MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1998

Opening Session
Stanley Fischer

Economic Policy and Equity: An Overview

Session Chair:	Vito Tanzi
Author:	Amartya Sen
Discussants:	Nicholas Barr Diarmuid Martin Alicia Munnell Guo Shuqing

 
Equity Issues in a Globalizing World

Session Chair:	Amartya Sen
Author:	Anthony Atkinson
Discussants:	Irma Adelman Nancy Birdsall Susan M. Collins Lloyd Goodleigh Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Madariaga

 
General Discussion of Morning Sessions

Addressing Equity Issues in Policymaking

Session Chair:	John Sewell
Authors:	Eduardo Aninat Grzegorz Kolodko
Discussants:	Mikhail Dmitriev Santiago Levy Maria Ramos Arjun Sengupta

 
General Discussion

TUESDAY, JUNE 9

Policy Responses: Design and Implementation

Session Chair:	Ma. Nieves R. Confesor
Authors:	Aníbal Antonio Cavaco Silva Alberto Alesina
Discussants:	Chia Siow Yue Newai Gebre-ab Ravi Kanbur Njongonkulu Winston Ndungane Guillermo Perry

 
General Discussion

Roundtable: Lessons for Countries and the IMF

Session Chair:	Alassane D. Ouattara
Panel members:	Alberto Alesina Karin Lissakers Jean-Claude Milleron David Smith Vito Tanzi

 
General Discussion

Conference Summing Up
Vito Tanzi

Closing Session
Stanley Fischer