(10:00-11:15 a.m.)

Brigita Schmögnerová
Executive Secretary, UNECE

Welcome address

José Luis Machinea
Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Address

José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs

Key note speech, topic TBA

Session 2

(11:30-1:00 p.m.)

Strategies for development and growth

Moderator: José Luis Machinea
Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Steven Fries
Deputy Chief Economist, EBRD

Politics of Banking Reform and Development
in the Post-Communist Transition

Discussant: Lucio Vinhas de Souza, Kiel Institute of World Economics

T. Yigit, J. Brada, A. Kutan
Bilkent University, Arizona State University and Southern Illinois University, respectively

The Effects of Transition and Political Instability on FDI in ECE emerging markets

Discussant: Gabor Hunya, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW)

Session 3

(3:00-4:30 p.m.)

Economic integration and trade

Moderator: Jan Svejnar
University of Michigan

M. Uvalic
University of Perugia

Trade Liberalisation in Southeast Europe -Recent Trends and Some Policy Implications

Discussant: Vladimir Gligorov, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW)

R. Grinberg
Institute for International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Russia in the Post-Soviet Space: Search for Rational Behavior and Prospects of Economic Integration

Discussant: Robert Shelburne, Economic Analysis Division, UNECE

Session 4

(4:30-6:00 p.m.)

Financial management and sustainable growth in resource-rich economies

Moderator: Steven Fries
Deputy Chief Economist, EBRD

R. Ahrend
OECD

How to Sustain Growth in Resource-rich Economies

Discussant: Jose Palacin, Economic Analysis Division, UNECE

Y. Kalyuzhnova, University of Reading, and M. Kaser,
University of Birmingham and Oxford University

Prudential Financial Management in Resource-rich Economies

Discussant: Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan

Brigita Schmögnerová
Executive Secretary, UNECE

Concluding Remarks