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Day 1: Thursday, January 12, 2012
2:30-3:00pm	Registration
3:00-3:15pm	Welcome speech by R. Gopalan, Ministry of Finance (India)
3:15-3:45pm	Keynote Presentation: Challenges for Emerging Economies Venugopal Reddy, University of Hyderabad (India)
3:45-6:00pm	Session I: Growth and the Global Economy Chair: Michael Spence, New York University (USA) Speakers: Food Inflation: Drivers and Policy Implications Subir Gokarn, Reserve Bank of India (India) [Download Presentation] Comments on Fiscal and Monetary Policy for Growth Kaushik Basu, Ministry of Finance/Cornell University (India/USA) International Monetary System Richard Cooper, Harvard University (USA) [Download Paper] Refreshments will be available throughout this session
7:00-8:30pm	Session II: Public Lecture Welcome speech by Nitin Desai, ICRIER (India) Keynote Presentation: Economic Growth in a Multipolar World Michael Spence, New York University (USA) [Download Presentation] Discussant: Venugopal Reddy, University of Hyderabad (India)
8:30-10:00pm	Dinner
Day 2: Friday, January 13, 2012
8:30-9:00am	Refreshments
9:00-10:50am	Session III Part 1: Growth from the Bottom Up Chair: TN Ninan, The Business Standard (India) Speakers: Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Future Prospects Martha Chen, Harvard University (USA) [Download Presentation] [Download Paper] Dismantling the License Quota Raid Raj for the Informal Sector: Towards a Bottom Up Agenda of Economic Reforms Madhu Kishwar, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (India) [Download Paper] Discussant: Reema Nanavaty, Self Employed Women Association (India) [Download Presentation] [Download Paper]
10:50-11:00am	Refreshments
11:00am-12:50pm	Session III Part 2: Growth from the Bottom Up Chair: TN Ninan, The Business Standard (India) Speakers: The Poor and Growth Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) [Download Presentation] 2 + 2 = 3: The Orwellian Record of Inclusive Growth in India Surjit Bhalla, Oxus Investments (India) [Download Presentation] Discussant: Himanshu, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
12:50-2:00pm	Lunch on
2:00-3:50pm	Session IV: Understanding Economic Growth in India Chair: Narendra Jadhav, Planning Commission (India) Speakers: Rethinking Growth and the State Philippe Aghion, Harvard University (USA) [Download Presentation] Sectoral Infrastructure Investment in an Unbalanced Growing Economy: The Case of India Chetan Ghate, Indian Statistical Institute (India) [Download Paper] [Download Presentation] Discussant: K.P. Krishnan, Economic Advisory Council, Office of the Prime Minister (India) Partha Sen, Delhi School of Economics (India)
3:50-4:00pm	Refreshments
4:00-5:30pm	Session V: Growth, Inflation and Inclusion: Summing Up Chair: Montek Ahluwalia, Planning Commission (India) Speakers: Philippe Aghion, Harvard University (USA) Indira Rajaraman, Indian Statistical Institute (India) Arun Maira, Planning Commission (India) Michael Spence, New York University (USA) Madhu Kishwar, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (India)
5:30-7:00pm	Cocktails

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