In order to meet SDG 8 and secure ‘decent work and sustainable economic growth for all’, governments and their development partners will need to achieve the right balance between promoting ‘growth from below’ (GfB) and ‘growth from above’ (GfA). Policy measures to tighten labour markets will need to be coupled with more strategic efforts to empower women, support asset development and productivity in agriculture and support migration and remittance, to facilitate sustained escapes from poverty.

Using the key findings of the its Chronic Poverty Report on Growth, CPAN high-level side event at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Monday 15th July 2019 discussed the concept of ‘growth from below’ and its policy implications for sustained poverty reduction in the context of the 2030 Agenda.

Speakers:

Dr Andrew Shepherd, Director of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network and lead writer of the Chronic Poverty Report on Growth.

Prof Germano Mwabu, Professor of Economics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Margaret Kakande, Head of Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU), Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda.
Dr Mama Keita, Chief of the Economic Diversification policy and reforms Section, Sub-regional Office for Central Africa|UN Economic Commission for Africa
Honourable Prof. Dr. Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, National Development Planning Agency, Jakarta
Ms Marie Ottosson, Deputy Director-General of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Alexandra Lamont, Deputy Director, Economic Growth and International Financial Institutions, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada