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Conference Organizers
Rania Antonopoulos
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Research Scholar and Director
Gender Equality and the Economy Program
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Co-director and Principle Instructor, Knowledge Networking Program, GEM-IWG
Nilüfer Çağatay
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Professor
Department of Economics,
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
Senior Scholar
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
Co-director and Principle Instructor, Knowledge Networking Program, GEM-IWG

Participants
Naa Anyekey Akofio-Sowah
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Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Clark University
Intern, Office of the Special Advisor on Africa
United Nations
New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009
Bola O Akanji
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Research Professor
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)
Ibadan, Nigeria 
GEM-IWG, Member

Amit Bhaduri
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Professor of Economics
University of Pavia, Italy
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Visiting Professor
Indian Council of Social Development, New Delhi
GEM-IWG, Member

Madhu Bhaduri
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Ambassador (Retired)
The Government of India
New Delhi, India

Salimata Bocoum
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Regional Coordinator
African Women’s Millennium Initiative (AWOMI)
Dakar, Senegal
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Gisela Carrasco-i-Miro
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Liaison Office, Guatemala City
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Guatemala
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Raquel Coello-Cremades
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Programme Coordinator
UNIFEM
Ecuador

Francisco Cos-Montiel
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Senior Program Specialist
Women's Rights and Citizenship Program
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada
GEM-IWG, Member

Nouhoun Coulibaly
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Chief of the Department of Studies and Research
Institute National de la Statistique de Cote d’Ivorie
Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Surajit Das
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Economist
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)
New Delhi, India
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Lorena R. Escobar-Perez
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Chief of Economics Section
Sendas Foundation
Cuenca, Ecuador
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Alma Espino
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Researcher
Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Sobre  el Desarrollo (CIEDUR)
Uruguay
GEM-IWG, Member

Yassine Fall
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Senior Economic Advisor
United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
New York
President, AWOMI
Dakar, Senegal
GEM-IWG, Member

Mayela Freyre
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Project Coordinator
Ministry of Women and Social Development
MIMDES of Perú
Lima, Perú
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Roxana Gallegos Guerra
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Gender Focal Person 
Cooperation Sector
Delegation of the European Commission in Perú
Lima, Perú
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Kaushik Ganguly
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Economist
Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CGGA)
New Delhi, India
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Rocío García Gaytán
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President
The National Institute of Women (INMUJERES)
Mexico  

Jayati Ghosh
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Professor of Economics
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Executive Secretary
The International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)
New Delhi, India

Alicia Girón
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Researcher
Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas
Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n
Ciudad de la Investigación en Humanidades Ciudad Universitaria, Copilco El Ato
México
GEM-IWG, Member

Heather Gibb
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Senior Researcher
The North-South Institute
Ottawa, Canada
GEM-IWG, Member

Carolyn Hannan
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Director
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW)
New York, U.S.A.

Mette Bloch Hansen
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Gender & Economy Program Analyst
The Gender Team, Bureau for Development Policy
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
New York, U.S.A.

Soraya Hassanali
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Senior Gender Equality Specialist
Policy and Strategic Planning Division (MPP)
Multilateral and Global Partnerships Branch (MGPB)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Government of Canada

Saba Hasnain Poverty and Development Program
Institute for Development Studies (IDS)
University of Sussex, UK

Taitu Ababa Heron
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Manager
Social Development and Gender Department
The Planning Institute of Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Indira Hirway
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Director
Center for Development Alternatives
Ahmedabad, India
Research Associate, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Sara Hsu
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Researcher 
IC2 Institute
University of Texas at Austin
GEM-IWG, Member

Ozge Izdes
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Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor
Department of Economics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Selim Jahan
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Director of the Poverty Practice
Bureau for Development Policy
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New York, U.S.A.

Tamar Khitarishvili
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Assistant Professor of Economics and
Research Scholar
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Kijong Kim
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Research Scholar
Gender Equality and the Economy Program
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

Grzegorz Konat
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Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economic Policy
Warsaw School of Economics
Researcher, Institute for Market Consumption and Business Cycles Research
Warsaw, Poland
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Feridoon Koohi-Kamali
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Research Associate and Editor
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

Rahul Lahoti Research Associate
UC Berkeley
California, U.S.A.

Thomas Masterson
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Research Scholar
The Distribution of Income and Wealth Program
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

Manuel Montes
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Chief, Policy Analysis and Development
Financing for Development Office
United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Jacqueline Morse
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Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics 
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Tacko Ndiaye
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UNIFEM
Programme Specialist
New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

John Okiror
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Principal Economist
Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development
Kampala, Uganda
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Jennifer Olmsted
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Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Economics
Drew University
New Jersey, U.S.A.

Naoko Otobe
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Senior Employment Specialist
Country Employment Policy Unit, Employment Sector
International Labour Office (ILO)
Geneva, Switzerland
GEM-IWG, Member

Dimitri Papadimitriou
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Jerome Levy Chair, Professor of Economics
President, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Executive Vice President, Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Nilanjan Patra
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Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Centre for Economic Study and Planning
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
New Delhi, India
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Cecilia Ramos

Executive Director
Mexico and Dominican Republic
Inter-American Development Bank
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Mirial Rebling Independent Consultant

Sanjay Reddy
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Associate Professor of Economics
Columbia University
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics
Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research
New York, New York, U.S.A.

Hurshid Rustamov
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Program Coordinator
Economics Governance Unit
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Country Office
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Mira Ibidat Said
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Global Network Arab Coordinator and Trainer
The Democracy and Workers Rights Center
East Jerusalem, Israel
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Claudia Gabriela Salas Rodriguez Planning Director General
The National Institute of Women (INMUJERES)
Mexico  

Eka Sepashvili
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Associate Professor
Faculty of Economics and Business
Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi, Georgia
GEM-IWG, Member

Anwar Shaikh
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Professor of Economics
The Graduate Faculty
New School for Social Research
New York, New York

Heather Starzynski
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Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Missouri, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Jooyeoun Suh
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Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Massachusetts, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Jomo Kwame Sundaram
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Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
New York, U.S.A.

Jianhua Tang
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Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Professor, China Agriculture University
Beijing, China
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Sylvia Tereka
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Member of the Board
National Planning Authority
Kampala, Uganda
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Taun Nicholaus Toay
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Ph.D. Candidate
New School for Social Research and
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Fatma Gül Ünal 
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Assistant Professor of Economics
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Research Scholar
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Alison Vásconez Rodríguez
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Researcher
FLACSO, Ecuador
GEM-IWG, Member

Mariama Williams
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Policy Research Analyst
Integrated Policy Research Institute (IPRI)
Research Adviser
International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
GEM-IWG, Member

Yelda Yucel
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Senior Economist
Yapi Kredi Bankasi
Istanbul, Turkey
GEM-IWG, Fellow 2009

Ajit Zacharias
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Senior Scholar
Distribution of Income and Wealth Program
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.

Maria Ziegler
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Department of Economics
University of Göettingen
Germany