Time and Venue: 

14:00-17:00, September 14 (Thurs.), 2017

Conference Room #3, Overseas Exchange Center of Peking University

（北京大学英杰交流中心第三会议室）

Language: English

Organized by: Center for New Structural Economics at Peking University (CNSE)

                    Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development at Peking University (ISSCAD)

Moderator: Jiajun XU（Assistant Professor, Executive Deputy Director, CNSE, Peking University）

Speaker：J?rg Mayer(Senior Economist at the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, UNCTAD)

【Agenda】

September 14, Thursday

14: 00-14: 45      Launch of Trade and Development Report 2017 by UNCTAD
14:45-15:20      Q&A session
15:20-15:50      Tea Break
15:50-16:40      Presentation on Robots, Industrialization and Inclusive Growth by J?rg Mayer, UNCTAD
16:40-17:00      Q&A session

 

【Introduction to Trade and Development Report 】 

The Trade and Development Report (TDR), launched in 1981, is issued every year for the annual session of the Trade and Development Board. The Report analyses current economic trends and major policy issues of international concern, and makes suggestions for addressing these issues at various levels. TDR is one of the flagship reports in the field of international development.

【Abstract of the seminar】
Robots, industrialization and inclusive growth

This seminar looks at potential impacts of industrial robots on developing countries' industrialization strategies and distributional changes. It emphasizes that robot use depends on both technological and economic feasibility and discusses the substitution of occupational tasks with industrial robots. It presents evidence on robot deployment and examines potential effects on structural transformation and employment and wage developments, as well as related policy issues.

【Speaker】

J?rg Mayer is a Senior Economist at the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). After a temporary assignment as Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD during the preparation of UNCTAD's 14th conference in 2016, he has returned to the team that prepares UNCTAD’s annual Trade and Development Report. Before joining the United Nations in 1991, he was an economist in the International Department of the German central bank. His areas of expertise include development strategies and the interrelationships between macroeconomic policies, trade, investment, employment and growth. He has published his work in peer-reviewed journals, books and conference volumes. He holds a PhD in economics from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy).

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The New Structural Economics & International Development Forum
The New Structural Economics & International Development Forum was initiated in March 2016 and is co-organized by the Center for New Structural Economics (CNSE) and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development (ISSCAD) at Peking University. The Center aspires to advance the frontier research on structural change and help developing countries to promote economic structural transformation. The Forum aims to bridge the gap between research and practice by hosting high-profile, open and equal conversations among scholars, professionals, policy makers and entrepreneurs in the field of international development.