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TIS Conference Programme
Sunday 29 June 2014
| Song Hong 1 | Song Hong 2 | Song Hong 3 | |
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration | ||
| 08:30-09:00 |
Welcome and opening remarks Dang Huy Dong, Vice Minister, Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment Finn Tarp Tony Addison |
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| 09:00-10:30 |
Plenary 1 Chair: Elisabeth Sadoulet Speaker: Kaushik Basu - Institutions, Law and Development Discussant: Ernest Aryeetey, Haroon Bhorat |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee - Foyer of Song Hong Grand Ballroom | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Parallel session 1: Three core challenges in institutional reform | ||
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1.1 FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM: EXPERIENCE FROM EMERGING COUNTRIES Chair: Lemma Senbet |
1.2 PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING Chair: Tony Addison |
1.3 GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE Chair: John Rand |
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| Anand Sinha: India | Sanjeev Gupta: Budget institutions in low-income countries: Lessons from G-20 | John Earle: The firm-level effects of privatization: Russia in comparative perspective? | |
| Raphael Bergoeing: Chile | Jukka Pirttilä: Building up tax systems: Lessons from the Nordic countries | Nguyen Dinh Cung: State owned enterprise reform in Vietnam: Achievements and challenges | |
| Rose Ngugi: M-Phesa and its integration into the Kenyan banking system | Vladimir Popov: Fiscal issues in transition economies | Peter Brixen: Nordic experiences in enterprise reform | |
| Lemma Senbet: African finance | |||
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch - Oven D’or Restaurant | ||
| 13.30-14.15 |
Special Oxford University Press event: International development - ideas, experience and prospects Chair: Adam Swallow Speakers: David Malone, Ravi Kanbur Discussants: Michael Woolcock, Blandina Kilama |
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| 14.30-16.00 | Parallel session 2: Transformation, inclusion and sustainability (A) | ||
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2.1 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT Chair: Henrik Hansen |
2.2 JOBS AND MIGRATION Chair: Samuel M. Wangwe |
2.3 ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: SECTOR MARKET REFORM Chair: Wisdom Akpalu |
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| David Stifel: Agricultural productivity and off-farm employment in Ethiopia | Martin Rama: World Development Report 2013: Jobs | Douglas Arent: Clean energy, sustainable development and 21st century power systems | |
| Alain de Janvry: On property rights over land: The example of Mexico | Gary Fields: Formality versus informality in job creation | Emilio La Rovere: Institutional reform of the power sector in Brazil: Implications for transformation, inclusion and sustainability | |
| Elisabeth Sadoulet: Risk reduction via technological innovations in flood resistant rice in India | Haroon Bhorat: Labour market and labour reform dynamics in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa | Jinyue Yan: Innovative energy technologies need innovations for penetrating sustainable market | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee - Foyer of Song Hong Grand Ballroom | ||
| 16.30-18.00 |
Plenary 2 Chair: Rachel Gisselquist Speakers: Justin Lin – Avoiding the middle-income trap: A new structural economics perspective Célestin Monga - The economics of preconditions Discussant: Samuel M. Wangwe |
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| 18.30-20.00 | Conference reception - Lakeside garden/Terrace and Chime Bar | ||
Monday 30 June 2014
| Song Hong 1 | Song Hong 2 | Song Hong 3 | |
| 09:00-10:30 |
Plenary 3 Chair: Zhu Ling Speaker: Seppo Honkapohja - Managing financial deregulation: Lessons from the 1980s experiences in the Nordic countries Discussant: Raphael Bergoeing |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee - Foyer of Song Hong Grand Ballroom | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Parallel session 3: Transformation, inclusion and sustainability (B) | ||
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3.1 SPATIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICIES: HOW GEOGRAPHY AND KNOWLEDGE INTERACT Chair: John Page |
3.2 THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Chair: Miguel Niño-Zarazúa |
3.3 INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS FOR GREEN FINANCING Chair: Fundi Tshazibana |
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| Hinh Dinh: Local industrial policy in China: The role of provinces and municipalities | Santiago Levy: The Latin American model: The case of Mexico’s Oportunidades programme | Yannick Glemarec: Institutional innovations for sustainable development financing | |
| Rajah Rasiah: Provincializing economic development: Technological upgrading in the integrated circuits industry in Penang and Kulim High Tech Park | Frances Lund: The Southern African model: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant | Nguyen Trung Thang: Institutional framework on environmental protection for sustainable development in Vietnam | |
| Eric Verhoogen: Trade policy and industrial development: Lessons from Mexico | Naila Kabeer: The South Asian model: The case of India’s NREGS and BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor programme | Channing Arndt: Domestic capital markets – a link to sustainable development | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch - Oven D’or Restaurant | ||
| 13.30-15.00 | Parallel session 4: Transformation, inclusion and sustainability (C) | ||
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4.1 LEGAL REFORM, IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT Chair: Michael Woolcock |
4.2 INEQUALITY AND GENDER Chair: Andy McKay |
4.3 CAPABILITIES, SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGY Chair: Carol Newman |
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| Lant Pritchett: Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) | Shi Li: Economic transition and income inequality in China | Sam Jones: Are children learning? Evidence from East Africa | |
| Terra Lawson-Remer: Collective property rights and household welfare: Evidence from Fiji | Loren Brandt: Institutional mechanisms governing changes in property rights: A study of rural land tenure in China | Tetsushi Sonobe: Institutional reforms for an inclusive productivity movement | |
| Pham Thu Hien: Economic transformation, inclusive growth and gender equality issues in Vietnam | Jaejoon Woo: Technological upgrading in China and India: What do we know? | ||
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee - Foyer of Song Hong Grand Ballroom | ||
| 15.30-17.00 |
Plenary panel Chair: Finn Tarp Ernest Aryeetey Ravi Kanbur Blandina Kilama Kristiina Kuvaja-Xanthopoulos Santiago Levy Smriti Sharma |
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| 17.00-17.30 |
Closing remarks H.E. Kimmo Lähdevirta, Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Finn Tarp |
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