PROGRAM
FOR THE ASIA AND PACIFIC FORUM ON POVERTY
Policy and Institutional Reforms for Poverty Reduction
5-9 February 2001, ADB Headquarters, Manila |
7
February 2001 (Day Three)
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 8:30
to 10:00 a.m. |
Plenary
Session: The Private Sector and Poverty reduction
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Christine Wallich, Head, Private Sector Group, and Director,
Infrastructure, Energy & Financial Sectors Department
(West), ADB |
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| Guy
Pfefferman, Chief Economic Advisor, International
Finance Corporation - "Paths Out of Poverty"
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| Rusell
Muir, Program Manager, Pubic-Private Infrastructure
Advisory (PPIAF), World Bank - "Public-private
partnership in infrastructure and poverty reduction:
The PPIAF experience" |
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| Lisette
Provencher, Advisor, Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
Philippines Office, Lyonnaise des Eaux Company
- "Working Together with the Private Sector: Better
Access to Water for Marginalized Communities"
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| Jesus
Tambunting, Ambassador, and Chairman and CEO, Planters
Development Bank - "A credit model for small
entrepreneurs and e-planters.com: The Planters Bank
experience" |
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| Ewa
Tomaszewska, Solidarity Member of Parliament, Poland
- "Dealing with fallout from privatization: Can entrepreneurship
and SME support help? " |
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| Christopher
Chalmers, Program manager, Private Sector Policy
Department, Department for International Development,
United Kingdom - "Corporate social responsibility:
Ethical trade initiatives" |
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| 10:00
to 10:20 |
Coffee
break |
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| 10:20
to 12:15 |
THREE
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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Session 1 |
Rural
poverty and rural development policy in Asia
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Bradford Philips, Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development
Division (East), ADB |
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| Mahabub
Hossain, Economist and Head, Social Sciences Division,
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
- "The distribution of income in rural Asia: Findings
from a multi-country study using village and household
level data" |
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| Arsenio
Balisacan, Professor, University of the Philippines
-"Pathways of poverty reduction: Rural development
and transmission mechanisms in the Philippines"
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| Davendra
Chhetry, Professor, Tribhuvan University -
"Understanding rural poverty in Nepal with micro/macro
evidences and interrelationships" |
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| Discussants: |
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| Dagmar
Schumacher, Assistant Resident Representative, Vietnam,
and Head, Poverty and Social Development Team, United
Nations Development Programme |
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| NGO
representative: Victoria Rialp, International Institute
for Rural Reconstruction, Cavite, Philippines |
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Private
Sector representative: Ibrahim Hasan, President,
Hasfarm International, Indonesia
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 1 - Labor
Market Policies (Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
William M. Fraser, Manager, Education, Health & Population
Division (East), ADB |
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| Isabel
Ortiz, Senior Economist, Strategy and Policy Department,
ADB - "Social Protection in Asia and the
Pacific" |
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| Paolo
Verme, Labour Market Specialist/Consultant, ADB -
"Moving targets: Labor market policies for the poor
in the era of global risks (I) " |
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| Alan
Abrahart, Labour Market Specialist/Consultant, ADB
- "Labor market policies for the poor in the
era of global risks (II)" |
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| Noriyuki
Suzuki, General Secretary, ICFTU-APRO
- "Globalization and Labor Market Challenges:
The Role of Trade Unions." |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
Gender
dimensions to poverty in South and Southeast Asia
(Mini-Theater) |
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| Chair:
Shireen Lateef, Senior Social Development Specialist,
Social Development Division, ADB |
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| Lorraine
Corner, Regional Programme Director, United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM - "Gender
and poverty in the Asia and Pacific region:An overview"
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| Rehana
Siddiqui, Senior Research Economist, Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad - Gender
Dimensions of Poverty in Pakistan: An examination based
on household survey data |
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| Enakshi
Ganguly, Executive Secretary, HAQ-Center for Child
Rights - "Women and Poverty in India: Issues for Concern"
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E Dr. Kantha Phavi Ing, Secretary of State, Ministry
of Women's and Veterans' Affairs, Cambodia -
"Gender and Poverty: Cambodia's Experience"
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| Mayling
Oey-Gardiner, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economics,
University of Indonesia - "Poverty and gender
of household head" |
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| Discussants: |
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| NGO
representative: Violetta Corral, Bank Information Center,
Washington D.C., USA |
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Karen Tanada, Director, Women Action Network in Development
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| 12:20
to 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch
Break |
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| 1:45
to 3:15 |
THREE
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
| Parallel
Session 1 |
Basic
services for the poor -- education, health and nutrition
(Auditorium Zones A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
William Fraser, Manager, Education, Health & Population
