New Approaches to Social Reform in Brazil

April 8 and 9 (Monday and Tuesday)

Room: 9204
Graduate School and University Center
365 5th Ave.

Institutional and social actors at all levels of government have advanced diverse strategies to address Brazil’s huge social needs, working in the context of the post-1990’s reform process. This international symposium probes the new approaches, including the role of civil society and social and global actors in designing and implementing these reforms.
The list of participants includes Jorge Arbache (UnB), Cristovam Buarque (UnB and former Governor of Brasilia), Simone Buechler (Columbia), Sonia Draibe (UNICAMP), John Garrison (World Bank), Eduardo Graeff (Adviser to the President), Thereza Lobo (Comunitas/Comunidade Solidaria), Denise Vitale Mendes (USP), Paulo Paiva (Inter-American Development Bank), Amb. Flávio Perri (former Minister of Environmental Affairs and Consul-General), José Maria da Silveira Unicamp), environmentalist Alexander Watson,* and others.
The symposium will probe trends of social policy in the context of a globalizing world; labor markets; recent reforms on health, welfare and pension systems; issues of planning and managing succesful social programs; the role of business; urban (local) dynamics; rural poverty, land reform, sustainable development (Rio + 10) and environment. The Bildner Center will publish a selection of the papers in book form.

to reserve, send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu or leave message at (212) 817-2096