Seminar on Regional Financial Arrangements

New York, 14-15 July 2004, Conference Room 1

Agenda

14 July 2004

Morning session: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Welcome and opening remarks

• Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo - Under-Secretary-General, DESA
• Mr. Jose Luis Machinea - Executive Secretary, ECLAC
• Mr. Bradford Smith - Vice President for Peace and Social Justice, Ford Foundation
• Chair: Mr. Jos Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Theoretical arguments for regional financial arrangements

• Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute

A comparative vision of regional development banks

• Francisco Sagasti, President of  FORO Nacional/Internacional

Discussion

The Arab experience in regional financial arrangements

• George Corm, Former Minister of Finance, Lebanon

Discussion

• Lead discussant: Ms. Mervat M. Tallawy, Executive Secretary, ESCWA

Afternoon session: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Chair: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General, DESA

Drawing lessons from the history of European financial institutions

• Charles Wyplosz, Professor, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

The role of the European Investment Bank in European integration: lessons for developing countries

• Stephany Griffith-Jones, Research Fellow and Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
• Alfred Steinherr, Chief Economist, European Investment Bank

Discussion

• Lead discussant: Ms. Brigita Schmgnerov, Executive Secretary, ECE

Macroeconomic policy coordination in Latin America

• Jos Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC and Guillermo Rozenwurcel

Subregional financial institutions in Latin America

• Andras Uthoff, Coordinator of the Unit of Special Studies, ECLAC
• Daniel Titelman, Economist, ECLAC

Discussion

15 July 2004

Morning session: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Chair: Mr. Jose Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

The African experience in regional financial arrangements

• Ernest Aryeetey, Professor, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana
  • Slide presentation at meeting: in PDF / in Powerpoint

Discussion

• Lead discussant: Mr. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA

Prospects of the Chiang Mai Initiative in regional financial cooperation and integration

• Yung Chul Park, Professor, Korea University
  • Slide presentation at meeting: in PDF / in Powerpoint

The development of a regional Asian bond market

• Yung Chul Park, Professor, Korea University
• Julia Leung, Executive Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Kanit Sangsubhan, Director, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Thailand
• Jae Ha Park, Senior Fellow, Korea Institute of Finance

Discussion

• Lead discussant: Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, ESCAP