Division (East), ADB |
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| Joseph
Hunt, Senior Health and Nutrition Economist, Education,
Health and Population Division (East), ADB -
"Food Policy and Nutrition Security: Lessons Learned
and New Paradigms" |
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| Peter
Degen , Socio-Economist Technical Adviser, Mekong
River Commission - "Food security and development
in the Lower Mekong River Basin: Need for a regional
approach" |
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| Jaques
Jeugmans, Senior Social Sectors Specialist, Education,
Health and Population Division (East), ADB - "Improving
the delivery of health care to the poor" final title
to be determined |
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| Parallel
Session 2 |
Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 2 - The Challenge
of Social Insurance for All (Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
Shamshad Akhtar, Manager, Infrastructure, Energy, and
Financial Sectors Department (East), ADB |
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| David
Gent, Social Insurance Specialist/Consultant, ADB
- "The challenge of social insurance for all" |
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| Robert
Holzmann, Director, Social Protection Department,
World Bank- "Multi-pillar systems: A welfare
enhancing approach to pension reform" |
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| Mangun
Kadarisman, Founder and Chairman of the Advisory
Board, Indonesian Pension Funds Association-
"Choice of a pension system to avert old-age
poverty in developing countries" |
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| Julie
Rogers, Senior Banking Sector Specialist, Infrastructure,
Energy, and Financial Sectors Department (East), ADB |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
Microfinance
for poverty reduction (Mini-Theater) |
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| Chair:
Nimal Fernando, Senior Project Economist (Microfinance),
Agriculture and Rural Development Division (West), ADB
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| Siddiqur
Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Chief of the Training
and Special Programs Department, Grameen Bank, Dhaka,
Bangladesh - "The Grameen Bank approach to poverty
reduction" |
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| Shahid
Khandker, Senior Researcher, World Bank
- "Does micro-finance really help the poor? Evidence
from Bangladesh" |
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| Richard
Meyer, Professor, Ohio State University
- "Lessons learned about microfinance and poverty
reduction" |
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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 |
Urban
poverty and poverty reduction efforts in urban areas (Auditorium
Zones s A, B, and C) |
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| Chair:
Asad Shah, Manager, Water Supply, Urban Development
and Housing Division (East), ADB |
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| Dipak
Mazumdar, Professor, University of Toronto -
"Small-medium enterprise (SME) development in equitable
growth and poverty alleviation"
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| Lin
Yongsan, Vice Minister, Ministry of Labor and Social Security,
People's Republic of China - "Urban poverty mitigation
in the People's Republic of China" |
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| Discussant |
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| J.P.
Murthy, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development
and Poverty Alleviation |
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| Ingrid
Cyimana, Team Leader, Poverty Cluster, United Nations
Development Program |
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Parallel
Session 2
3:45
to 4:45 |
Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 3 Equitable
growth and access: the Role of Social Assistance
(Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
Dieter Bucher, Senior Capacity Building Specialist,
ADBI |
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| Fiona
Howell, Social Assistance Specialist/Consultant,
ADB - "Equitable growth and access: the Role
of social assistance" |
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| Wilfredo
Nuqui, United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok - "Progress report
on ESCAP projects on social safety nets"
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| Judy
Roberts, Regional Director, Help Age International
- ""Keep our hands active: A positive response to
the challenge of social protection and old-age in
the 21st century (Including older people in the
global fight against chronic poverty)" |
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| 4:45
to 5:30 |
Social
Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop 4 Child Protection:
Cost or Investment?
(Auditorium Zone D) |
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| Chair:
Edward Haugh, Manager, Education, Health and Population
Division West, ADB |
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| Peter
Ian Crawford, Child Protection Specialist/Consultant,
ADB - "Child Protection: Cost or Investment?"
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| Sedfrey
Candelaria, Director, AKAP, Ateneo Human Rights Center
- "Child Protection Program" |
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| Joseph
Hunt, Senior Project Economist, Education, Health and
Population Division (East), ADB |
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| Charles
Currin, Lead Education Sector Specialist, Office of the
Director, Agriculture and Social Sectors Department (East),
ADB - "Investing in Children " |
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| Parallel
Session 3 |
Natural
Resources and Environment (Mini-Theater) |
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| Chair:
Bindu N. Lohani, Secretary, ADB |
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| Joseph
Weinstock, Senior Poverty Reduction Coordinator
-"Natural resource and poverty issues in Indonesia"
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| Prodipto
Ghosh, Senior Environment Specialist, Office of
Environment and Social Development - "Poverty,
environment, and population" |
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| Brenda
Angeles, Regional Vice President, Mediators' Network
for Sustainable Development -"Legal challenges
in securing rights of poor communities over key
natural resources" |
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