• Eduardo Zepeda (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and UNDP) 'Learning from the Past: Mexico’s Failed Pro-Market Policy Experience'

• Marty Chen (Harvard University, WIEGO Network) 'Addressing Informality, Reducing Poverty'

• Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting and Theodora Xenogiani (OECD Development Centre, Paris) 'Is Informal Normal? 

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• Rafael Perez Ribas (IPC and University of Illinois) and Ana Flávia Machado (Cedeplar/UFMG) 'Employment and Poverty Dynamics in Brazil'

• Louise Fox and Melissa Sekkel (World Bank) 'Working Out of Poverty — Job Creation in Africa'

• Aziz R. Khan (University of California, Riverside) 'The Employment-MDGs Linkages'

• Terry McKinley (SOAS, University of London) 'Structural Policies for Poverty-Reducing Employment'

• Hames Heintz (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) 'Reintroducing Employment into Macroeconomic Policy'

• Janine Berg and David Kucera (ILO) 'Labour Market Institutions and Employment'

• Per Ronnas (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, and ILO) 'Labour Migration for Pro-Poor Growth: More than a Quick Fix?'

• Erik Jonasson (Lund University) 'Rural Non-farm Jobs - A Pathway out of Poverty?'

• Christoph Ernst (ILO) 'Promoting Youth Employment'

Abstract of Christoph Ernst (ILO) 'Promoting Youth Employment': 'Are special youth employment programmes called for, besides general growth and investment climate policies? Underutilisation of young people on the labour market can trigger a vicious circle of intergenerational poverty and social exclusion. Youth unemployment often results in social conflicts, violence and juvenile delinquency. An integrated strategy for growth and job creation needs to cover both labour demand and supply, combined with well-targeted and structured interventions.'