On Friday June 1, SITE will be organizing Development Day 2018 – Gender Equality and Economic Development: From Research to Action. Read more about the event and register here: https://www.hhs.se/en/about-us/news/site-publications/2018/site-development-day-2018--gender-inequality-and-economic-development-from-research-to-action/

1. Registration
Welcome: Anders Olofsgård, Deputy Director, SITE
Introduction: Ann Bernes, Ambassador for Gender Equality and Coordinator
of Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
A Research Perspective
• Raphael Espinoza, Senior Economist, IMF, Washington DC. “Economic
Gains from Gender Inclusion: New Mechanisms, New Evidence”
• Paola Giuliano, Associate Professor of Economics, UCLA, Anderson School
of Management. “The Historical Origin of Differences in Gender Norms”
• Michal Myck, Director at CenEa, Poland. “A Gender Perspective on Tax and
Benefit Policy”
Coffee break
From Research to Action
• Anna-Karin Dahlberg, Corporate Sustainability Manager at Lindex
• Richard Nordström, General Director at Hand in Hand
• Maria Håkansson, Managing Director at Swedfund
• Anne Larilahti, VP Head of Sustainability Strategy at Telia
Lunch
A Special Focus on the Case of Eastern Europe and Eastern Partnership Countries
• Jesper Roine, Deputy Director, SITE
• Charles Becker, Research Professor of Economics, Duke University
• Tamta Maridashvili, Researcher, ISET-PI, Georgia
• Lev Lvovskiy, Research Fellow, BEROC
• Elsa Håstad, Director at the Department for Europe and Latin America
at Sida
Coffee break
Public Policy for Gender Equality and the Role of Foreign Aid
• Inna Sovsun, vice President at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) and former
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Ukraine
• Anna Westerholm, Sweden’s Ambassador for the EU Eastern
Partnership
• Carin Jämtin, Director General at Sida
• Torbjörn Becker, Director at SITE
Concluding remarks
SITE Development Day 2018 Program
Gender Equality and Economic Development: From Research to Action
Friday June 1, SSE Aula Lecture Hall
8 : 30 - 9 : 00
9 : 00 - 9 : 05
9 : 05 - 9 : 30
9 :30 - 11 : 00
11: 00 - 11 : 30
11 : 30 - 12 : 30
12 : 30 - 13 :30
13:30 - 15: 00
15 : 00 - 15: 30
15 : 30 - 16: 30
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