| Roundtable on ‘Efficiency of Economic Policy Formation, Development and Implementation in Key South Asian Economies’ |
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| June 29 – 30, 2009 | |
| 29 June, 2009 | |
| Welcome and Roundtable Objectives | Presenters: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, ICRIER, New Delhi and Prof. Peter Drysdale, ANU, Australia |
| Improving Policy Efficiency in South Asia: Conceptual Approach | |
| Chair: | Prof. Peter Drysdale |
| Presenter: | Dr. Philippa Dee, Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU, Australia [Download Presentation] |
| Session 1: Financial sector reforms in India | |
| Chair: | Dr. Ishrat Husain, IBA, Karachi |
| Presenter: | Prof. Rajendra Vaidya, IGIDR, Mumbai [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Prof. Kaliappa Kalirajan, ANU, Australia |
| Session 2: Public Finance and Taxation reforms in India | |
| Chair: | Dr. M. Govinda Rao, NIPFP, New Delhi |
| Presenter: | Prof. J. V. M. Sarma, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Prof. Stephen Howes, ANU, Australia |
| Session 3: Trade Policy reform in India | |
| Chair : | Dr. Biswajit Dhar, RIS, New Delhi |
| Presenter: | Dr. Kanhaiya Singh, NCAER, New Delhi [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Dr. Geetanjali Nataraj, NCAER, New Delhi [Download Presentation] |
| Session 4: Economic reforms in Pakistan | |
| Chair: | Dr. Rajiv Kumar |
| Presenter: | Dr. Zafar Mueen Nasir, PIDE, Islamabad [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Dr. Shiro Armstrong, EABER, ANU |
| 30 June, 2009 | |
| Session 5: Capital Flows and Investment reform in India | |
| Chair: | Prof. U. Sankar, Madras School of Economics, Chennai |
| Presenter: | Dr. Pravakar Sahoo, ICRIER and IEG, New Delhi [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Dr. Ajit Ranade, Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai |
| Session 6: Economic reforms in Bangladesh | |
| Chair: | Mr. Suman K. Bery, NCAER, New Delhi |
| Presenter: | Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Dhaka University, Dhaka [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Dr. Haryo Aswicahyono, CSIS, Jakarta [Download Presentation] |
| Session 7: Economic reforms in Sri Lanka | |
| Chair: | Dr. V. R. Panchamukhi, Managing Editor, IEJ |
| Presenter: | Dr. Dushni Weerakoon, IPS, Colombo [Download Presentation] |
| Discussant: | Mr. D. Amarasinghe, Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka |
| Summary and Steps forward | |
| Dr. Philippa Dee and Prof. Stephen Howes, ANU, Australia | |