UNECE Spring Seminar 2005
Financing for Development in the ECE Region: Promoting Growth in Low-income Transition Economies
Geneva, 21 February 2005
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Programme
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Session 1 |
(10:00-11:15 a.m.) |
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Brigita Schmögnerová
Executive Secretary, UNECE |
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Welcome address |
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José Luis Machinea
Executive Secretary, ECLAC |
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Address |
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José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
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Key note speech, topic TBA |
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| Session 2 |
(11:30-1:00 p.m.) |
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Strategies for development and growth |
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Moderator: José Luis Machinea
Executive Secretary, ECLAC |
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Steven Fries
Deputy Chief Economist, EBRD |
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Politics of Banking Reform and Development
in the Post-Communist Transition
Discussant: Lucio Vinhas de Souza, Kiel Institute of World Economics |
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T. Yigit, J. Brada, A. Kutan
Bilkent University, Arizona State University and Southern Illinois University, respectively |
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The Effects of Transition and Political Instability on FDI in ECE emerging markets
Discussant: Gabor Hunya, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW)
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| Session 3 |
(3:00-4:30 p.m.) |
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Economic integration and trade |
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Moderator: Jan Svejnar
University of Michigan |
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M. Uvalic
University of Perugia |
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Trade Liberalisation in Southeast Europe -Recent Trends and Some Policy Implications
Discussant: Vladimir Gligorov, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) |
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R. Grinberg
Institute for International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Russia in the Post-Soviet Space: Search for Rational Behavior and Prospects of Economic Integration
Discussant: Robert Shelburne, Economic Analysis Division, UNECE
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| Session 4 |
(4:30-6:00 p.m.) |
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Financial management and sustainable growth in resource-rich economies |
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Moderator: Steven Fries
Deputy Chief Economist, EBRD |
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R. Ahrend
OECD |
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How to Sustain Growth in Resource-rich Economies
Discussant: Jose Palacin, Economic Analysis Division, UNECE |
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Y. Kalyuzhnova, University of Reading, and M. Kaser,
University of Birmingham and Oxford University |
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Prudential Financial Management in Resource-rich Economies
Discussant: Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan |
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Brigita Schmögnerová
Executive Secretary, UNECE |
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Concluding Remarks |
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