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Workshop On “Experiences With Ex-Ante Poverty Impact Assessments Of Macroeconomic Policies In Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ghana, The Philippines, And Nepal”

 

March 13-16, 2006

Washington, DC

 

Monday, March 13
   
Venue United Nations Foundation. (Conference Room) 1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
   
WELCOME  
   
8:30 Continental Breakfast 
   
9:00-9:30   Welcome and overview of the Workshop
  Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
  Martha Melesse, International Development Research Center, Canada
  Peter Poulsen, Department for International Development, United Kingdom
   
  Overview of Policies included under Poverty and Social Impact Analysis: Fiscal (revenue and expenditures), Monetary, Inflation, Trade, Exchange Rate
  H. David Evans, University of Sussex
   
PART I: REVIEW OF COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
   
9:30-11:00 Presentation and discussion of Bangladesh Case Study. Mustafa K. Mujeri, currently Ministry of Planning, Royal Government of Cambodia and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Cambodia, formerly at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka. (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
11:00-11:30 Coffee
   
11:30-1:00 Presentation and discussion of  Cameroon Case Study
  Samuel Fambon, University of Yaonde II (PowerPoint Presentation)
  Commentator: Bernhard Gunter, African Development Bank
   
1:00-2:00  Lunch
   
2:00–3:30 Presentation and discussion of Ghana Case Study
  Nicholas Adamtey, Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) (PowerPoint Presentation)
  Commentator: Kirsty Lorraine Mason, IMF
   
3:30-4:00 Coffee
   
4:00–5:30 Presentation and discussion of Nepal Case Study
  Dilli Raj Khanal, Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRAD) (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
7:00 Dinner together at Sesto Senso 1214 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. www.sesto.com
   
Tuesday, March 14   
   
Venue United Nations Foundation. (Conference Room) 1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
   
8:30 Continental Breakfast
   
9:00-10:30 Presentation and discussion of Philippines Case Study
  Caesar Cororaton, currently, IFPRI, formerly, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
10:30-11:00 Coffee
   
11:00–1:00 How to Analyze Trade and Poverty Linkages
  Maurizio Bussolo,  World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
1:00–2:00 Lunch
   
2:00– 5:00 Closed discussion of editorial issues for Researchers involved in the Five Country Case Studies.
  Moderator:  H. David Evans, University of Sussex
   
  Open Evening
   
Wednesday, March 15  
   
PART II: THEMATIC DISCUSSIONS
   
Venue International Monetary Fund (HQ1 2-530), 720 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20431. Enter through the IMF visitors' entrance at the corner of 19th St and H St (through the white tent). Bring a picture ID and arrive early to get through security smoothly.
    
8:30 Continental Breakfast
   
9:00–10:30 The Origins of Data: Evolutionary or Theological? 
  Michael P. Ward, Author, "Quantifying the World", UN Intellectual History Project,  formerly at the World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
10:30-11:00 Coffee
   
11:00-12:30 "Project Analysis Macroeconomic Simulator (PAMS) and PSIA with an application to Burkina Faso"
  Jan Walliser, World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
12:30–2:00 Lunch
   
  "Social Analysis in PSIA"
  Renate Kirsch, World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
  "Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Local Government Taxation in Tanzania" 
  Paul Francis, IMF and Sabine Beddies, World Bank  (Powerpoint Presentation)
   
2:00-3:30 “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and PSIA”
  Hans Lofgren, World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
3:30-4:00 Coffee
   
4:00–5:30 "Towards a New Consensus: Analyzing Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategies." (PowerPoint Presentation)
  Jorge Buzaglo, Göteborg University, Sweden (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
  Open Evening
   
Thursday, March 16
   
Venue International Monetary Fund (HQ1 2-530), 720 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20431. Enter through the IMF visitors' entrance at the corner of 19th St and H St (through the white tent). Bring a picture ID and arrive early to get through security smoothly.
   
8:30 Continental Breakfast
   
9:00-10:30 “Popular Participation and PSIA”
  Olivia McDonald, Christian Aid (PowerPoint Presentation)
  Adil Khan, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (PowerPoint Presentation)
   
10:30-11:00 Coffee
   
11:00-12:30 "Macro and Structural Reform Contexts."
  Aline Coudouel, World Bank (PowerPoint Presentation)
  Robert Gillingham, IMF
   
12:30–2:00 Lunch 
  “Poverty and Social Impact Assessment in a Global Context” (PowerPoint Presentation)
  H. David Evans, University of Sussex
   
PART III: PUBLIC SEMINAR 
    
Venue The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036
   
2:30-5:00 Public Presentation: National Case Studies: Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations on Policies and Methodologies.  
   
  Welcome and Introduction
  Caroline Moser, Brookings Institution
  Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
   
  Moderated by Peter Poulsen, Department for International Development, United Kingdom
   
  Bangladesh Case Study: Mustafa K. Mujeri, currently Ministry of Planning, Royal Government of Cambodia and United Nations Development Programme, Cambodia, formerly at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka
  Cameroon Case Study: Samuel Fambon, University of Yaonde II
   
  Ghana Case Study: Nicholas Adamtey, Integrated Social Development Centre
   
  Nepal Case Study: Dilli Raj Khanal, Institute for Policy Research and Development
   
  Philippines Case Study: Caesar Cororaton, currently, IFPRI, formerly, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
   
5:00-7:00 Reception

 

* To Be Confirmed

 

** Special thanks to the UN Foundation,  International Monetary Fund, and Brookings Institution for the use of their conference rooms.

 

 

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