Regional Integration & Regional Cooperation in Asia & Latin America: The Role of Regional Infrastructure
Agenda

Registration

Session 1: Welcoming Remarks and Opening Session

Welcoming Remarks

Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy, Vice President for Finance and Administration, IDB (pre-recorded video message). Introduced by Takeo Shikado, Representative IDB Office in Japan

Peter McCawley, Dean, ADBI (pre-recorded video message)

Kyung-Tae Lee, President, KIEP

Session 2: Regional Integration, Regional Cooperation and Regional Infrastructure

Moderator: Won-Ho Kim, Kiep

Regional Integration and Global Cooperation by Antoni Estevadeordal, IDB, and Kati Suominen, IDB

What do you mean by Infrastructure for Regional Cooperation? by Haider Khan, University of Denver, and John Weiss, University of Bradford

• Infrastructure for Regional Co-operation - Paper [ PDF 174.1KB | 19 pages ]
• Infrastructure for Regional Co-operation - Presentation [ PDF 39.9KB | 10 pages ]

Discussant: Hernan Gutierrez, Minister Counselor, Embassy Of Chile In Korea

Open Discussion And Q&A

Break

Session 3: Regional Infrastructure: Conceptual And Policy Perspectives

Moderator: Jong-Wha Lee , Professor, Korea University

Transnational Infrastructure Projects: Some Conceptual Issues by Paulina Beato, General IberoAmerican Secretariat - SEGIB, Spain

Challenges in Financing Regional Infrastructure by Fausto Medina-Lopez, Deputy Representative, IDB Office in Japan

Discussant: Raul Urteaga, Minister, Embassy of Mexico in Japan

Open Discussion and Q&A

Lunch

Session 4: Financing Infrastructure and Trade Facilitation

Moderator: Kye-Woo Lee, Professor, Seoul National University

The Macroeconomic Effects of Infrastructure Financing: A Tale of Two Countries by Fan Zhai (ADB) and Douglas Brooks, ADBI

• The Macroeconomic Effects of Infrastructure Financing: A Tale of Two Countries - Paper [ PDF 313.7KB | 35 pages ]
• The Macroeconomic Effects of Infrastructure Financing: A Tale of Two Countries - Presentation [ PDF 379.4KB | 26 pages ]

Empirical Evidence on Trade Facilitation in Asia by Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide, Philippa Dee, Australian National University, and Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide

• Trade Facilitation: What, Why, How, Where and When? - Paper [ PDF 242.9KB | 33 pages ]
• Trade Facilitation: What, Why, How, Where and When? - Presentation [ PDF 4MB | 15 pages ]

Discussant: San-Yeol Nam, Kiep

Open Discussion and Q&A

Break

Session 5: Regional Transport Costs as Trade Costs

Moderator: Hyung-Do Ahn, Kiep

Empirical Evidence on Trade Costs in Asia by Prabir De, RIS, Delhi

• Regional Transport Costs as Trade Costs - Paper [ PDF 384.9KB | 40 pages ]
• Empirical Estimates of Trade Costs for Asia - Presentation [ PDF 227.7KB | 19 pages ]

Trade Costs and Economic Fundamentals of the IIRSA Initiative in South America by Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, IDB

Discussant: Soon-Cheul Lee, Kiep

Open Discussion and Q&A

Session 6: Regional Integration Projects in Asia And Latin America: Case Studies (I)

Moderator: Chang-In Yoon, Kiep

Road Improvement, Transport Costs and Income Distribution: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Lao PDR by Jay Menon, ADBI and Peter Warr, Australian National University

• Does Road Improvement Reduce Poverty? A General Equilibrium Analysis for Lao PDR - Paper [ PDF 351.9KB | 27 pages ]
• Does Road Improvement Reduce Poverty? A CGE Analysis for Lao PDR - Presentation [ PDF 4.3MB | 17 pages ]

Road Infrastructure and Regional Trade: Evidence from the Mekong by Manabu Fujimura, Aoyama University, Japan and Christopher Edmonds, East-West Center

• Impact of cross-border road infrastructure on trade and investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion - Paper [ PDF 258.4KB | 17 pages ]
• Road infrastructure and regional trade: Evidence from the GMS - Presentation [ PDF 1.3MB | 30 pages ]

Discussant: Jai-Min Lee, Director General, Overseas Economic Research Institute, Kexim

Open Discussion and Q&A

Break

Session 6: Regional Integration Projects In Asia and Latin America: Case Studies (II)

Moderator: Young-Jin-Lee, Daewoo International Corp.

Meeting the MDG Water Target in Asia: The Role of Regional Cooperation by P. B. Anand, University of Bradford

• Meeting the MDG Water Target in Asia: The Role of regional cooperation - Paper [ PDF 386.8KB | 30 pages ]
• Meeting the MDG Water Target in Asia: The Role of regional cooperation - Presentation [ PDF 195.8KB | 26 pages ]

Infrastructure Integration and Incomplete Contracts: Natural Gas in the Southern Cone by Fernando Navajas, FIEL, Argentina

Discussant: Kyoung-Dong Kwon, Kotra

Open Discussion and Q&A

Closing Remarks by Takeo Shikado, Representative, IDB Office in Japan