Trans-Pacific Rebalancing
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks - Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Session 1
Chair: Jong-Wha Lee, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank

Trans-Pacific Payments Imbalances: Causes, Implications and Policy Challenges
Presenter: Barry Eichengreen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Hans Genberg, Advisor, Bank for International Settlements, Hong Kong

Open Floor Discussion

Photo Session & Coffee Break

Distinguished Speaker Seminar
Chair: Masahiro Kawai
Speaker: Barry Eichengreen
Topic: "From Great Depression to Global Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons"

Lunch Break

Session 2
Chair: Mohamed Ariff, Distinguished Fellow, Malaysian Institute for Economic Research

Trade Elasticities and Exchange Rates
Presenter: Willem Thorbecke, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

• Paper: Investigating the Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on China's Processed Exports [ 296.6KB | 22 pages ]

Discussant: Shujiro Urata, Professor, Waseda University

Open Floor Discussion

US Payments Deficits and Adjustment
Presenters:
Barry Bosworth, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Susan Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Discussant: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, University of Tokyo

Open Floor Discussion

Coffee Break

Session 3
Chair: Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Distinguished Fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)

Japan's New Growth Engine
Presenters:
Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, ADBI
Shinji Takagi, Professor, Osaka University
Discussant: TBD

Open Floor Discussion

New Development Paradigm for China
Presenters: Yiping Huang and Tao Kunyu, Peking University
Discussant: Shin-ichi Fukuda, Professor, University of Tokyo

Open Floor Discussion

Dinner Reception (by invitation only)

Session 4
Chair: Susan Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

India's Insight and Potential
Presenters: Rajiv Kumar and Pankaj, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Discussant: Mohamed Ariff, Distinguished Fellow, Malaysian Institute for Economic Research

Open Floor Discussion

Asian Tigers' Choices

(a) Overview
Presenter: Hwee Kwan CHOW, Practice Associate Professor of Economics & Statistics, Singapore Management University

(b) Focus on Korea
Presenters:
Jong-Wha Lee, Chief Economist, ADB
Joonkyung Ha, Assistant Professor, Hanyang University

Discussant: Kui-Wai Li, Professor, City University of Hong Kong

Open Floor Discussion

Coffee Break

ASEAN's Strategy

(a) Overview
Presenters:
Iwan Azis, Professor, Cornell University
Mario B. Lamberte, Director of Research, ADBI

(b) Focus on Thailand
Presenters:
Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Distinguished Fellow, TDRI
Deunden Nikomborirak, Research Director, Economic Governance, TDRI

Discussant: Ponciano Intal, Jr., Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Open Floor Discussion

Panel Session
Chair: Masahiro Kawai

Panelists:
Barry Bosworth
Chalongphob Sussangkarn
Jong-Wha Lee
Hans Genberg
Iwan Azis

Lunch