Seminar & Events
International Symposium
Evolving Sources of Value-added: Good-jobs, Bad-jobs?
In
recent
years,
production
networks
in
East
Asia
have
been
expanding
beyond
borders,
with
their
system
of
international
division
of
labor
becoming
increasingly
complex.
Production
processes
are
being
sub-divided,
incorporating
more
countries
in
the
supply
chain
of
a
single
product.
Given
these
trends,
there
are
concerns
in
developed
countries
with
advanced
technologies
and
high
wages
that
employment
in
their
manufacturing
sectors
is
being
transferred
to
countries
with
lower
technologies
and
wages,
which
is
hollowing
out
their
economies.
In
developing
countries,
on
the
other
hand,
there
are
fears
that
good
jobs
will
remain
in
developed
countries,
with
only
low
value-added
bad
jobs
being
transferred
to
them.
Export-led
Asian
countries
have
achieved
economic
growth
and
development
by
participating
actively
in
supply
chains.
However,
their
growth
will
come
to
a
halt
if
they
only
receive
bad
jobs.
To
achieve
further
growth,
they
need
to
take
the
next
step
up
from
industrialization.
The
Institute
of
Developing
Economies
has
been
studying
global
value
chains
in
a
completely
new
effort
to
understand
international
trade,
not
as
flows
of
goods
and
services
but
as
flows
of
value
added
in
their
production
processes.
Moreover,
in
the
“World
Development
Report
2013,”
the
World
Bank
raises
various
issues
to
promote
an
understanding
of
the
roles
of
jobs
in
overall
development—what
are
the
good
jobs
that
contribute
to
development
and
what
employment
policies
should
be
implemented.
At
this
symposium,
we
re-examine
the
significance
of
good
jobs
and
bad
jobs
in
developed
and
developing
countries
based
on
global
value
chains.
Dr.
Richard
E.
Baldwin
(Professor
of
the
Graduate
Institute
of
International
and
Development
Studies,
Geneva,
and
University
of
Oxford),
who
is
a
leading
figure
in
studies
on
international
trade,
will
present
the
academic
and
policy
implications
of
the
results
of
research
focusing
on
this
new
concept,
while
Dr.
Martin
Rama
(Chief
Economist
for
the
South
Asia
region
of
the
World
Bank),
who
headed
the
team
that
wrote
“Jobs”
(World
Development
Report
2013),
will
give
the
keynote
report.
There
will
be
panel
discussions
with
researchers
and
experts
from
universities
in
Japan
and
overseas,
as
well
as
the
Institute
of
Developing
Economies,
to
examine
the
impacts
of
globalization
on
the
economic
development
of
developing
countries,
and
on
Japan,
from
the
viewpoint
of
good
jobs
and
bad
jobs,
and
to
address
impacts
in
the
field
of
development
policies
and
on
Japan’s
growth
strategy,
as
well
as
our
responses
going
forward.
Date&time:
March 19, 2015 (Thursday) 14:00-16:55 (Registration opens at 13:30)
Venue:
United
Nations
University
U
Thant
International
Conference
Hall
5-53-70
Jungumae
Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo
Program:
14:00-14.20 | Opening remarks |
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14:20-15:20 |
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15:20-15:35 | Coffee Break |
Panel Session | |
15:35-16:05 |
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16:05-16:50 |
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16:50-16:55 | Closing Remarks |
Languages:
Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English will be available
Organizer:
IDE-JETRO, The World bank, The Asahi Shimbun Company
Participation fee:
- Non-members: 4,000 JPY
- JETRO or IDE-JETRO members (Organization): Free for 2 participants per 1 account.
- IDE-JETRO members (individual):2,000JPY
- Student: 2,000JPY
Contact:
External
Relations
Division,
Research
Promotion
Department,
IDE-JETRO
E-mail:sympo-sc