Conference Agenda

PREM Conference 2006
April 25 - 26, 2006
Conference Agenda

Microeconomic and Institutional Foundations of Growth
WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, DC

DRAFT

8:00 - 9:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 am

OPENING REMARKS
Graeme Wheeler, Managing Director, World Bank, USA

9:15 - 10:30 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
What Must a Country Do to Become Rich?

-	Edward Prescott, W.P. Carey Chaired Professor, Arizona State University, USA; 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
-	Chair: Danny Leipziger, Vice President and Head of Network, PREM, World Bank, USA

10:30 - 10:45 am	COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 12:15 am

PLENARY
Governance and Growth in Africa

-	Robert Bates, Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University, USA
-	Nicolas van de Walle, Associate Dean for International Studies, Cornell University, USA
-	Ishmael Yamson, Chairman, Ishmael Yamson & Associates, Ghana
-	Kerfalla Yansane, Vice-Chair, African Economic Research Consortium
-	Chair: Gobind Nankani, Regional Vice- President, Africa Region, World Bank

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12:15 - 1:00 pm

Jit Gill Memorial Lecture in Recognition of Outstanding Public Service

-	Joseph Rugumyamheto, former Permanent Secretary, Tanzania
-	Samuel Paul, Chairman of the Board, Public Affairs Committee, India
-	Jana Dubovcova, District Court Chief Justice, Slovak Republic

1:00 - 1:45 pm

LUNCH

1:45 - 3:15 pm	BREAK OUT SESSIONS

I. Moving Out of Poverty Traps: From Vicious to Virtuous Poverty Circles

-	Oded Galor, Professor of Economics, Brown University; Director, Minerva Center for Macroeconomics and Growth, USA
-	Aart C. Kraay, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank
-	Luis Serven, Research Manager, Development Economics, World Bank
-	Chair: Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American Dialogue, USA

II. Urban Economics and Growth

-	Jan Brueckner, Professor of Economics, University of California, USA
-	Jose Gomez-Ibanez, Profesor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Harvard University, USA
-	Stephen Sheppard, Professor of Public Affairs, Williams College, USA
	Chair: Homi Kharas, Chief Economist and Sector Director, East Asia PREM, World Bank

III. Is the Knowledge Economy an Opportunity for Africa?

-	David Kaplan, Allan Gray Professor of Business Government Relations, University of Cape Town, South Africa
-	Kevin Mutiso, Director, Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya
-	Osita Ogbu, Economic Adviser to the President and Chief Executive; The Presidency, National Planning Commission, Nigeria
-	Yeboah Sraha, Director, Affiliated Computer Systems, Ghana
-	Chair: Shahid Yusuf, Economic Adviser, Development Economics, World Bank, USA

IV. Social Welfare Models and Globalization

-	Peter Lanjouw, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank, USA
-	Andre Sapir, Senior Fellow at Bruegel; AS Professor of Economics, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
-	Commentator: Mustapha Nabli, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
	Chair: Danny Leipziger, Vice President and Head of Network, PREM, World Bank, USA

V. What is the Right Fiscal Policy for Growth?

-	Pierre-Richard Agenor, Professor, University of Manchester, UK
-	Ricardo Martner, Chief, Budgetary Policies & Public Management, ECLAC, UN, Chile
-	Peter Heller , Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund, USA
-	Chair: Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank, USA

3:15 - 3:30 pm	COFFEE BREAK

3:30 - 4:30 pm

ADDRESS:
The Art of Policy Making in Development: How to Engineer Growth?

- Danny Leipziger, Vice President and Head of Network, PREM, World Bank, USA
- Chair: Marianne Fay, Lead Economist, Finance, Private Sector & Infrastructure, World Bank, USA

4:30 - 4:45 pm	COFFEE BREAK

4:45 - 6:15 pm	BREAK OUT SESSIONS

I. Making Aid More Effective Through Budget Support

-	Andrew Lawson, Head, Centre for Aid & Public Expenditure,Overseas Development Institute, UK
-	Steve Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, USA
-	Nicolas van De Walle, Associate Dean for International Studies, Cornell University, USA
-	Chair: Tom Scholar, Executive Director, United Kingdom, World Bank, USA

II. Shaping Policies for Discovery and Innovation

-	Howard Pack, Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
-	Stephen Parente, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois,USA
-	Manuel Trajtenberg, Professor of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
-	Chair: Mustapha Nabli, Chief Economist and Sector Director, Middle East and North Africa, Social & Economic Development, World Bank, USA

III. The Impact of International Migration and Remittances

-	Ralph Chami, Division Chief, Middle Eastern Division, International Monetary Fund Institute, USA
-	Riccardo Faini, Professor of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
-	Yaw Nyarko, Professor of Economics, New York University, USA
-	Chair: Uri Dadush, Director, Trade, World Bank, USA

IV. Creative Destruction for Productivity, Growth and Job Creation

-	Philip Aghion, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
-	Andre Sapir, Senior Fellow at Bruegel; AS Professor of Economics, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
	Stefano Scarpetta, Lead Economist, Human Development Network, Social Protection Team, World Bank, USA
-	Chair: Pradeep Mitra, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank, USA

