IMF Conference

9:00 am

Opening Remarks
Anne Krueger (First Deputy Managing Director, IMF), Raghuram Rajan (Chief Economist, IMF), Adrian Wood (Chief Economist, Department for International Development)

9:30 am-11:00 am

Session 1: Macroeconomic Policies I
Chairperson: Anupam Basu, IMF

"Bolivia: Impact of Shocks and Poverty Policy on Household Welfare"
Presenters: Gover Barja Daza, Bolivian Catholic University, Javier Monterrey Arce, Bolivian National Institute of Statistics, and Sergio Villarroel Bohrt, Ministry of the Presidency
Discussant: Gabriela Inchauste, IMF

"Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Malawi: What Can We Infer from Panel Data?"
Presenter: Ephraim Chirwa, University of Malawi
Discussant: Francisco Ferreira, World Bank

11:00 am-11:30 am

Coffee Break

11:30 am-1:00 am

Session 2: Shocks and Macro-Volatility
Chairperson: Maurice Schiff, World Bank

"Do Migrant Remittances Minimize the Impact of Macro-Volatility on the Poor in Ghana?"
Presenters: Peter Quartey, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, and Theresa Blankson, Bank of Ghana
Discussant: Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University

"Shocks, Economic Growth and the Indian Economy"
Presenters: B.B. Bhattacharya and Sabayasachi Kar, Institute of Economic Growth, India
Discussant: Ranil Salgado, IMF

1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Lunch Break

2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Session 3: Macroeconomic Policies II
Chairperson: John Page, World Bank

"Macroeconomic Policies, Shocks and Economic Growth in South Africa"
Presenter: Yohane Khamfula, University of Witwatersrand
Discussant: Luca Ricci, IMF

"Linkages between Macroeconomic Reform Policies, Shocks, and Poverty Reduction: The Indonesian Case"
Presenter: Tulus Tambunan, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Discussant: Aart Kraay, World Bank

4:00 pm-4:30 pm

Coffee Break

4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Session 4: Trade Liberalization
Chairperson: Alan Winters, World Bank

"The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Revenue Mobilization and Stability in Sudan"
Presenter: Kabbashi Medani Suliman, University of Khartoum
Discussant: Ibrahim Elbadawi, World Bank

"Impact of Elimination of Trade Taxes on Poverty and Income Distribution in Ghana"
Presenters: Vijay K. Bhasin and Samuel Annim, University of Cape Coast
Discussant: Andy Berg, IMF

9:30 am-10:30 am

Keynote speech: Stabilizing Resource Flows to Meet the Millennium Development Goals
Chairperson: Ad Melkert (Executive Director, The Netherlands Constituency, World Bank)
Speaker: Alan Gelb, (Director of Development Policy, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank)

10:30 am-11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am-12:30 pm

Session 5: Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Chairperson: Mohsin Khan, IMF

"Fiscal Policy and Sectoral Productivity Convergence in Cameroon: Implications for Poverty Reduction"
Presenter: Tabi Atemnkeng Johannes, University of Dschang
Discussant: Ernst B.K. van Koesveld, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands

"Domestic Government Debt Structure, Risk Characteristics and Monetary Policy Conduct: Evidence from Nigeria"
Presenters: Robert Asogwa, University of Nigeria, and Charles Ezema, Afribank Head Office
Discussant: Torbjorn Becker, IMF

12:30 pm-2:00 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm-5:00 pm

[IMF Gallery, 2nd Floor]
Symposium "Whither Development Economics?"
Moderator: Arvind Subramanian, IMF
Speakers: Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Tim Besley (London School of Economics), Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology/IMF), Dani Rodrik (Harvard), and John Williamson (Institute for International Economics)

2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Panelists' presentations
webcast

4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Discussion
webcast

5:00 pm

Concluding Remarks: François Bourguignon (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank), Jeroen Kremers (Executive Director, The Netherlands Constituency, IMF)

5:30 pm-6:30 pm

Cocktails