Child Labor and the Globalizing Economy:

Lessons from the Asia/Pacific Region

Feb. 7-9, 2001

Stanford University

UNITED NATIONS
Hon. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative from Bangladesh to the United Nations

UNICEF
Ruby Noble -- Unicef, Bangladesh

ILO
Thetis Mangahas -- ILO/IPEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Rijk van Haarlem -- ILO/IPEC, San Jose, Costa Rica

THE WORLD BANK
Harry Patrinos, World Bank

US GOVERNMENT
Michael Hancock --US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Maureen Jaffe -- US Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Shirin Khan -- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Andrew Samet -- formerly of the International Labor Dept., US Dept. of Labor
Kenneth Swinnerton -- US Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Rolene Otero -- US. Dept. of Labor, San Francisco

PRIVATE SECTOR
Thomas Cove -- Vice President, Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC
Judy Gearhart -- Social Accountability 8000
Anna Bantug -- Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco
Elliot Schrage -- The Gap, San Francisco

GOVERNMENT (NON-US)
Savitri Suwansathit, Inspector-General of Ministry of Education, Thailand

TRADE UNIONS
Sonia Rosen -- Solidarity Center, Washington, DC, representing the AFL-CIO

NGOS
Darlene Adkins -- Child Labor Coalition
Simon Baker -- Population Council, Thailand
Ruwan Dharmaratna -- Loving Friends International (LFI), Sri Lanka
Pharis Harvey -- International Labor Rights Fund, Washington, DC
Genelle King -- Netaid
Praveen Kumar -- (immediate past president) Bhima Sangha, children's union
Father Xystus Kurukulasuriya -- Loving Friends International (LFI), Sri Lanka
Diane Mull -- Creative Associates International, Washington, DC
Nandana Reddy -- Concerned for Working Children, Karnataka, India
Nalini Shekar -- International Development Exchange, San Francisco, CA
Cecelia Flores-Oebanda -- president, Visayan Forum Foundation (VF), The Philippines

EDUCATORS
William E. Myers -- Visiting Scholar, University of California at Davis
Inderjit Khurana -- Ruchika Social Service Organisation, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

JOURNALISTS
Zafaryab Ahmed -- SUNY Binghamton, NY (journalist who worked with Bonded Labor Liberation Front in Pakistan)
Julia Dean -- Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change

FOUNDATIONS
J. Joseph Speidel -- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

ACADEMIA (NON-STANFORD)
Kaushik Basu -- Cornell University
Susan Bissell -- University of Melbourne
Jill Doner Kagle -- dean School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne, site of a new resource center on child1 labor
Deborah Levison -- University of Minnesota
David Post -- Pennsylvania State University
Ben White -- Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, resource center on child1 labor

STANFORD -- Asia/Pacific Research Center
Sarah Bachman -- Visiting Scholar, APARC
Srinivasan Bodapati -- Visiting Fellow, APARC
Rafiq Dossani -- Visiting Professor (an Indian, principally working on electricity generation reform, but interested in equity issues in the Subcontinent)
Donald Emmerson -- Senior Fellow, Institute of International Studies
Amber Gove -- School of Education
Lawrence J. Lau -- Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development; former director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy research -- SIEPR
Harry Rowen -- Co-Director, Asia/Pacific Research

STANFORD -- NON-APARC
William Gould -- School of Law, former head of the National Labor Relations Board
Anjini Kochar -- Economics Department
Kirk Hanson -- Graduate School of Business, business ethics
Kathleen Morrison -- Assoc. Dir, Center for Latin American Studies
Karen Mundy -- School of Education, Stanford University
Hon. Tom Simons -- Consulting Professor, History Dept., Stanford; former ambassador to Pakistan
Peggy Simons -- cooperated with US students who built a school in Pakistan in honor of Iqbal Masih

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Zafaryab Ahmed -- SUNY Binghamton
Darlene Adkins -- Child Labor Coalition
Sarah Bachman -- Visiting Scholar, APARC
Simon Baker -- Population Council, Thailand
Anna Bantug -- Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco
Kaushik Basu -- Cornell University
Susan Bissell -- University of Melbourne
Srinivasan Bodapati -- Visiting Fellow, APARC, Stanford University
Hon. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury --Permanent Representative from Bangladesh to the United Nations
Thomas Cove -- Vice President, Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association,
Julia Dean -- Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change
Ruwan Dharmaratna -- Loving Friends International (LFI), NGO, Sri Lanka
Rafiq Dossani -- Consultng Professor, Stanford University
Donald Emmerson -- Senior Fellow, Institute of International Studies,, Stanford University
Cecelia Flores-Oebanda -- Visayan Forum, Child Workers in Asia
Judy Gearhart -- Social Accountability 8000
William Gould -- School of Law, Stanford University
Amber Gove -- School of Education, Stanford University
Rijk van Haarlem -- ILO/IPEC, San Jose, Costa Rica
Michael Hancock -- US Agency for International Development
Kirk Hanson -- Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Pharis Harvey -- International Labor Rights Fund, Washington, DC
Maureen Jaffe -- US Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Jill Doner Kagle -- dean, School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne
Shirin Khan -- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Inderjit Khurana -- Ruchika Social Service Organisation. Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Genelle King -- Netaid
Anjini Kochar -- Economics Dept.
Praveen Kumar -- immediate past president, Bhima Sangha, children's union
Father Xystus Kurukulasuriya -- Loving Friends International (LFI), NGO, Sri Lanka
Lawrence J. Lau -- Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development; former director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy research -- SIEPR
Deborah Levison -- University of Minnesota
Thetis Mangahas -- ILO/IPEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Kathleen Morrison -- Assoc. Dir, Center for Latin American Studies
Diane Mull -- Creative Associates International, Washington, DC
Karen Mundy -- School of Education, Stanford University
William E. Myers -- Visiting Scholar, University of California at Davis
Ruby Noble -- Unicef, Bangladesh
Rolene Otero -- US. Dept. of Labor, San Francisco
Harry Patrinos -- World Bank
David Post -- Pennsylvania State University
Nandana Reddy -- Concerned for Working Children, Karnataka, India
Sonia Rosen -- Solidarity Center, Washington, DC, representing the AFL-CIO
Harry Rowen -- Co-Director, Asia/Pacific Research
Andrew Samet -- (retd.) International Labor Dept., US Dept. of Labor
Elliot Schrage -- The Gap, corporate responsibility official
Nalini Shekar -- International Development Exchange, San Francisco, CA
Hon. Tom Simons -- History Dept., Stanford; former ambassador to Pakistan
Peggy Simons -- cooperated with US students who built a school in Pakistan in honor of Iqbal Masih
J. Joseph Speidel -- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Savitri Suwansathit, Inspector-General of Ministry of Education, Thailand
Kenneth Swinnerton -- Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC
Ben White -- Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands resource center on child1 labor

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