On May 17, USIP hosted a conversation on emerging research about the risks of unrest on the long road toward a more peaceful and just transition to sustainable economies in fragile contexts. Experts shared and discussed which approaches can more effectively manage these shocks that may disrupt labor markets in transitioning societies and what states can do to support their workers.
Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Director, Priority Action Programme for Just Transitions, International Labor Organization
Sonia Mistry
Climate and Labor Justice Global Lead, Solidarity Center
Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer
Lead Economist, Jobs Group, World Bank
Liva Stokenberga
Advisor, Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Tegan Blaine, moderator
Director for Climate, Environment and Conflict, U.S. Institute of Peace
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/preventing-social-unrest-economic-transitions
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