Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) - Korea June 22-24, 2009 Lessons from East Asia and The Global Financial Crisis Agenda www.worldbank.org/abcdekorea
Sunday, June 21 16:30 20:30 Pre-registration and Welcome Reception (Reception begins at 18:30) Monday, June 22 8:00am 9:00am Registration / Coffee 9.00 am 10.00 am PLENARY: OPENING SESSION (Dynasty) Welcome Remarks: Korean Government Official Justin LIN, Senior Vice President, Chief Economist, The World Bank 10.00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 12:30 am 12:30 pm 2:00 pm 2:00pm 3:30pm 4:00 pm 6:00 pm PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: (Dynasty) Title TBA Speaker: Dr. Il Sakong, Chairman of the G-20 Summit Korea Coordinating Committee of the Korean Government PLENARY SESSION I: Industrial Policy and Development (Dynasty) Speakers: James Robinson, Harvard University Ha-Joon Chang, Cambridge University Discussants: Karen R. Polenske, MIT, USA David Dollar, The World Bank Lunch (Location TBA) PLENARY SESSION 2: Social Capital, Institutions, and Development (Dynasty) Speakers: Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge University Masahiko Aoki, Stanford University Discussants: Wonhyuk Lim, Korea Development Institute (KDI) Mariano Tommasi, Universidad de San Andres, Argentina PARALLEL SESSIONS: FIRST SERIES Session 1: The Growth-Employment Challenge: A Comparative Approach between Asian Economic Transitions and Africa Today (Location TBA) Organizers & Panelists: Jorge Saba Arbache & Bruno Losch, World Bank Chair: Justin Lin, World Bank Panelists: Shujiro Urata, Waseda University, Tokyo T. Ademola Oyejide, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Thierry Giordano, Development Bank of Southern Africa Discussants: Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University, USA 2
James A. Robinson, Harvard University Session 2: Climate Change and Development (Location TBA) Organizer/Chair: Torgny Holmgren, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden Speakers: Johan Schaar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden Akihito Nagata, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Shinya Ejima, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Discussants: Sunita Narain, Center for Science and Environment, India Session 3: East Asian Integration, Growth, and Business Cycle: Old Issues in a New Context (Location TBA) Organizer/Speaker: Chin Hee Hahn, Korea Development Institute Chair: MoonJoong Tcha, Korea Development Institute Speakers: Cyn-Young Park, Asian Development Bank Fukunari Kimura, Keio University Discussants: Seok-Kyun Hur, Korea Development Institute Prema-chandra Athukorala, Australia National University Yong-Seok Choi, Kyung Hee University, Korea Tuesday, June 23 7.00 am Registration 7:30 am 9:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 11:30 am BREAKFAST SESSIONS: FIRST SERIES Session 1: ICT Innovation in Africa (location TBA) Organizer/Chair/Speaker: Megumi Muto, JICA Research Institute, Japan Speakers: Jenny Aker, Center for Global Development and Tufts University Abdul Bayes, Jahangirnagar University Session 2: Adjusting German Development Policy vis-à-vis the Effects of the Global Financial Crisis in Asia (location TBA) Organizer: Joachim Mueller, InWent, Germany Chair: Speakers: Sebastian Paust, InWent, Germany Albrecht Ansohn, InWent, Germany Ashok Kumar Lahiri, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Session 3: Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance: Opportunities for Public- Private Cooperation (location TBA) Organizer: Gaetano Vivo, World Bank Chair: Saroj Kumar Jha, World Bank Panelists: Abhas Kumar Jha, World Bank Chang-Gyun Park, Chung-Ang University, South Korea Andreas Bollman (TBC) Yen Ngouyen, Ministry of Finance, Vietman (TBC) PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2: (Dynasty) Development Prospects in Light of the Crisis Speaker: Anne O. Krueger, Stanford University PLENARY SESSION 3: Financial Crisis and Regulation (Dynasty) Speaker: Yung Chul Park, Seoul National University Joshua Aizenman, University of California, Santa Cruz Discussants: Jaime Jaramillo-Vallejo, World Bank 3
Jong-Wha Lee, Asian Development Bank, Manila 11:30 am 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Lunch (Location TBA) PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3: (Dynasty) The Global Crisis: Is It Over Yet? Speaker: Simon Johnson, MIT, USA PLENARY SESSION 4: The Road Ahead to a Sustainable Global Economic System (Dynasty) Speaker: Stijn Claessens, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Giovanni Zanalda, Duke University, USA Discussants: Yoon Je Cho, Sogang University, Korea Jeromin Zettelmeyer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) PARALLEL SESSIONS: SECOND SERIES Session 4: Global Financial Crisis: A Development Perspective (Location TBA) Organizer: M. Zia Qureshi, The World Bank Speakers: Justin Lin, World Bank Discussants: TBA Session 5: Natural Shocks, Household/Firm Behaviour, and Policy Responses (Location TBA) Organizer/Chair/Opening Remarks: Keiichi Tsunekawa, JICA Research Institute Speakers: Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo Albert Park, Oxford University Wang Sangui, Renmin University of China Discussant: Michael Lokshin, World Bank (TBC) Session 6: Will Euro Adoption Mitigate or Deepen the Crisis Impact: Czech vs. Slovak Experience and Expectation (Location TBA) Organizer/Chair: Lubomir Lizal Speakers: Barto Martin, National Bank of Slovakia Vit Barta, Czech National Bank Speaker/Discussants: Jeremy Lawson, OECD Session 7: Unification Organizer: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Chair: Erik Berglof, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Speakers: Jong-Wha Lee, Asian Development Bank, Manila Discussants: 7:00pm-9:00pm Reception/Dinner 4
Wednesday, June 24 7.00 am Registration 7:30 am 9:00 am 9:00am 10:00 am 10:15am 11:45 am 11:45 am 12:45 am 12.45 pm 1.45 pm BREAKFAST SESSIONS: SECOND SERIES Session 4: Sharing Knowledge for Development (location TBA) Organizer/Chair: Wonhyuk Lim, Korea Development Institute (KDI) Speakers: Choong Geun Park, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea Session 5: New Partnership with EDCF for Growth and Development (location TBA) Organizer/Chair: Eungho Ahn, Eximbank, Korea Speakers: Session 6: Charting a Global Recovery(location TBA) Organizer/Speaker: Mansoor Dailami, World Bank Chair: Justin Lin, World Bank Speakers: Hans Timmer, World Bank PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4: (Dynasty) Emerging Market Countries in the Crisis Speaker: Olivier J. Blanchard, International Monetary Fund (IMF) PLENARY SESSION 5: Innovation and Competition (Dynasty) Speakers: Philip R. Lane, Trinity College, Dublin Sungchul Chung, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Korea Discussants: Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan, USA Jean-Jacques Dethier, World Bank Chair: PLENARY: ROUND TABLE: Title TBA (Dynasty) Panelists: Erik Berglof, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Olivier J. Blanchard, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jan Svejnar, University of Michigan Chair: Yung Chul Park, Seoul National University PLENARY CLOSING SESSION (Dynasty) Award Ceremony of the World Bank Essay Competition Summary of the Conference World Bank Government of South Korea Handover of ABCDE 2010 to Sweden 5