V. Internal Brain Drain: Why Gender Inclusion Matters for Growth

	Jihad Azour, Minister of Finance, Lebanon
-	Gary S. Becker, 1992 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Profesor of Economics, University of Chicago, USA
-	Mahmoud Mohieldin, Minister of Investments, Egypt
-	Chair: Christaan Poortman, Regional Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank, USA

6:15 - 7:15 pm	RECEPTION

8:00 - 9:00 am

Networking Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 am

Address:
Towards New Strategies in Applied Research on Growth

- Francois Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank, USA

	9:45 - 10:00 am	COFFEE BREAK
	10:00 - 11:30 am	BREAKOUT SESSIONS

I. Building Social Accountability for Growth

-	Ashraf Ghani , former Minister of Finance, Afghanistan
-	David Nussbaum, Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International
-	Tim Besley, Professor of Economics and Political Science; London School of Economics and Political Science
-	Chair: Karl Jackson, Adviser to the President, World Bank

II. Beyond Getting Prices Right: Is There Room for Industrial Policy?

-	Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes Marshall, India
-	Florence Kata, Executive Director, Uganda Export Promotion Board, Uganda
-	Howard Pack, Professor of Business and Public Policy, Economics and Management, University of Pennsylvania, USA
-	Chair: Alan Gelb, Director, Development Policy, World Bank, USA

III. Who Benefits From Migration?

-	Dominique Gross, Professor, Public Policy, Simon Fraser University, Canada
-	Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego, USA
-	Guillermina Jasso, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, USA
-	Chair: Alan Winters, Director, Development Research Group, World Bank, USA

IV. What Do We Know About Conditional Cash Transfers?

-	Santiago Levy, former Minister of Social Security, Mexico
-	Yadigar Gokalp, Project Director, CCT program, Turkey
-	Chair: Paul Gertler, Chief Economist, Human Development Network, World Bank

V. Unlocking Wealth of the Poor

-	Augusta Molnar, Director, Community and Markets Program, Rights and Resources Group, USA
-	K. Raju, Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
-	S. Sivakumar, Chief Executive, Agribusinesses Division, ITC, India
-	David Varela, Country Manager, Venezuela, World Bank

VI. What are the Major Advances in Growth Theory since Solow?

-	Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT University, USA
-	Philippe Aghion, Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
	Chair: Michael Spence, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

11:30 - 11:45 am	COFFEE BREAK

	11:45 - 1:15 pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS

I. Drugs, Security, and Development

-	David Mansfield, Consultant, South Asia Region, World Bank, USA
-	Moíses Naím,Editor In Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine, USA
-	Peter Reuter, Professor, Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA
-	Rodrigo Soares, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, USA
-	Chair: Sarah Cliffe, Manager, Operations Policy & Country Services, World Bank

II. Performance-based Incentives for Better Education

-	Jishnu Das, Economist, Development Economics, Research Group, World Bank, USA
-	Rema Hanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, New York University, USA
-	Richard Murnane, Professor of Education and Society, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA
-	Emiliana Vegas, Education Economist, Latin American and Caribbean Region, Education Sector, World Bank, USA
-	Chair: Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, Director, WDR 2007, Sector Director, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, USA

III. Microeconomic Regulation and Growth

-	Meghana Ayyagari, Professor, International Business Department, George Washington University, USA
-	Leora Klapper, Senior Economist, Development Economics, World Bank, USA
-	Norman Loayza, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank, USA
	Chair: Luis Serven, Research Manager, Development Economics, World Bank

IV. Is African Growth Creating “Good Jobs”?

-	M. Louise Fox, Lead Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank
-	Alan Gelb, Director, Development Policy, World Bank
-	Francis J. Teal, Professor of Economics, Oxford University, UK
-	Chair: Eckhard Karl Deutscher, Executive Director, Germany, World Bank

V. The Future of Trade after DOHA: What's in it for Developing Countries?

-	Patrick Low, Director, Development and Economic Research, World Trade Organization, Switzerland
-	Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, USA
-	Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, USA
-	Chair: to be confirmed

VI. Field Experiments to Investigate Institutional Design and Impact

-	Rachel Glennester, Executive Director, Poverty Action Lab, MIT Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA
-	Ben Olken, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University, USA
-	Chair: Homi Kharas, Chief Economist and Sector Director, East Asia Pacific PREM, World Bank, USA

1:15 - 2:00 pm	LUNCH

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Emerging Economies, Growth and Global Financial Markets: The Changing Paradigm

-	Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO Managing Director, CEO of Harvard Management Company, USA
-	Homi Kharas, Chief Economist and Sector Director, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, USA
-	John Page, Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank, USA
-	Mustapha Nabli, Chief Economist and Sector Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank, USA
-	Chair: Danny Leipziger, Vice President and Head of Network, PREM, World Bank, USA

3:30 - 4:00 pm	COFFEE BREAK

4:00 - 5:30 pm

The Case for Open Economy Industrial Policy

-	Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
-	Pradeep Mitra, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank, USA
-	Alan Gelb, Director, Development Policy, World Bank, USA
-	William Maloney, Lead Economist, Latin American and Caribbean, World Bank, USA
-	Chair: Francois Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, USA

5:30 - 6:00 pm

Concluding Remarks
Danny Leipziger, Vice President and Head of Network, PREM, World Bank, USA

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