National Seminar on
Globalisation and India – Voices from the
Ground
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, December 18-19,
2006
CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics
& Environment (CUTS CITEE) is implementing
various projects, which include amongst
others, 'Grassroots Reachout & Networking in
India on Trade and Economics', (GRANITE) and
'Linkages between Trade, Development & Poverty
Reduction' (TDP). These projects broadly aim
to work towards articulating policy coherence
between trade (including India's commitments
to international agreements) and national
development policies to reduce poverty.
CUTS CITEE and Network of Entrepreneurship &
Economic Development (NEED) jointly organised
a National Seminar on Globalisation and India:
Voices from the Ground in Lucknow, on December
18-19, 2006.
The objective of the seminar was to deliberate
and share experiences in generating awareness
on the trade-development linkages in different
parts of India by exploring the successes and
non-successes, including the next step to
develop appropriate pro-poor policy responses.
The purpose of this seminar was to share the
experiences of the ground from the GRANITE and
TDP Projects.
The seminar was intended to involve civil
society representatives e.g. public interest
NGOs, government bodies, research
institutions, media persons, and other
stakeholders in a meaningful dialogue. It
provided a platform to enable these
stakeholders to identify gaps, learn from each
other and discuss ways to improve linkages
between trade and development, and apply the
learnings in their respective fields of
activities.
This forum provided detailed discussions on
major policy issues that are creating
opportunities and/or vice-versa for the poor
to benefit from globalisation, including
deliberations on safety nets in order to
insulate the poor from adverse shocks.
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