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 |
8
February 2001 (Day Four)
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 8:30
to 10:00 a.m. |
Plenary
Session: Risks and vulnerabilities - The role of social protection
in poverty reduction efforts in Asia and the Pacific (Auditorium
Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Hans J. Springer, Deputy Director, Agriculture and Social Sectors
Department, ADB |
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| Robert
Holzmann, Director, Social Protection, The World
Bank -"Risk and vulnerability: The forward looking
role of social protection in a globalizing world"
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| Anne
Drouin, Social Security Specialist, International
Labor Organization - "Social protection financing
and governance" |
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| Sean
Conlin, Senior Social Development Adviser, Department
for International Development, United Kingdom - "Poverty
and social protection: DFID approach" |
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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 |
Technical
change and poverty reduction
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Gunter Hecker, Country Director, Philippine Country
Office |
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| Sanjaya
Lall, Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University
- "New Technologies, Competitiveness and Poverty Reduction"
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| Randeep
Sudan, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister,
Government of Andhra Pradesh - "Use of information
technology for poverty reduction: A focus on Andhra Pradesh"
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| Ronald
Cantrell, Director General, International Rice Research
Institute, Los Banos, Philippines - "The current and
future role of biotechnology in addressing poverty reduction
in South and Southeast Asia" |
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 5 |
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10:20
to 11:20
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Workshop
5: Protecting communities: Micro- and area-based schemes.
(Auditorium D) |
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| Chair:
Edward Haugh, Manager, Education, Health and Population Division
(West), ADB |
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| Jorge
Abada, Agricultural Insurance Specialist/Consultant, ADB
- "Protecting Communities through Micro and Area-based
Schemes" |
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| David
Dror, Senior Health Insurance Specialist, Social
Protection Sector, International Labour Organization
-"Extending Access to Health through Micro-insurance"
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| Bruce
Moore, Coordinator, Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and
Poverty, International Fund for Agricultural Development
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11:20
to 12:15
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Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 6 Protecting
communities - Social Funds and Disaster Management
(Auditorium
Zone D)
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| Chair:
Frederick Roche, Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development
Division (West), ADB |
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| Andrew
Batkin, Social Funds Specialist/Consultant, ADB- "Community-Based
Social Funds" |
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| Nil
Vanna, Director of the Promotions Department, Social Fund
of the Kingdom of Cambodia - "Post-Conflict Rehabilitation
Experiences of the Social Fund in Cambodia" |
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| Zenaida
Delica, Training and Education Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center - "Disaster risk management and vulnerability reduction:
Protecting the poor" |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
Poverty
and Social Analysis in ADB Operations (Mini-Theater) |
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| Chair:
Karti Sandilya, Manager, Poverty Reduction Unit, ADB |
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| Susana
Price, Senior Social Development Specialist, Social Development
Division, ADB, and Isabel Ortiz, Senior Economist, Strategy
and Policy Department, ADB - "Poverty and social analysis
in ADB operations" |
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| Ronald
Duncan, Professor, The Australian National University
- "A conceptual framework for designing a country poverty
reduction strategy" |
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Michael
Cernea, Senior Advisor, Sociology/Social Policy, World
Bank - "Adressing poverty risks in resettlement
planning and implementation"
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| Indira
Simbolon, Social Development Specialist, Social Development
Division, ADB - "Indigenous Peoples and Loan Preparation"
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| Discussant:
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| Neil
O'Sullivan, Poverty Reduction Specialist/Consultant, ADB
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| Parallel
Session 4 |
The
Silk Road: Strategy for Recovery (Press Briefing Room) |
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| Chair:
Yuejiao Zhang, Officer-in-Charge / Deputy Director, Programs
Department (East), ADB |
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| Oktay
Hagverdiyev, Vice Minister, Ministry of Economy, Azerbaijan
- "Poverty is not a shame, it is a social problem" |
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| Adylkhan
Omirbaev, Vice Minister, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection,
Kazakhstan - "Key Priorities of Labor and Social Protection
Policy" |
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| Muzafarov
A., Senior Advisor to the President, Tajikistan - "The Political
Framework of Poverty Reduction in the Republic of Tajikistan"
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| Discussants: |
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| Armin
Bauer, Economist (Poverty Reduction), Strategy and Policy Department,
ADB |
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| Rajiv
Kumar, Senior Economist, Programs Division 2 (Central Asia &
Caucasus), Programs Department (East), ADB |
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| 12:15
to 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch
Break |
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| 1:45
to 3:15 |
Plenary
Session: Funding priorities and modalities under a poverty
reduction focused agenda
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Vladimir Bohun, Director, Infrastructure, Energy and Financial
Sectors Division (East), ADB |
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| Paul
Flanagan, Director, Development Policy - Australian Agency
for International Development |
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| Roger
Ehrhardt, Director General, International Financial Institutions,
Canadian International Development Agency
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| Sean
Conlin, Senior Social Development Adviser - Department
For International Development, United Kingdom |
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| Christian
Breustedt ,Senior Poverty Specialist, Project Manager,
Deutsche Gesselchaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
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| Rentaro
Tamaishi, Director, Social Development Division, Japan
Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) |
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| Patricia
Buckles, Philippines Mission Director, United States Agency
for International Development - "to be determined" |
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| Terrence
Jones, Resident Representative, Philippines, United Nations
Development Programme |
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| 3:15
to 3:30 |
Coffee
break |
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3:30
to 4:45
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Closing
Plenary and wrap-up of the Forum |
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| Chair:
Rolf Selrod Zelius, Chief, Office of Environment and Social
Development, ADB |
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| Michael
Lipton, Professor, University of Sussex, United
Kingdom - "Pro-poor Growth: Lessons from the Asian
experience" |
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| Wrap-Up
Forum: Where Do We Go From Here? |
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| Ernesto
Pernia, Lead Economist, Economics and Development Resource
Center, ADB |
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| Gordon
Wilkinson, ADB NGO Coordinator |
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| 4:45
to 5:00 |
Closing
Ceremony |
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| 4:45
to 4:55 |
Closing
address by senior ADB staff |
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| 5:00 |
Word
of Thanks by Rolf Selrod Zelius |
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| 5:30 |
Closing
cocktail reception (Executive Dining Room, Special Facilities
Block) |
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