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Provisional Program |
February 15
[Meeting Hall B] (Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view conference papers.)
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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) |
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9:30 am-11:00 am |
Session 1: Macroeconomic Policies I Chairperson: Anupam Basu, IMF |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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11:00 am-11:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 am-1:00 am |
Session 2: Shocks and Macro-Volatility Chairperson: Maurice Schiff, World Bank |
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"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 |
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"Shocks, Economic Growth and the Indian Economy" Presenters: B.B. Bhattacharya and Sabayasachi Kar, Institute of Economic Growth, India Discussant: Ranil Salgado, IMF |
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1:00 pm-2:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
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[Room 2-530] |
2:30 pm-4:00 pm |
Session 3: Macroeconomic Policies II Chairperson: John Page, World Bank |
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"Macroeconomic Policies, Shocks and Economic Growth in South Africa" Presenter: Yohane Khamfula, University of Witwatersrand Discussant: Luca Ricci, IMF |
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"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 |
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4:00 pm-4:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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4:30 pm-6:00 pm |
Session 4: Trade Liberalization Chairperson: Alan Winters, World Bank |
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"The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Revenue Mobilization and Stability in Sudan" Presenter: Kabbashi Medani Suliman, University of Khartoum Discussant: Ibrahim Elbadawi, World Bank |
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"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 |
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February 16 [Room 2-530]
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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) |
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10:30 am-11:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 am-12:30 pm |
Session 5: Fiscal and Monetary Policy Chairperson: Mohsin Khan, IMF |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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12:30 pm-2:00 pm |
Lunch |
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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) |
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2:30 pm-4:00 pm |
Panelists' presentations webcast |
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4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Discussion webcast |
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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) |
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5:30 pm-6:30 pm |
Cocktails |