichem Pty Ltd.

- Dr Gabrielle Persley, Research Study Director, Crawford Foundation, Adjunct Professor, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland and Chair, The Doyle Foundation.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

This full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture.

Session 3 (Pro-poor supply chains for internationally traded products) speakers:

- Dr Dan Evans, Principal, Executive Compass and Deputy Chairman, B4MD.

- Rachel Levine, Producer Support and Relations Officer, Fairtrade ANZ.

- Sandra Mendez, Producer Support and Relations Officer, Fairtrade ANZ.

- Dr Joshua Bishop, National Manager – Markets, Sustainability and Business Partnerships, WWF-Australia.

- Michael Toliman, Coffee Extension Coordinator Morobe Province PNG Coffee Industry Association.

- Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change Policy and the IP and Free Trade Unit, Institute of Public Affairs.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

This full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture.

Session 2 (Partnerships for service delivery) speakers:

- Annmaree O’Keeffe, Research Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy.

- Ross Hutton, Manager Health Services, Oil Search Health Foundation, Port Moresby.

- James Ensor, Director of Public Policy and Outreach, Oxfam Australia.

- Andrea Iffland, Director, Pacific Department, Asian Development Bank.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

This full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture.

Session 1 (Keynote address and inclusive business) speakers:

- Dr Jane Thomason, Chairperson, JTA International (keynote).

- Sean Rooney, Principal Consultant, The Foundation for Development Cooperation.

- Anthony Perkins, Chief Operating Officer, WING, Cambodia.

- Thiev Viseth, Merchant Sales Manager, WING, Cambodia.

- Paul Voutier, Commercial Manager, B4MD.

- Peter Leahy, International Programs, CARE Australia.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

Two important trend reversals have taken place in global inequality over the last 25 years: the inequality between countries has started to decrease after two centuries of steady increase and the inequality within many countries has started to rise after a long period of stability, in particular in developed countries.

After documenting this evolution, Francois Bourguignon, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, focused on two sets of questions. First, is globalisation the main cause behind this paradoxical change in global inequality? Second, if it is the case, what should be done to prevent further rises in within-country inequality that could derail the process of globalisation and, at the same time, the progress towards less unequal standards of living across countries?

Francois Bourguignon is professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is a specialist in the economics of development, public policy, income distribution and inequality and has authored many academic papers and books. Prior to his current appointment, he held the position of Chief Economist at the World Bank from 2003 to 2007.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past

Jorgen Randers, Professor of Climate Strategy from the BI Norwegian Business School, is one of the world's most respected and rigorous global systems experts. Forty years ago he co-authored the best-selling environmental book of all time -- The Club of Rome's 1972 Limits to Growth, which set out different scenarios, including ones of overshooting and collapse, out to 2100.

Now, 40 years later, Randers asks the question: What will the world look like in another 40 years? His answer is in his new book, 2052 - A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years. His forecasts contain good news and bad. We will see impressive advances in resource efficiency, and an increasing focus on human well-being rather than on per capita income growth. But this change might not come as we expect. Future growth in population and GDP, for instance, will be constrained in surprising ways by rapid fertility decline as result of increased urbanisation, productivity decline as a result of social unrest, and continuing global poverty. The current dominant global economies, particularly the United States, will stagnate, but emerging economies will do well. Runaway global warming is likely.

Following the presentation by Professor Jorgen Randers, Paul Gilding will offer his perspectives. Paul Gilding recently authored The Great Disruption, and also serves on the global faculty of the University of Cambridge's Program for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL). He argues that the world will embark on an emergency response to prevent environmental catastrophe. A member of Crawford School of Public Policy will also provide comments.

This event is presented by the Development Policy Centre at the Crawford School of Public Policy in partnership with Australia 21 and the Purves Environmental Fund.

Presentation slides are available from the Devpolicy events page: https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/event-extra/past