Agenda

Thursday, March 17

09:00    Registration

09:30    Opening remarks, Mr. Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Deputy Minister of Finance, Gabon

09:45    Welcome remarks, Senior Official from the Philippines

10:00    The International Monetary Fund: Integration and Democratization in the 21st Century, Vijay L. Kelkar, Praveen K. Chaudhry, Marta Vanduzer-Snow and V. Bhaskar

11:00    Issues on IMF Governance and Representation: An Evaluation of Alternative Options, Guillermo Le Fort

12:00    Governance in Bretton Woods Institutions, Gil Beltran

01:00    Luncheon at the Money Museum, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

02:30    Improving IMF Governance and Increasing the Influence of Developing Countries in IMF Decision-Making, Murilo Portugal

03:30    Reforming the IMF’s Weighed Voting System, David P. Rapkin and Jonathan R. Strand

Friday, March 18

09:30    Purchasing Power Parities and Comparisons of GDP in IMF Quota Calculations, John McLenaghan

10:30    Measuring Vulnerability: Capital Flows Volatility in the Quota Formula, Laura dos Reis

11:30    Enhancing the Voice of Developing Countries in the World Bank, Cord Jakobeit

01:00    Luncheon at Visayas & Mindanao Rooms, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

02:30    Voting Power Implications of a Unified European Representation at the IMF, Dennis Leech

03:30    Closing Remarks

New background papers:

Effective Representation and the Role of Coalitions within the IMF, Ngaire Woods

A Note on Decision-Making Reform in the IMF, Ngaire Woods

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for International Comparison of Poverty

Summary of Presentations and Discussion

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