Forum
Program
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PROGRAM
FOR THE ASIA AND PACIFIC FORUM ON POVERTY
Policy and Institutional Reforms for Poverty Reduction
5-9 February 2001, ADB Headquarters, Manila |
6
FEBRUARY 2001 (DAY TWO)
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 8:30
to 10:00 a.m. |
Plenary
Session: Macroeconomic growth and poverty reduction in Asian
and Pacific economies (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Masaru Yoshitomi, Dean, ADB Institute, Tokyo |
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| David
Dollar, Head, Macroeconomics and Growth Group,
World Bank - "Trade, growth, and poverty"
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| Siddiqur
Osmani, Professor, University of Ulster, Northern
Ireland - "Growth strategies and poverty reduction" |
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| Wang
Guoliang, Deputy Director of State Council's Leading Group
Office on Poverty Alleviation and Development, People's
Republic of China - "Growth and poverty reduction"
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| Discussants |
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| Charles
Adams, Senior Economic Advisor, Economic Development and Resource
Center, ADB |
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NGO representative: Fernando Aldaba, Ateneo Center for Social
Policy and Public Affairs, Metro Manila |
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| 10:00
to 10:20 |
Coffee
break |
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| 10:20
to 12:15 |
THREE
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
| Parallel
Session 1 |
Improving
governance for poverty reduction
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Ed Campos, Senior Governance Specialist, ADB |
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| Clay
Wescott, Senior Public Administration Specialist, Programs
West Office of the Director, ADB - "Pro-poor governance
for reducing poverty" |
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| Hamid
Sharif, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,
ADB - "Legal literacy and poverty reduction" |
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| Laura
Pascua, Assistant Secretary, Department of Budget and
Management, Government of the Philippines - "Operationalizing
the MTEF in the Philippines - a Key to Reducing Poverty"
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Poverty,
employment, and labor markets: Examination of inter-linkages
and policy issues (Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
Rizwanul Islam, Director, Recovery and Reconstruction
Department, International Labor Organization
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| Branko
Milanovic, Researcher, World Bank - "Inequality and
determinants of earnings in Malaysia, 1984-1997" |
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| Werner
Blenk, Director of Manila Office, South-East Asia and the Pacific
Team, International Labour Organization - "The importance
of core labor standards in determining the welfare of the poor
in Asia and the Pacific" |
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| Discussants: |
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| Trade
Union representative: Sabur. Ghayur, Economist, ICFTU-APRO,
Singapore |
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| Hal
Ponder, Field Representative, Solidarity Philippines |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
METHODS
FOR MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF POVERTY REDUCTION I
Macroeconomic
Methods and Policies (Mini-Theater)
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| Chair:
Charles Adams, Senior Economic Advisor, Economic Development
and Resource Center, ADB |
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| Peter
Warr, Professor and Founding Director of the Poverty
Research Centre, Australian National University -
"Poverty reduction and economic growth: The Asian experience"
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| James
Foster, Professor, Vanderbilt University - "Is economic
growth good for the poor in Asia?" |
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| Nanak
Kakwani, Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
- "Growth and Poverty Reduction"
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| Discussants: |
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| Graham
Pyatt, Professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague,
Netherlands |
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| A.R.
