Infrastructure Seminar - LAEBA
Agenda

Registration

Welcome Remarks Chair: Fausto Medina–Lopez, Deputy Representative, IDB Office in Japan

Peter McCawley, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (5 minutes)

Takeo Shikado, Representative, IDB Office in Japan (5 minutes)

Session I: Regional Integration and Regional Cooperation:Chair: H.E. Mr. Daniel Polski, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic

The Role of Infrastructure and Trade Chair: H.E. Mr. Daniel Polski, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic

Regional Integration and Global Cooperation Antoni Estevadeordal, Principal Advisor, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IDB (20 minutes)

Bilateral Trade Agreements and their Impact on the World Trading System Jayant Menon, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI (20 minutes)

What do you mean by Infrastructure for Regional Cooperation? John Weiss, University of Bradford (20 minutes)

Open Discussion (20 minutes)

Break

Session II: Regional Integration Projects in Asia and Latin America: Some Case Studies Chair: Woo Chull Chung, Resident Director General, Japanese Representative Office, ADB

Investing in Infrastructure for Regional Integration: A Latin American Perspective Fausto Medina–Lopez, Deputy Representative, IDB Office in Japan (20 minutes)

Trade Costs and Economic Fundamentals of the IIRSA Initiative in South America Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Senior Trade and Integration Economist, IDB (20 minutes)

The Macroeconomic Effects of Infrastructure Financing: A Tale of Two Countries Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI (20 minutes)

Open Discussion (20 minutes)

Adjournment

Reception (ADBI Lobby) ((All the seminar's participants are invited)