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 7:30 to 9:30
a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:30
to 10:20 |
Inauguration
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| 9:30
to 9:45 |
Opening
song by children's choral group from the Kaibigan Ermita Outreach
Foundation |
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| 9:45
to 9:50 |
Opening
Remarks - Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Officer-in-Charge, Economics
and Development Resource Center, and Director, Programs Department
(West), ADB |
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| 9:50
to 10:05 |
Inaugural
Address - Tadao Chino, President, ADB
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| 10:05
to 10:20 |
Launching
of Proceedings of the Manila Social Forum Statement by
Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Officer-in-Charge, Economics and
Development Resource Center, ADB
| Remarks
on behalf of the World Bank by Robert Holzmann Director,
Social Protection Department, World Bank, and Video
address from James Wolfenson, President, World Bank
from Washington, D.C. |
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| 10:20 |
Release
of the book by Tadao Chino, President, ADB |
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10:20
to 10:45 |
Coffee
break |
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10:45
to 11:30 |
Keynote
Address (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
| Chair:
Shoji Nishimoto, Director, Strategy and Policy Department,
ADB |
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| 11:30
to 12:00 |
Addresses
by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United
Nations Development Program, and the International Monetary
Fund (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Jean-Claude
Faure, Chairman, Development Assistance Committee, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development |
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| Hafiz
Pasha, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional
Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development
Programme |
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view
speech | view
presentation | |
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| Masood
Ahmed, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review
Department, International Monetary Fund |
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| 12:00
to 1:30 |
Lunch
Break |
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| 1:30
to 1:40 |
Overview
of the Forum (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| ADB's
Poverty Reduction Policy and the Presidential Commission
on Poverty - Karti Sandilya, Manager, Poverty Reduction
Unit, ADB |
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| Highlights
of the Forum - Brahm Prakash, Assistant Chief Economist,
Economic Analysis and Research Division, ADB |
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| 1:40
to 3:00 |
Plenary
Addresses: (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Yoshihiro Iwasaki, Officer-in-Charge, Economics and Development
Resource Center, and Director, Programs Department (West), ADB |
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| Graham
Pyatt, Professor, Institute of Social Studies,
The Hague, Netherlands - "Balanced development" |
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| Mechai
Viravaidya, Senator and Founding Director of the Population
and Community Development Association, Thailand - "The privatization
of poverty alleviation" |
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| 3:00
to 3:30 |
Coffee
break |
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| 3:30
to 5:30 |
Plenary
Panel Discussion - The globalization of Asian and Pacific
economies and its effects on poverty reduction efforts in the
region (Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Jungsoo Lee, ADB Director, Japan Representative Office,
Tokyo |
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| Kaushik
Basu, Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell
University - "Marginalization in a globalizing world:
Some plausible scenarios and suggestions for measurement"
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| Linda
Low, Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy,
National University of Singapore - "Policy frameworks
and the impact of globalization on Asia's poor" |
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| Disscussant: |
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| NGO
representative: Isagani Serrano, Senior Vice President, Philippine
Rural Reconstruction Movement |
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| Malcolm
Dowling, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia
- "Comments on globalization for Asia and Pacific Forum
on Poverty" |
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| 5:30
to 7:30 |
Opening
cocktail reception (by invitation)
(Executive Dining Room, Special Facilities Block) |
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