Conference Series
Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism | Conference Series
NEW IDEAS IN DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
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April 22-23, 2009
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, JapanÃ_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
Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
Francis Fukuyama, Director of International Development, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
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