Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 8-9 October 2007
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Opening Remarks
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice-President, Knowledge Management and Regional Cooperation, ADB
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Session 1: 2020 – Inclusive Growth and the New Poverty Reduction Agenda in Asia and the Pacific
Growth, Equity and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific: Key Challenges and Implications for the Asian Development Bank (Michael Walton, Harvard University) |
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Session 2: Challenges to an Inclusive Growth in the Asia and Pacific Region
Supporting inclusive growth – what are the future financial requirements in emerging middle income countries like India and how shall it be financed? (M. Govinda Rao, Director , National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, and Member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, India)
Inclusive growth for Asia’s new middle income countries –what are the needs? (NN, Philippines)
Poverty strategy formulation (and implementation) in fragile and small economies – what is different? (Rohantha Athukorala, Director Economic Affairs, Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, Government of Sri Lanka)
Creating social equity: Lessons from Asia-Pacific (Jehan Arulpragasam, Country Sector Coordinator for the Philippines, World Bank)
Inclusive growth and pro-poor growth – what is different (Ifzal Ali, Chief Economist, ADB)
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Session 3: MDG Update 2007
Presentation on the MDG Update 2007 (Haishan Fu, Director, Chief, Statistics Development Section, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok; and Shiladitya Chatterjee, Head, Poverty Unit, ADB)
The MDG 2007 Update Report
Press Release
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Session 5A: Inclusive Pattern of Growth
Poverty and inclusive growth – challenges of the new Asia (Duncan Campbell, Director, Policy Integration Department, ILO, Geneva)
Including the private sector to address the bottom of the pyramid (Maritta Koch-Weser, Chief Executive Officer, The Global Exchange for Social Investment (GEXSI), Germany/UK)
Patterns of inclusive infrastructure investments (Hitoshi Shoji, Advisor, Development Assistance Strategy Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC); and Chair of the DAC Working Group on Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction)
Growth processes that reduce the rural-urban divide (Peter Warr, Director, School of Asia and Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Australia)
Growth and poverty reduction – Lessons from Latin America for Asia and the Pacific (Michael Walton, Harvard University and Centre for Policy Studies, Delhi)
Labor markets, remittances and inclusive growth (Duncan Campbell, Director, Policy Integration Department, ILO, Geneva)
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Session 5B: The Political Economy of Social Exclusion
Social Inclusion in Asia and the Pacific in 2020 (Mary Racelis, Research Scientist, Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
Why Inclusion is Important for Growth, Development and Peace (Mary Racelis, Research Scientist, Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
Involving minorities and marginalized groups – challenges and opportunities in Asia (David Feingold, Director, Ophidian Research Institute, UNESCO, Thailand )
Gender inequality and gender-based exclusion (Jean D’Cunha, Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM, Thailand )
Creating space for local voices through community empowerment by engaging the private-sector (Anita Sims, Team Leader for Corporate Social Responsibility, Population and Community Development Association (PDA), Thailand)
Legal identity and its relevance to inclusive growth – Latin American experience and relevance for Asia (Mia Harbitz, Senior Social Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank)
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Session 6: Poverty Reduction & Inclusion – Messages from NPRS and PRF Poverty Funds Initiatives
Overview (Francis Watkins, Social Development Direct, UK)
Overview
Poverty reduction strategies
Regional integration and poverty
Pro-poor infrastructure
Targeting inclusion and social inclusion
Poverty and natural resources management
Case studies
Policies and strategies: Experiences from Viet Nam (Ngo Thi Minh Huong, Co-Founder, Board of Advisor, Center for Development and Integration, Vietnam)
Poverty impact analysis of regional economic integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion (K.A.S. Murshid, Research Director, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies, Bangladesh)
Pro-poor infrastructure: A case from the people's Republic of China (Wu Guobao, Professor, Director, Division of Poverty and Development Finance, Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People’s Republic of China)
Targeting, inclusion and equity: Using culturally appropriate communication to reduce risks of HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and non-traditional-drug abuse among ethnic minorities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (David Feingold, Director, Ophidian Research Institute, UNESCO, Bangkok)
Poverty and natural resource management: Experiences from the Tonle Sap nitiative (Neou Bonheur, Deputy Director, Department for Natural Conservation and Protection, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia)
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Session 7A: Bridging the Geographical Divides – Global, Regional, and Local
Rural, urban and cross-border poverty in the new Asia (Peter Warr, Director, School of Asia and Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Australia)
Does growth help the urban poor in Asia? (Auster Panadero, Undersecretary, Department of Interior and Local Government, Philippines)
Managing regional disparities through urban to rural public transfers (Ou Qingping, Deputy Director, Leading Group on Poverty, People’s Republic of China )
Can regional cooperation and integration be a tool for inclusive growth? Examples from Mekong and South Asia (K.A.S. Murshid, Research Director, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies, Bangladesh )
Challenges for growth and poverty reduction in fragile states (Ben Graham, Consultant, Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office, Marshall Islands)
The role of agriculture, migration and the environment in rural poverty reduction (Peter Warr, Director, School of Asia and Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Australia)
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Session 7B: Inclusive Social Services and Non-income MDGs
Emerging issues in social services delivery in Asia (Mai Lu, Secretary General, China Development Research Foundation)
Growth and public finance for the MDGs in growing economies (M. Govinda Rao, Director , National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, and Member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, India)
How can Asia progress in health financing and insurance? (Tserendorj Natsagdorj, Senior Advisor, Parliament, Mongolia)
Are budget support and cash transfers effective means of social protection? (Bambang Widianto, Expert Staff to the Minister of National Development Planning for Human Resource and Poverty Affairs, Indonesia)
Is decentralization helping making social services work for the poor? (Farukh Basir Moriani, Office of the Federal Ombudsman, Pakistan
Education challenges in middle income countries (Mai Lu, Secretary General, China Development Research Foundation)
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Session 8: The Role of Development Institutions to Support Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in the New Asia and the Pacific
The Role of Emerging middle income country (Romulo Neri, Cabinet Secretary and Chairman Commission on Higher Education, Philippines)
Small economy (Rohantha Athukorala, Director Economic Affairs, Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, Government of Sri Lanka)
The Role of Bilateral Donors (Lucia Hanmer, Senior Economic Advisor, South Asia Strategy and Operations Division, DFID, London-UK)
The Role pof the World Bank (Jehan Arulpragasam, Country Sector Coordinator for the Philippines)
The Role of UN Organization (Hiren Sarkar, Chief, Development Policy Section, Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP)
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Session 9: Moving Forward with Inclusive Growth – Remaining Tough Questions
Inclusive Growth - What Poverty Strategy is Relevant for the New Asia and the Asian Development Bank (Michael Walton, Harvard University) |
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Closing Remarks
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice-President, Knowledge Management and Regional Cooperation, ADB |
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