XXX G24 Technical Group Meeting

  May 20, 2010

  HQ2 Conference Hall 2

  IMF Headquarters, Washington, DC

 Draft Agenda

    May 20, 2010 

8:30-9:00 am          Registration

9:00-9:15 am          Opening Remarks by Chair

9:15-11:15 am        High Level Panel on “Recovery and Beyond: Prospects and Challenges”

                                     Chair:               Rogério Studart, Alternate Executive Director, World Bank

                                     Panelists:          Kemal Derviş, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings

                                                             Institution

                                                             Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Director Research Department, IMF

                                                             Justin Lin, Chief Economist, World Bank (TBC)

                                    Discussants:      José Antonio Ocampo, Professor and Co-Director Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia   

                                                            University

                                                            Uri Dadush, Director International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment

                        Jomo K. Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General, UN-DESA and Research Coordinator, G24

                        Secretariat

                                    Open Discussion

      11:15-11:30 am            Coffee Break

      11:30-12:45 pm      Ensuring Debt Sustainability and Tackling Debt Constraints after the Crisis

                                      Chair:               Rogério Studart, Alternate Executive Director, World Bank

                                      Presenters:       Ugo Panizza, Chief of Debt and Finance Analysis Unit, DDF, UNCTAD

                                                              Dominique Desruelle, Assistant Director, Strategy and Policy Review Department, IMF

                                      Discussant:       Michael T. Clark, Senior Interregional Advisor, UNCTAD

                                      Open Discussion

      1:00-2:00 pm                Lunch

      2:00-3:30 pm          Delivering on IMF Quota Reform

        Chair:                Nkosana Mashiya, Chief Director International Finance and Development,

                                 National Treasury, South Africa

 

        Presenters:         Arvind Virmani, Executive Director, IMF

                                 Amar Bhattacharya, Director, G24 Secretariat

                                      Discussants:        Pablo Pereira, Executive Director, IMF

                                      Open Discussion

      3:30-3:45 pm                Coffee Break

      3:45-5:00 pm          The Potential Role of the SDR in the International Monetary System

                                       Chair:                Nkosana Mashiya, Chief Director International Finance and Development

                                                                National Treasury, South Africa

                                       Presenters:        Isabelle Mateos y Lago, Division Chief, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

                                                               José Antonio Ocampo, Professor and Co-Director Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia

                                                               University

                                       Open Discussion

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