VIRTUAL EVENT

Over the last year, the global workforce has experienced a massive shift to online remote work enabled by digital transformation and radically accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. As the phenomenon of remote working matures, the ability for workers to provide services in other nations – Telemigration – could become an increasingly viable development pathway.  

In this session, Richard Baldwin will discuss the potential of online freelancing and other forms of digital service exports to create new opportunities for sufficiently skilled workers in emerging markets.

Richard will be joined by Janine Berg, co-author of the ILOs most recent study on “Working from home: From invisibility to decent work”, to provide a counterpoint on the challenges faced by homeworkers, and how to overcome these.

Join us to discuss the potential and risks of this opportunity and explore policy solutions to support a new avenue for the creation of decent jobs.

Participants

Moderator:

• Kitrhona Cerri, Director, TASC Platform

Presenters:

• Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics and Co-chair of the TASC Platform, Graduate Institute, Geneva

• Janine Berg, Senior Economist & Labour Market Specialist, ILO

 Session Structure

16:00 – Welcome and introductions

16:05 – Richard Baldwin: Findings and implications of research on Telemigration

16:15 – Janine Berg: Challenges and risks of homeworking and any specific risks related to Telemigration

16:25 – Panel discussion and audience Q&A

16:55 - The road ahead and event close

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