The conference examined the implications of the global financial crisis on existing development strategies. Panels of distinguished academics and policy practitioners explored how different regions of the developing world are interpreting this crisis and how they are likely to respond on a national and international level.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Opening Remarks
Bernard L. Schwartz, Chairman BLS Investments Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development Francis Fukuyama, Director of International Development, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Panel I: Causes of the global financial crisis and the implications for national development strategies (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings)
Moderator: Roger Leeds, Johns Hopkins SAIS Participants: Larry Diamond, Hoover Institute, Stanford University Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins SAIS Arvind Subramanian, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Center for Global Development John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Panel II: Interpretations and implications of the global financial crisis: An Asian perspective (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings) Moderator: Pieter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins SAIS Participants: Yasheng Huang, MIT, Sloan School of Business Devesh Kapur, University of Pennsylvania Mitsuhiro Maeda, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Finance Ramkishen Rajan, George Mason University
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Panel III: Interpretations and implications of the global financial crisis: An African, European, and Latin American perspective (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings) Moderator: Todd Moss, Center for Global Development Panelists: Santiago Levy, Inter-American Development Bank Benno Ndulu, Bank of Tanzania Jose-Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University SIPA Mitchell Orenstein, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Panel IV: New approaches to international cooperation and institutions after the crisis (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings) Moderator: Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Center for Global Development Panelists: Kemal Dervis, Brookings Institution Justin Lin, World Bank Sebastian Mallaby, Maurice Greenberg Center For Geoeconomic Studies Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Keynote Address"Multi-lateralism and the Role of the IMF in the Financial Crisis" Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings). Click here to view video of this event.
Panel V: Going forward: new ideas in development for a new world (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings) Moderator: Jessica Einhorn, Johns Hopkins SAIS Panelists: Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for Peace Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development Danny Leipziger, World Bank Lant Pritchett, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Closing remarks and summary of new ideas that emerged during the conference (Click here for a transcript of the proceedings) Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development Francis Fukuyama, Director of International Development, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Panel II: Interpretations and implications of the global financial crisis: An Asian perspective (
Panel III: Interpretations and implications of the global financial crisis: An African, European, and Latin American perspective (
Panel IV: New approaches to international cooperation and institutions after the crisis (
Keynote Address "Multi-lateralism and the Role of the IMF in the Financial Crisis"
Panel V: Going forward: new ideas in development for a new world (
