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Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz founded The Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) in July 2000 to help developing countries explore policy alternatives, and enable wider civic participation in economic policymaking.
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Article Link: Jose Antonio Ocampo
Jose Antonio Ocampo returns to the idea of universalism that inspired social policies around the world in the past, in the America's Quarterly.
Migration Task Force Meeting
Event: Apr 11, 2008 - Apr 12, 2008
IPD's Migration Task Force held its first meeting at Columbia University, where Migration experts from around the world discussed the costs and benefits of migration and how development can be maximized through migration.
Bringing Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives to IMF Reform Debates
Event: Apr 10, 2008 - Apr 10, 2008
This meeting brought together senior officials and scholars from Latin American and Caribbean countries to discuss IMF reform and ways to best achieve monetary cooperation. This was an opportunity for the "customers" of the Fund to articulate their needs and perspectives on national, regional and global monetary policy, and the global institution mandated to promote these ends.
IPD Book Series: Capital Market Liberalization and Development
Publication: Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Jose Antonio Ocampo
Capital market liberalization has been a key battle in the debate on globalization for much of the previous two decades. In an effort to answer some of the critical policy debates surrounding capital market liberalization, this volume brings together some of the leading researchers and practitioners in the field, to provide an analysis of both the risks and alternate policy options available to enhance macroeconomic management.
IPD Book Series: The Washington Consensus Reconsidered
Publication: Edited by Narcis Serra and Joseph E. Stiglitz
This volume brings together many of the leading international figures in development studies, such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Paul Krugman, Dan Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, Daniel Cohen, Olivier Blanchard, Deepak Nayyar and Jone Williamson to reconsider and propose alternative development policies to the Washington Consensus. Covering a wide range of issues from macro-stabilization to trade and the future of global governance, this important volume makes a real contribution to this important ongoing debate.
European Regulation of Hedge Funds and Private Equity
Event: Discussion with Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: Mar 31, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008
European Parliamentarian consulted the Initiative for Policy Dialogue on the role of hedge funds and private equity funds in financial markets, and their impact on financial stability.
Financial Times publishes Letter by IPD Executive Director Stephany Griffith-Jones, discussing the current financial crisis
Article Link: Stephany Griffith-Jones
Read the letter here
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes comment on the high costs of the Iraq War in the Finanical Times
Article Link: Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
Co-authors of The Three Trillion Dollar War, shed light on the high economic costs of the Iraqi conflict, proving how "the British experience in Iraq has uncannily echoed the US experience." Read the article here
Working Papers: Compensatory Financing for Shocks: What Changes are Needed?
Publication: Stephany Griffith-Jones and Jose Antonio Ocampo
Working Papers: Policy space and the changing paradigm in conducting macroeconomic policies in developing countries
Publication: Jose Antonio Ocampo and Rob Vos
Working Papers: Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Developing Country Perspective
Publication: Stephany Griffith-Jones and Jose Antonio Ocampo
Journalism Training Workshop: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Event: Journalism Workshop in Sierra Leone: Feb 20, 2008 - Feb 22, 2008
IPD will participate in a workshop on "Budget and Financial Reporting" organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Speakers included former BBC reporter Orin Gordon and a number of regional journalists and officials.
Working Papers: Government Failure vs. Market Failure: Principles of Regulation
Publication: Joseph Stiglitz
  Programs   Events  
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Migration
At its first meeting, IPD's Migration Task Force will discuss the costs and benefits of migration through four types of migration and different policies.
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Brazil
China
Colombia
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Madagascar
Moldova
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Serbia
Viet Nam
Journalism
IPD Journalism Workshops
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IPD Books
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Africa
Aid
Bankruptcy
Capital Market Liberalization
China
Corporate Governance
Debt Restructuring and Sovereign Bankruptcy
Decentralization
Environmental Economics
Financial Markets Reform
GDP Linked Bonds
Governance of Globalization
Industrial Policy
Intellectual Property
Macroeconomic Policy
Migration
Pension Reform and Social Insurance
Poverty
Privatization
Resource Curse
Rule of Law
Tax
Trade
Transparency
Upcoming and Recent IPD Events
China Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2008
Jun 25, 2008 - Jun 26, 2008
Third Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Development and Globalization 2008
Apr 11, 2008 - Apr 12, 2008
Bringing Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives to IMF Reform Debates
Apr 10, 2008 - Apr 10, 2008
Discussion on the Subprime Crisis, Financial Regulation, and Hedge Funds
Feb 06, 2008 - Feb 06, 2008
Africa Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2007
Jul 11, 2007 - Jul 12, 2007
China Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2007
Jul 04, 2007 - Jul 05, 2007
Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development and Globalization 2007
Jun 24, 2007 - Jul 14, 2007
Dialogue on the CPIA
Apr 05, 2007 - Apr 05, 2007
China Task Force Meeting, Beijing 2007
Mar 17, 2007 - Mar 17, 2007
Shadow G8: New York, February 2007
Feb 08, 2007 - Feb 09, 2007
China Task Force Meeting, New York 2007
Feb 07, 2007 - Feb 08, 2007
Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: A Dialogue on India
Dec 18, 2006 - Dec 19, 2006
Challenging the Norm in Post-crisis Argentina: Alternative Tax Policies and Social Cohesion
Nov 29, 2006
Brown Bag Discussion with Mr. Santiago Montoya, Secretary of the Buenos Aires Department of Public Revenues
Tax Justice Network Meeting
Nov 02, 2006 - Nov 02, 2006
Covering Trade and Globalization
Nov 01, 2006 - Nov 04, 2006
Journalism Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa
Covering Development and Poverty Reduction
Oct 09, 2006 - Oct 13, 2006
Co-sponsored by the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ)
Joseph Stiglitz Presents His New Book, Making Globalization Work
Sep 18, 2006
China Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2006
Aug 08, 2006 - Aug 09, 2006
Africa Task Force Meeting
Aug 03, 2006 - Aug 04, 2006
Financial Markets Reform Task Force Meeting 2006
Jul 25, 2006 - Jul 27, 2006
Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development and Globalization 2006
Jul 23, 2006 - Aug 12, 2006
GDP Linked Bonds
Jun 05, 2006 - Jun 05, 2006
GDP Linked Bonds
Industrial Policy and the Challenges for Competitiveness
May 22, 2006 - May 24, 2006
Celso Furtado International Seminar in Sao Paulo
Nobel laureate economist Joseph E. Stiglitz speaks on the true costs of the Iraq war
Apr 03, 2006
Trade Meeting: An Assessment of the Hong Kong Round
Feb 02, 2006 - Feb 03, 2006
Decentralization Task Force Meeting 2006
Feb 16, 2006 - Feb 17, 2006
Industrial Policy Meeting, India 2005
Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 13, 2005
New Delhi
Intellectual Property and Development: Task Force Meeting
Dec 05, 2005 - Dec 06, 2005
December 2005
 
 
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