Indonesia and the IMF
Conference Agenda
For more information on the seminar contact:
Conference Organizer
Ehtisham Ahmad
IMF
eahmad@imf.org
Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro at LPEM-UI
(021)-3143177
bambang@lpem.feui.org
Kimberly Versak at the World Bank
(021)-52993084
kversak@worldbank.org
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IMF Seminars, Conferences and Workshops
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Agenda for Sequencing Decentralization
in
Indonesia
March 20–21, 2000
Jakarta, Indonesia
A seminar on Indonesian decentralization and its management is to be sponsored jointly by the International Monetry Fund (Fiscal Affairs Department) and the World Bank,
hosted by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Indonesia
(LPEM) with the collaboration of Indonesia's Ministry of Finance.
This seminar will provide the opportunity for an exchange of views on the next steps for decentralization in Indonesia, given the country's political realities, as well as the experiences of other countries. The forum will include officials from various central government agencies, as well as representatives of regional governments, academics, international scholars, and participants with experience in decentralization processes in other countries around the world.
March 20
| 08:30–09:00 | Registration
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| 09:00–09:15 | Welcome Speech
(Professor Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Director LPEM, and Secretary-General of the
National Economic Council) |
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| 09:15–09:45 | Keynote
Speech
(Bambang Subianto, former Minister of Finance, and currently Head of the Decentralization Committee of the National Economic Committee)
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| 09:45–10:15 | Coffee
Break |
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| 10:15–11:00 | Background of
Decentralization in an
International Context
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| 11:00–12:30 | Country
Experiences
[Discusant: Robert Simanjuntak]
| • | China (Jun Ma,
Economist, World Bank) |
| • | Hungary (Jean-Jacques Dethier,
Senior Economist, World Bank) |
| • | Italy (S. Piperno, Advisor,
Ministry of Finance) |
| • | Latin America (E. Ahmad and
Professor Spahn, Frankfurt) |
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| Chair: Bambang
Brodjonegoro |
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| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
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| 13:30–15:15 | Expenditure
Assignments
[Discussant: Raksaka Mahi]
| • | Administration (Darmin
Nasution-Director-General, Ministry of Finance, Raphiuddin-Director-General, Ministry of
Home Affairs) |
| • | Public Works and
Transportation (Suyono Dikun- Bappenas) |
| • | Education and
Health: (Sandy Lieberman, Principal Economist, World Bank) |
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| Chair: Karyaman
Muchtar |
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| 15:15–15:30 | Coffee
Break |
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| 15:30–17:30 | Revenue
Assignments/Sharing
[Discussant: Ehtisham Ahmad]
| • | Alternative
Local Revenue and Revenue Sharing (LPEM team) |
| • | Indonesian Tax
Assignment (Dr. Mahfud Sidik- Ministry of Finance) |
| • | Alternative Local
Government Sources (Professor Spahn—Univ. Frankfurt) |
| • | Natural Resources
Revenue Sharing (Sahala Gaol-Ministry of Finance) |
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| Chair: Anton Hermanto
Gunawan |
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March 21
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| 08:30–10:30 Grants Design [Discussant:
Bert
Hofman] |
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| • | International
Experience (Jun Ma, World Bank) |
| • | General Allocation
Grant (Arlen Pakpahan.-Director, Ministry of Finance) |
| • | Special Allocation
Grant (Dedi M. Riyadi-Bappenas) |
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| Chair: Raksaka
Mahi | |
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| 10:30–10:45 | Coffee Break
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| 10:45–12:45 | Management of
Decentralization
[Discussant: Dethier, World Bank]
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| 12:45–13:00 | Closing
Remark
(Sri Mulyani/Bambang Brodjonegoro, LPEM) |
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| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch
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| 14:00–16:30 | Round-Table
Discussion
Cabinet members, National Economic Council, IMF and World Bank staff, International Experts,
LPEM team. |
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