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Wednesday, November 6, 2002

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

WELCOME:

Yoshihisa Ueda, Executive Director for Japan, IDB 

Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

2:45- 3:30 p.m.

SESSION I.

REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES

MODERATOR:

Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

PRESENTATION:

Patrick Cronin, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination, USAID 

Kunio Senga, Director-General, Strategy and Policy Department, ADB  

Carlos Jarque, Manager, Sustainable Development Department, IDB 

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

SESSION II.

GROWING DEMAND AND “STICKY” SUPPLY
OF REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS

MODERATOR:

Karti Sandilya, Resident Director, North American Representative Office, ADB 

PRESENTATION:

Todd Sandler, University of Southern California. 

Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University 

DISCUSSANT:

Marco Ferroni, Principal, Office of Evaluation and Oversight, IDB 

Inge Kaul, Director, Office of Development Studies, United Nations Development Programme 

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

COFEE BREAK

4:30 - 5:15 p.m.

SESSION III.

REGIONAL EXPERIENCES AND THE ROLE
OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS

MODERATOR:

PRESENTATION:

Daniel Arce, Rhodes College 

Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB

Paul Dominguez, Senior Presidential Consultant for Mindanao and Special Envoy to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia & Malaysia (Philippines)

Thursday, November 7, 2002

9:00 - 10:45 a.m.

SESSION IV.

SECTORAL ISSUES

Parallel Session A

ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINATION

MODERATOR:

Robert Reis, Director, Office of Development Finance, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

PRESENTATION:

Charles Wyplosz, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Switzerland 

Robert Devlin, Deputy Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB; and Antoni Estevadeordal, Principal Trade Economist, Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division, IDB 

EXPERIENCES & PRACTICES:

Massimo Cirasino, Senior Fiancial Sector Specialist, Financial Sector Operations & Policies Department, World Bank

Anneke Jessen, Operational Specialist, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

P.B. Rana, Director, Regional Economic Monitoring Unit, ADB

Parallel Session B

REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATION AND ENVIRONMENT

MODERATOR:

Silvia B. Sagari, Chief, Division of Finances and Infrastructure, Region 1, IDB

PRESENTATION

Matt Kahn, Tufts University 

Carlos Rufin, Babson College 

EXPERIENCES & PRACTICES:

Paul Bell, Senior Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID 

Juan Jose Taccone, Director, Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean; and Ennio Rodriguez, Principal Economist, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

Kazu Sakai, Director (Operation Coordination Division), Mekong Department, ADB 

Ricardo Quiroga, Senior Economist, Sustainable Development Department, IDB 

10:45- 11:15am

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 1:00 p.m.

SESSION V.

SECTORAL ISSUES (CONTINUED)

Parallel Session C

HEALTH, EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE

MODERATOR:

Patricia Moser, Senior Liaison Officer, North American Representative Office, ADB 

PRESENTATION

Michael Kremer, Harvard University 

Martin Carnoy, Stanford University 

EXPERIENCES & PRACTICES:

Stanley Terrell, Technical Advisor on AIDS and Child Survival, Central American Program, USAID/Guatemala 

Mario Bronfman, Executive Director, Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico. 

Joseph Hunt, Senior Health, Nutrition, and Early Childhood Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB 

Juan Carlos Navarro, Senior Education Specialist, Sustainable Development Department, IDB 

Alfredo Jose Solari, Principal Health Specialist, Sustainable Development Department, IDB and Gina Tambini, Director, a.i. Division of Vaccines and Immunization, PAHO

Parallel Session D

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,
AND GOVERNANCE

MODERATOR:

Danilo Piaggesi, Chief (Information Technology for Development Division), Sustainable Development Department, IDB 

PRESENTATION

Tadao Takahashi, Coordinator, Project Information Society (Brazil) 

Roberto Martínez Nogueira, Universidad de Buenos Aires 

EXPERIENCES & PRACTICES:

Clotilde Fonseca, Director, Omar Dengo Foundation 

Larry Tieszen, Deputy Manager, International Program, EROS Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey 

Ozias Tungwarara, Senior Democracy Advisor, Regional Center for Southern Africa, USAID

Surya N. Upadhyay, Chief Commissioner, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (Nepal) 

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

LUNCHEON   (By Invitation Only)

Las Americas 7th Floor

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University and Nobel Prize Winner for Economics 

INTRODUCTION:

Enrique V. Iglesias, President, IDB 

3:00 - 4:45 p.m.

SESSION VI.

THE FUTURE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

MODERATOR:

Nohra Rey de Marulanda, Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB 

PRESENTATION:

Robert Devlin, Deputy Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB

Christof Kuechemann, Deputy Manager, Sustainable Development Department, IDB 

Emmy Simmons, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, USAID 

Kunio Senga, Director General, Strategy and Policy Department, ADB

Frederick Hamburger, Director-General, European Union Commission 

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

SESSION VII.

CLOSING SESSION

CLOSING REMARKS:

Enrique V. Iglesias, President, IDB