PROGRAM
Welcome addresses
Introduction
G. Andrea Cornia: An economist “with a human face”
Bruno Martorano, UNU-MERIT Maastricht University
Donato Romano, University of Florence
Luca Tiberti, University of Florence
Elisa Ticci, University of Siena
Facing inequality in a challenging era
Globalization, inequality and development: A historical perspective
Deepak Nayyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Inequality: concepts and strategies
Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus, Oxford University
Economic Reform, Poverty and Inequality
Anthony Addison, University of Copenhagen
Inequality and fiscal policies/social protection
Nora Lustig, Tulane University, New Orleans
Inequality and institutional quality: the case of Latin America
Jose Antonio Alonso, Complutense University, Madrid
Income Inequality, Structural and Technological Change, and IPR’s
Rolph van der Hoeven and Zemzem Shigute, International Institute of Social Studies, Den Hague
Poverty, inequality and agrifood system transformation
Rob Vos, IFPRI, Washington DC
Inequality and inequalities
Inequality data and metrics
Paolo Verme, University of Bologna
Inequality, Capabilities and Entitlements in a World Perspective: The Human-Centred Economics of Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Sanjay Reddy, The New School for Social Research, New York
Why the rich and the poor value freedom and inequality differently
Vladimir Popov, Carleton University, Ottawa
The political economy of “leaving no one behind”
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, The New School International Affairs, New York
Redistributive Preferences and Perceptions of Horizontal Inequality: Insights from Kenya
Armin Langer, KUL, Leuven
Nations, zones and inequalities
Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mind the Gap Revisited: Trends in Child Wellbeing and Disparities from 1960 to 2025
Alberto Minuchin, Enrique Delamonica and Leonardo Menchini, UNICEF, Florence and Amman
Socio-economic inequality in child health and nutrition in the global south
Sebastian Vollmer, Göttingen University
Inequality across the world
Global inequality: past, present and future trends
Francois Bourguignon, PSE
The Shifting Landscape of Income Inequality in Latin America
Guillermo Cruces and Leonardo Gasparini, CEDLAS University of La Plata
Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Augustin K. Fosu, ISSER University of Ghana, Accra
The social consequences of transition in Eastern Europe
Milica Uvalic, European University Institute, Fiesole
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23.04.2025