XXII Technical Group Meeting

 

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  XXII G24 Technical Group Meeting

  March 16-17, 2006

  Palais des Nations, Geneva*

  E- Building- Gate 40

  Meetings Room XXVI, 1st Fl

Agenda

Thursday March 16, 2006

08:00 am      Registration, UN Security Office at Villa les Feuillantines (Map)

09:30 am      Welcome and Introductory Remarks

09:45 am      Global Imbalances and Fund Surveillance  by Vito Tanzi

10:45 am      Beyond the IMF by Richard Webb & Devesh Kapur

11:45 am         Break

12:00 pm      The IMF and the Adjustment of Global Imbalances by Ariel Buira & Martin Abeles

 

01:00 pm         Luncheon 

 

02:45 pm      A Stability and Social Investment Facility for High-Debt Countries by Nancy Birdsall & Kemal Dervis

03:45 pm         Break

04:00 pm      Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way: The Role of the EU in the Reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions  by Lauren Phillips

05:00 pm        Closing Remarks

 

05:30 pm        Welcome Reception by UNCTAD at the United Nations, Restaurant Bar Escargot, E-Building/ 3.floor

Friday March 17, 2006

09:30 am     Openness and Employment: The Need for Coherent International and National Policies by Rolph van der Hoeven & Malte Lübker

10:30 am     Does Trade Openness Favour Or Hinder Industrialization and Development? by Mehdi Shafaeddin

11:30 am        Break

11:45 am     Incidence of trade policies and agricultural subsidies on developing country exports and debt sustainability  by Kym Anderson, Will Martin & Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

 

01:00 pm        Luncheon

 

02:45 pm      IMF Policies for Financial Crises Prevention in Emerging Markets by Fernando Lorenzo & Nelson Noya

03:45 pm        Break

04:00 pm      The Role of The IMF In Debt Restructurings: LIA Policy, Moral Hazard And Sustainability Concerns by Lucio Simpson

 

05:00 pm        Closing Remarks

 

 

* Please note that participants in need of assistance with their visas, are asked to forward copies of their official papers to the head of the Organizing Committee

 

 

Summary of Presentations and Discussion

 

 

                      

 

 

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