Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ghana, The Philippines, And Nepal

Dates: March 13-16, 2006

Venue: United Nations Foundation. (Conference Room) 1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036

AGENDA

Monday, March 13, 2006

Venue United Nations Foundation. (Conference Room) 1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036

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.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

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, 2006

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.

PART II: THEMATIC DISCUSSIONS

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."

Jorge Buzaglo, Göteborg University, Sweden (PowerPoint Presentation)

Open Evening

Thursday, March 16, 2006

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”

H. David Evans, University of Sussex (PowerPoint Presentation)

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

Presentation of Case Studies:

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.