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Program

Day 1, Monday 25 June 2007

9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:50 Welcoming remarks
Mario B. Lamberte, ADBI
Douglas Brooks, ADBI
9:50-10:35 Trade Cost Trends
David Hummels, Purdue University
10:35-10:45 Comments – Fukunari Kimura, Keio University
10:45-11:20 Discussion
11:20-11:50 Port infrastructure and trade flows
Jon Haveman, Beacon Economics
11:50-12:00 Comments – Fausto Medina-Lopez, InterAmerican Development Bank
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Trade costs and trade flows in Asia
Prabir De, RIS
2:00-2:10 Comments – Prema Chandra Athukorala, Australian National University
2:10-2:45 Discussion
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-3:30 Infrastructure and trade costs in PRC
Infrastructure development in a fast growing economy
Ma Liqiang and Zhang Jinkang, ADBI
3:30-3:40 Comments - Sununtar Setboonsarng, ADBI
3:40-4:15 Discussion
4:15-4:45 Infrastructure and trade costs in India
Inland transportation and logistics
Prabir De, RIS
4:45-4:55 Comments – Susan Stone, ADBI
4:55-5:30 Discussion
5:45-7:00 Reception

Day 2, Tuesday, June 26 2007

9:00-9:30 Infrastructure and trade costs in Indonesia:
Importance of ports for an archipelago country
Arianto Patunru, LPEM-FEU
9:30-9:40 Comments – Mario Lamberte, ADBI
Toshiro Nishizawa, JBIC Institute
9:40-10:15 Discussion
10:15-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:00 Infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia
The importance of FDI and exports
Tham Siew Yean, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
11:00-11:10 Comments – Jayant Menon, ADBI
11:10-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:25 Summary and conclusions
David Hummels, Purdue University
12:25-12:35 Closing remarks
Douglas Brooks, ADBI
12:35-1:35 Lunch





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