The Rafto Foundation in cooperation with the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) invites to the open symposium on “Human Rights and Economic Development”. The symposium takes place on Thursday, November 23 from 9:30-16:00 at NHH. (09-NOV-06)


Thorolf Rafto Memorial Symposium

“Human rights and economic development”

Thursday, November 23, 2006
Venue: NHH, Dag Coward Auditorium

 09:30 – 09:45              Opening of the Symposium by Rector Jan I Haaland 

I Gender, religion, and development

 Chair: Kjetil Bjorvatn

 09:45 – 10:15              Jean Philippe Platteau (University of Namur)
”Is religion an obstacle to economic development in the Middle East?
                                     

 10:15 – 10:45              Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo)
”Micro credit and local insurance: Development with gender equality, or just romantic promises?”

 10:45 – 11:15              Discussion

 11:15 – 11:45              Coffee break

 

II          Corporate social responsibility

 Chair: Bertil Tungodden

 11:45-12:15                Alexander Cappelen (NHH)   
”Corporate governance and human rights: The case of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund”

 12:15-12:45                Einar Flydal (Telenor)
”The Bangladeshi Grameen Phone and its Village Phone Ladies: Microfinance, infrastructure funding, and large scale business thinking and working together”

 12:45 – 13:15              Discussion

 13:15 – 14:15              Lunch

 

II         Rights and empowerment of the poor

Chair: Lise Rakner

 14:15 – 14:45              Siri Gloppen (UiB, CMI)
“Legal empowerment as a development strategy?”   

 14:45 – 15:15              Jakob Svensson (Stockholm University)
“Information as a development strategy?”

 15:15 – 15:45              Discussion

 15:45 – 16:00              Conclusion remarks of the Symposium

 

 The symposium is opened to everybody. No entrance fee.

 

 Contact information:

The Rafto Foundation

E-mail: secretariat@rafto.no

Phone: +47 55 21 09 50