LAEBA 2008 Conference: Trade Costs and Regional Cooperation
Agenda

This is a Preliminary Agenda

REGISTRATION

OPENING SESSION

Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute
Carmen Rosa Graham, Chancellor, Universidad del Pacífico

Session I. Moderator: Fernando Gonzalez Vigil, Universidad del Pacífico

Trade Costs in Latin America (IDB/INT Report)
Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, IDB/INT

Infrastructure and Asia’s Trade Costs
Douglas Brooks, ADBI

Cooperation and Provision of Regional Public Goods: The IIRSA Case
Ricardo Carciofi, Director IDB/INTAL

Discussants:
Luis Torres, National Director for Trade Development, Ministry of Trade, Peru
Robert Scollay, Director, APEC Study Center, Auckland University
Pedro da Motta Veiga, Confederação Nacional de Indústria, Brasil

COFFEE BREAK

Session II. Moderator: Douglas Brooks, ADBI

Infrastructure, Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: Cross Country Evidence
Alejandro Micco, Chile

ASEAN Open Skies and its Implications for Air Development Strategy in Malaysia
Tham Siew Yean, National University, University of Malaysia

Discussants:
Juan Carlos León, ADEX Advisor
Christopher Findlay, Head, School of Economics, University of Adelaide

LUNCH

Session III. Moderator: IDB Representative (TBC)

The Determinants of Transport Costs in Brazil’s Agribusiness
José Vicente Caixeta Filho, USP São Paulo, Brazil

Transforming Trade Competition in Coordination with the PRC
Li Shantong, Development Research Center of the State Council, People’s Republic of China

Discussants:
Fernando Cillóniz Benavides, President and General Manager, INFORM@CCIÓN
Juan Carlos Mathews, Director MYPE Competitiva Project

COFFEE BREAK

Session IV. Moderator: Robert Scollay, Director, APEC Study Center, Auckland University

Trade and Transportation Costs in Ecuador: A Case Study of Cut Flowers
Henry Vega, Ecuador

Trade Costs and Regional Integration in South Asia
Nilanjan Banik, Institute for financial Management and Research, India (with John Gilbert)

Discussants:
Fernando Ego Aguirre, Asociación de Exportadores (ADEX), Peru
Sangkyom Kim, Director, Planning and Research, KIEP

ROUNDABLE. MODERATOR: Ana María Rodriguez-Ortiz, IDB Representative, Peru

Mercedes Araoz Fernandez, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru
Patricia Teullet, General Manager, COMEX/ABAC PERU
Alberto Ego Aguirre, CONUFDI, Peru
Verónica Zavala, Minister of Transport and Communications (to be confirmed)

CLOSING SESSION