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XXVII G24 Technical Group Meeting September 8-9, 2008 Palais des Nations, Geneva E- Building - Gate 40 Meetings Room XXV, 1st Floor
September 8, 2008 8:30 – 09:30 AM Arrival of Participants, Registration 09:30 AM Opening Remarks by Chair 09:45 AM Current Turmoil and Implications for Developing Countries Chair: Adib Al Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria
Assessment of Recent Developments Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization on Development Strategies, UNCTAD Jomo K. Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General, UN-DESA and Research Coordinator, G24 Secretariat 10:45 AM Coffee Break 11:00 PM Causes and Impact of the Food Crisis Chair: Mawakani Samba, Senior Advisor to Governor, Central Bank of Congo, DR Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, The Oakland Institute 12:00 PM Climate Change and Development: the Continuing Debate Chair: wa Bilenga Tshishimbi, Chair of G24 Deputies
Bernarditas Muller, Environmental Affairs Adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Frank Ackerman, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University 01:15 PM Lunch 02:45 PM Addressing Gaps in Financial Regulation Chair: Adib Al Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria
Andrew Cornford, Research Fellow, Financial Market Center José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and/or Stephany Griffith Jones, Executive Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University 04:00 PM Coffee 04:15 PM Voice and Representation Reform in the World Bank Chair: Mawakani Samba, Senior Advisor to Governor, Central Bank of Congo, DR
Amar Bhattacharya, Director, G24 Secretariat Rogério Studart, Executive Director, World Bank
September 9, 2008 09:00 AM Panel on Financing for Development Moderator: Adib Al Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria
Ugo Panizza, Chief Debt and Finance Analyses Unit, DDF, UNCTAD Rogério Studart, Executive Director, World Bank Jomo K. Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General, UN-DESA and Research Coordinator, G24 Secretariat Amar Bhattacharya, Director, G24 Secretariat
11:00 AM Closing Session Chair: wa Bilenga Tshishimbi, Chair of G24 Deputies Background Papers: Trade and Development Review 2008, UNCTAD World Economic Outlook Update July 2008, IMF Food Price Crisis: Rethinking Food Security Policies by Anuradha Mittal Introduction of Basel2: The Current State of Play by Andrew Cornford Basel 2 at a Time of Financial Peril by Andrew Cornford The FSF’s Agenda for Financial Reform by Andrew Cornford Carbon Markets and Beyond: The (limited) Role of Prices and Taxes in Climate and Development Policy by Franck Ackerman Draft Doha Outcome Document: on Reviewing the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus Financing for Development from Monterrey to Doha, South Center A Food Import Compensation Mechanism: A Modest Proposal to Reduce Food Price Effects on Poor Countries by Kunibert Raffer Accra Agenda for Action, September 2008 Agenda And Criteria For Financial Regulatory Reform by Jane D’Arista and Stephany Griffith – Jones
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