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Appendix D: Invited Speakers' Biographical Information
Pages 44-48

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... Prior to joining the World Bank, he was one of the leading researchers and policy analysts on employment issues in Canada where he held senior positions in think tanks and the private sector. He has published widely in the fields of labor economics and industrial relations and has been a frequent speaker and media commentator.
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... , Industrial Relations Research Association (national president, 1976-1977) , National Alliance of Business, and American Economic Association and Labor Advisory Board of the American Income Life Insurance Company.
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... Elliot Schrage is a lawyer and business strategist with extensive experience working on private corporate matters and public policy issues. He currently serves as adjunct senior fellow in Business and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, where his work focuses on the growing role of U.S.
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... and foreign corporations in international transactions and served as consultant to several multinational corporations and trade associations, helping them draft corporate human rights "codes of conduct" and design programs to enforce them. As adjunct professor at Columbia University Business School and Columbia Law School, he teaches a seminar that explores the social consequences of economic globalization.
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... He is a Member of the Jury of the StGB Work, Safety and Health Award in Germany. He is principal lecturer on labor inspection at the African Regional Labour Administration Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe, and also acts as visiting lecturer on comparative labor protection at Hanover University, Germany, and on labor administration at the Department for Extramural Studies (Ruskin College)
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