The Inter-Regional Inequality Facility ran from 2004-2006.

Addressing Inequalities: Policies for Inclusive Development, 11-12 July 2005

The first international conference of the Inter-Regional Inequality Facility was hosted by the Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa on 11-12 July 2005. It brought together researchers and policy-makers from governments and research institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the aim of sharing evidence and experiences both on which policies are desirable and how to bring about policy change.

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1. Title: DFID-ADB workshop on Making Markets Work for the Poor
   Date: 15-16 February 2005 09:00 End: 16/02/2005 17:00
   Description: The workshop aims to improve our understanding of how markets can be made to work better for the poor in the particular country context and to contribute to both the development debate and the policy-making process. It will review initiatives currently under way in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (supported by DFID and ADB)
   Location: Manila, Philippines
   For more details see: www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/trade_news/adb-workshop.asp
   
   
2. Title: EGDI-OECD workshop on Redistribution
   Date: 17 March 2005
   Description: Workshop on 'Redistribution, Growth and Poverty Reduction', organised by the Expert Group on Development Issues, EGDI, of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the OECD Poverty Network. Presentation by Tim Besley and Robin Burgess (LSE).
   Location: Stockholm, Sweden
   
   
3. Title: MDGs seminar (at the IDB Annual Meeting)
   Date: 6-8 April 2005 17:00
   Description: Seminar on Meeting the MDGs: Sharing Best Practices between Asia and LAC. Within the large set of questions relevant to the MDGs, the seminar will pay special attention to the issues of effective poverty reduction strategies, effective policy to increase growth and social development, and to the effect of natural disasters, and their relationship to the MDGs.
   Location: Okinawa
   For more details see: www.iadb.org/am2005/program_activities.cfm
   
   
4. Title: DFID-IDB-SEPPIR meeting on Affirmative Action
   Date: 11-14 April 2005 17:00
   Description: Meeting organised by DFID-IDB-SEPPIR, with aim of sharing experience across Asia, LA and Africa.
   Location: Brasilia
   
   
5. Title: Social safety nets in OECD countries: lessons for developing countries
   Date: 11-15 March 2005
   Description: The course will be held over five half-days, and is tailored toward Bank staff and Government counterparts working on middle-income countries interested to learn about the design and implementation of social safety nets (SSNs) in developed countries.
   Location: World Bank, Washington DC
   For more details see: http://web.worldbank.org/servlets/ECR?contentMDK=20460841&sitePK=461654&menuPK=461671
   
   
6. Title: Shared Growth in Africa
   Date: 21-22 July 2005
   Description: International conference on how to achieve "shared growth" in Africa, organised by ISSER, Cornell University and the World Bank.
   Location: Accra, Ghana
   For more details see: www.isser.org/Shared growth brief.htm
   
   
7. Title: Social Security in the African Context
   Date: 9-12 August 2005
   Description: This is the Regional Conference for Africa of the International Social Security Association. The agenda items include: social security and the national economy, acceptance of social security in Africa, social health insurance, pensions and risk management.
   Location: Lusaka, Zambia
   For more details see: www.issa.int/engl/reunion/2005/Lusaka/2lusaka.htm
   
   
8. Title: Multidimensional Poverty (International Poverty Centre, UNDP)
   Date: 29-31 August 2005
   Description: As the world mobilises in search for the fastest and lasting ways to reduce poverty, it is most appropriate to re-visit the state of our understanding of poverty. The conference will gather more than 50 well-known specialists in poverty and inequality across most disciplines as well as policy practitioners and development stakeholders to discuss analytical, theoretical and empirical issues.
   Location: Brasília, Brasil
   For more details see: www.undp-povertycentre.org/md-poverty