Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association
Agenda

Introduction

Welcome Remarks: John Weiss,
Research Director, ADBI Yoshihisa Ueda, Executive Director for Croatia, Japan,
Portugal, Slovenia & U.K., IDB

Introduction to LAEBA: Fausto Medina-Lopez,
Deputy Representative, Japan Representative Office, IDB

Conference Objectives: Heather Montgomery,
Research Fellow, ADBI

Session 1: Overview

Chair: Yoshihisa Ueda,
Executive Director for Croatia, Japan, Portugal, Slovenia & U.K., IDB

Presenters:

Carlos Aquino,
San Marcos National University and Yokohama National University
Differences in the Economic Development of Latin American and East Asian Countries
[ PDF: 2MB | 31 pages ]

John Weiss,
ADB Institute
Industrialization in an Age of Globalization: Comparisons between East/Southeast Asia & Latin America
[ PDF: 270kb | 51 pages ]

General Discussion

Session 2: Income Distribution and Growth

Chair: Fausto Medina-Lopez, Deputy Representative, Japan Representative Office, IDB

Presenters:

Jiang Shixue,
Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Income Distribution in Latin America and East Asia
[ PDF: 199 KB | 14 pages ]

Jong-Wha Lee,
Korea University and Jose De Gregorio, Central Bank of Chile
The Growth Experience between East Asia and Latin America from 1960 to Present
[ PDF: 242 KB | 60 pages ]

General Discussion

Session 3: Capital Markets

Chair: Heather Montgomery,
Research Fellow, ADBI

Presenters:

Barbara Stallings, Brown University
Domestic Capital Markets in Latin America and East Asia: An Alternative to Foreign Capital? (Draft)
[ PDF: 246 KB | 25 pages ]

Akiko Terada Hagiwara, ADB
Explaining Real Exchange Rate during Sudden Stops and Inflow Periods
[ PDF: 827 KB | 32 pages ]

General Discussion

Session 4: The Social Safety Net

Chair: Toshio Kobayashi,
Representative, Japan Representative Office, IDB

Presenter:

Koichi Usami,
Institute for Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
A Comparative Study of Welfare States in Newly Industrializing Countries: Asia and Latin America
[ PDF: 205 KB | 6 pages ]

Session 5: Intra-Regional Economic Integration

Chair: Agustin Garcia-Lopez, Executive Director for Mexico & Dominican Republic, IDB

Presenters:

Hiroshi Matsushita, Kobe University
Democratizing Effects of Integration: A Comparison of ASEAN, NAFTA and MERCOSUR

Junichi Goto, Kobe University
Regional Economic Integration in Asia and the Role of Japan
[ PDF: 60 KB | 18 pages ]

Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, University of Tsukuba
The Political Economy of Regional Integration: A Framework
[ PDF: 144 KB | 10 pages ]

General discussion

Session 6: Inter-Regional Economic Integration

Chair: Jungsoo Lee , Resident Director, ADB

Presenters:

Shoji Nishijima, Kobe University
Prospects for Closer Economic Relations between Latin America and Asia
[ PDF: 706 KB | 29 pages ]

Won-Ho Kim,
Korean Institute for International Economic Policy
The Korea-Chile FTA: Comparing Approaches to Trans-Pacific Inter-regionalism (Draft)
[ PDF: 536 KB | 23 pages ]

General discussion