Kemal, Director, Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics, Islamabad - Poverty in Pakistan
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| Thomas
Rumbaugh, Deputy Division Chief, Asia and Pacific Department,
International Monetary Fund |
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| 12:15
to 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch
Break |
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| 1:45
to 3:15 |
THREE
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
| Parallel
Session 1 |
Macroeconomics,
public policy and poverty reduction (Auditorium Zones A,
B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Peter Warr,
John Crawford Professor of Agricultural Economics, Research
School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National
University |
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| Ratna
Sahay, Advisor to the First Deputy Managing Director.,
International Monetary Fund - 'Macroeconomic policies
and poverty: The state of play and a research agenda"
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| Terry
McKinley, Senior Economist, Bureau for Development Policy,
United Nations Development Programme, New York-"Growth
and Poverty Reduction" |
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| Roy
Culpeper, President, North-South Institute - "The
debt situation of developing countries in Asia and the
Pacific and its effects on poverty reduction efforts in
the region" |
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| Sudipto
Mundle, Senior Programs Officer, Programs Department (West),
ADB - "Macroeconomic policies and poverty outcomes:
The Indian case" |
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Enhancing
stakeholder participation in poverty reduction efforts (Auditorium
Zone D) |
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| Chair:
Gordon Wilkinson, Senior Social Development Specialist, Social
Development Division, ADB |
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| Bhuvan
Bhatnagar, Senior Social Scientist, East Asia Region,
World Bank -- "Participation in poverty strategies: The
PRSP experience" |
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| Brent
Dark, Senior Poverty Reduction Coordinator, Programs Department
(West), ADB - "Participation in program development in Lao
P.D.R." |
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| Bruce
Moore, Coordinator, Popular Coalition for the Eradication of
Hunger and Poverty - "Empowering the Rural Poor through
access to productive assets and participation in decision-making" |
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| Discussants
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| Kari
Nordheim-Larsen, Resident Representative, UNDP |
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| Francis
Lucas, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
METHODS
FOR MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF POVERTY REDUCTION-II
Methodology
of Poverty Reduction Policies (Mini-Theater)
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| Chair:
James Foster, Professor, Vanderbilt University |
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| Erik
Thorbecke, Professor, Cornell University -
"Poverty Analysis and Measurement within a General Equilibrium
Framework" |
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| Nanak
Kakwani, Professor, University of New South Wales
- "Pro-poor Fiscal Policies with an application to the
Philippines" |
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| Branko
Milanovic, Researcher, World Bank - "Conflict between
horizontal equity and maximum poverty reduction: How best
to allocate funds to regions (an empirical analysis)"
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| Discussants: |
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| Saman
Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo,
Sri Lanka |
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| Renata
Lok-Dessallien, Deputy Resident Represntative, Myanmar,
United Nations Development Programme |
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| 3:15
to 3:45 |
Coffee
break |
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| 3:45
to 5:30 |
THREE
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
| Parallel
Session 1 |
Poverty
of Opportunity in the Pacific Islands
(Auditoriums Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Basudev Dahal, Director, Office of Pacific Operations, ADB
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| Robert
Siy, Jr., Manager, Pacific Operations Division, ADB - "Poverty
assessment and strategy formulation in the Pacific Islands" |
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| Vijay
Naidu, Professor and Director of the Center for
Development Studies, University of the South Pacific,
Fiji - "Opening doors to more inclusive societies:
The case of Pacific Island countries" |
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| Crosbie
Walsh, Adjunct Professor, University of the South
Pacific, Fiji - "Poverty, politics, and the politics
of race in the Pacific Island Nations"
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| Discussants: |
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| Mosese
Waqa, Coordinating Committee, Pacific Islands Association
of Non-government Organizations |
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| Alistair
Wilkinson, Senior Policy Advisor, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
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| Paul
Flanagan, Director, Development Policy, Australian Agency for
International Development |
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| Alfred
Capelle, President, College of Marshall Islands |
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Assessment
of the poverty reduction effects of projects and programs
(Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
David Edwards, Assistant Chief Economist, Project Economic
Evaluation Division |
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| Caroline
Heider, Senior Poverty Specialist, Poverty Reduction Unit
- "Evaluating antipoverty approaches and activities of
the ADB" |
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| Manabu
Fujimura, Economist, EDEV - "Assessing the poverty
impacts of projects" |
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| Richard
Bolt, Economist, EDEV - "Policy based lending and poverty
reduction: an overview" |
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| John
Weiss, Professor, University of Bradford, and
Manabu Fujimura, Economist, EDEV - "Assessing the
poverty impact of policy- based loans and project loans"
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| Discussant: |
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| Macleod
Nyirongo, Senior Deputy Resident Representative, Beijing, People's
Republic of China, United Nations Development Programme
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
METHODS
FOR MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF POVERTY REDUCTION-II
Methodological Issues in Specifying Poverty Line
(Mini-Theater) |
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| Chair:
Rajat Nag, Deputy Director, Programs Department (West), ADB
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| Nanak
Kakwani, Professor, University of New South Wales
- "Specifying Poverty Lines" |
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| Abuzar
Asra, Senior Statistician, EDRC, ADB - "Some countries'
experience and issue of specificity and consistency"
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| Gaurav
Datt, Senior Economist, East Asia Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management Unit - "Specifying poverty lines:
How and why?" |
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| Discussants:
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| Arsenio
Balisacan, Professor, University of the Philippines, Dilliman
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| Erik
Thorbecke, Professor, Cornell University |
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| Thomas
Africa, Administrator, National Statistical Office, Philippines
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