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Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Developing Countries' Growth Strategies and Prospects
April 20-21, 2009
Cambridge, MA
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Agenda - Day 1

WELCOME
Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

OPENING REMARKS
Mike Spence, Commission Chair and Stanford University

Session I: ANIMAL SPIRITS: HOW HUMAN PSYHOLOGY DRIVES THE ECONOMY AND MATTERS FOR  gLOBAL CAPITALISM 
CHAIR
Robert Solow, Commissioner, Professor Emeritus, MIT 
PRESENTER

George Akerlof, Professor, University of California-Berkeley, Speech (PDF) Presentation (PDF)

DISCUSSANT(S)
Montek Ahluwalia, Commissioner, Deputy chairman, Planning Commission, India.                                                                      Pedro Malan, former Minister of Finance (Brazil) 
Session II: THE ANATOMY OF FINANCIAL CRISIS: EMERGING LESSONS 
CHAIR
Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
PRESENTER(S)

Risk and Regulation: Lessons from the Crisis of 2008, Daron Acemoglu, Harvard University Paper (PDF) Presentation (PDF)

Navigating a Crisis of the Financial System, Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CEO, PIMCO                                                          

Countercyclical Regulation based on an Institution's Contribution to Systemic Risk, Markus Brunnermeier, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Paper (PDF), Presentation (PDF)

Roots of the Crisis in Global Imbalances and Excess Global Liquidity, Richard Portes, Professor of London Business School and CEPR, Presentation (PDF)                     

DISCUSSANT(S)
Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University, Presentation (PDF)
Luis Serven, Research Manager, World Bank, Presentation (PDF) 
Session III: PANEL: MANAGING THE CRISIS: PERSPECTIVES FROM BRAZIL, INDIA, and SOUTH AFRICA
CHAIR
Kemal Dervis, Commissioner, Former Executive Head of UNDP, Vice-President and Director, Global Economy and Development,The Brookings Institution 
PRESENTERS

Otaviano Canuto (Brazil), Vice-President-designate, World Bank, Presentation (PDF)

Ilan Goldfajn (Brazil), Chief Economist, Itau Unibanco

Ajay Shah (India), Senior Fellow, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, India, Presentation (PDF)

Alok Sheel (India), Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, India

Christopher Loewald (South Africa), Deputy Director-General for Economic Policy, the National Treasury, South Africa

 

Session IV: CRISES: PAST, Present, and future
CHAIR
Dr. Boediono, Commissioner, Governor, Central Bank of Indonesia
PRESENTER
Financial Innovation, Regulation, and Reform, Charles Calomiris, Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University, Paper (PDF), Presentation (PDF)

What Can Developing Countries Learn from Japan's Experience? Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of  Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Presentation(PDF)

A Bad Bank That Was Good for Sweden, Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group.

DISCUSSANT(S)
Kemal Dervis, Commissioner, Former Executive Head of UNDP, Vice-President and Director, Global Economy and Development,The Brookings Institution 
Session V: ReSTORING FINANCIAL STABILITY 
CHAIR
Gobind Nankani, Executive Director, International Growth Center, London 
PRESENTER
Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System, Viral V. Acharya, Matthew P. Richardson, the Stern School of Business, New York University, Presentation Part 1 (PDF), Presentation Part 2 (PDF)
Growth After Crisis, Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Politicla Economy, the John F. Kennedy School of Governemnt, Harvard University, Presentation (PDF) Paper (PDF)
DISCUSSANT(S)
Mario Blejer, former Governor, Centrla Bank of Argentina, Executive Director, MAG (Macroeconomic Advisory Group) 
Session VI: PANEL: CLOSING REMARKS OF THE DAY
CHAIR
George Akerlof, Professor, University of California-Berkeley
PRESENTERS
Robert Solow, Commissioner, Professor Emeritus, MIT
Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group.
DISCUSSANTS
Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
Ernesto Zedillo, Yale Center for Study of Globalization


Last Updated ( 19/05/2009 )