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November 8-9, 1999 Conference is open to IMF and World Bank staff All other participation is by invitation This conference addresses the issue of why stabilization and structural adjustment programs of the past, while successful in jump-starting economies, have been unable to ensure the quality and sustainability of renewed growth. It is increasingly recognized that a broader set of reforms is needed to sustain high-quality growth in a globalized environment and to close the disparity between the rich and poor countries. This set of reforms, referred to collectively as "second generation reforms," formed the focus of the papers and conference discussions. The agenda for the conference appears below, along with links to the papers delivered in the conference. Brief biographical information on each participant is also available. Please note that papers are in draft and unedited. November 8—Day 1 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m., IMF Auditorium, R-710 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Multipurpose Room, B-702 9:00-9:30 - Second Generation Reforms: Reflections and New Challenges -- Opening Remarks Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF
9:30-10:15 - Keynote Address
Session 1 Institutions and Growth
10:30-11:30 - Institutions and Economic Performance
11:30-12:30 - Institutions For High-Quality Growth: What They Are And How To Acquire Them
Session 2 Role of the State
2:00-3:00 - The Quality of the Public Sector
3:00-4:00 - What Role Do Legal Institutions Play in Development? Chair: Mohsin S. Khan, Director, IMF Institute 4:30-5:30 - The Quality Of GrowthVinod Thomas, Director, World Bank Institute Discussant: Andrew Feltenstein, Professor of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Resident Lecturer, IMF Institute
November 9—Day 2 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Multipurpose Room, B-702 Session 3 Importance of Civil Society Chair: Vito Tanzi, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
9:00-10:00 - Social Capital and Civil Society
Session 4 Sound Regulation
10:30-11:30 - The Second Generation of Regulatory Reforms
11:30-12:30 - The Role of Financial Regulation in a World of Deregulation and Market Forces
Session 5 Strategies for Development
2:00-3:00 - Culture, Democracy, and Development—the Impact of Formal and Informal Institutions on
Development
3:00-4:00 - Fads and Fashion in Economic Reforms: Washington Consensus or Washington Confusion?
4:30-6:00 - Panel
Faris Bingaradi, Director of Economic and Technical Department, |