Colloque Ombres et lumières de la mondialisation

Ce colloque, tenu les 22 et 23 novembre 2004, a permis de faire le point sur l'impact de la mondialisation sur les inégalités, ainsi que sur les options qui s'offrent afin de s'assurer que les bénéfices de la mondialisation soient mieux répartis.

Ombres et lumières de la mondialisation a été l’occasion de réfléchir à l’impact de la mondialisation sur les inégalités, analyser les différences internationales relativement à l’approfondissement des inégalités et explorer les options politiques et les programmes permettant de réduire les inégalités à l’ère de la mondialisation et d’assurer que les bénéfices de la mondialisation soient mieux répartis.

Lights and Shadows of Globalization brought together international experts to study the globalization process and its effects on inequalities. The debate is not new. Since the birth of liberal economic and political thought, social scientists have disagreed on the issue of the benefits of economic liberalization. However, economic orthodoxy, gaining much support in national and international settings since the 1970s, predicted that economic liberalization and globalization of markets would bring growth and improved quality of life to societies. The new Millennium started with the realization that the distribution of the benefits of globalization was distributed very unevenly. Parts of the world, like Africa, have indeed been completely marginalized. This conference organized by the CEIM was an invitation to discuss ways to measure inequalities, to analyze links between globalization and inequalities, and to think about ways to address the social dimension of integration in the world economy. This summary may not reflect a consensus among participants, it exposes some of the ideas presented under 6 sections: 1. Information and methodological problems; 2. Increasing inequalities; 3. Links between globalization and inequalities; 4. Failure of neoliberal policies; 5. New asymmetries; and, 6. Policy implications

Texte sur le colloque paru dans Le Devoir sous la plume d’Éric Desrosiers, «La mondialisation n’a pas tenu ses promesses». Le programme et le rapport du colloque sont disponibles ci-bas, tout comme les textes des conférenciers: Albert Berry «Methodological and Data Challenges to Identifying the Impacts of Globalization and Liberalization (G&L) on Inequality» José Antonio Ocampo «Globalization, Development and Democracy» Joseph Wong «Growing Out of the Developmental State:East Asian Welfare Reform in the 1990s»