Reforming Services for Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Asia and the Pacific
Agenda

Opening session

Welcome
Gloria Pasadilla, ADB Institute
Mia Mikic, ARTNeT/ESCAP

Keynote Address: Services and Inclusive Growth
Bernard Hoekman
International Trade Department
World Bank

Open Forum

Break

Morning session

Services and development
Moderator: Mia Mikic, UNESCAP

Role of services in the production structure, trade and development
Joseph Francois, Linz university, Austria

Services and human development: a first look at the links
Ben Shepherd, Developing Trade Consultants Ltd.
Gloria Pasadilla, ADB Institute

Discussant 1: Pierre Sauve, World Trade Institute, Switzerland

Discussant 2 : Deunden NIkomborirak, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand

Lunch

Afternoon session I

Measurement challenges
Moderator: Gloria O. Pasadilla, ADB Institute

Measuring Mode 4 services trade
Andreas Maurer, WTO

Measuring Mode 3 services trade
Jane Brockman, Australian Services Roundtable

Measuring comparative advantage in services trade
Prabir De, RIS, India

Discussant 1: Joseph Francois, Linz University, Austria

Discussant 2: Tham Siew Yean, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia

Discussant 3: Mia Mikic, ESCAP/ARTNeT

Break

Afternoon session II

Offshoring and implications on development
Moderator: Douglas Brooks, ADB

The services outsourcing industries: implications for policy and poverty reduction
Ted Tschang, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Effects of service trade liberalization in the presence of offshoring
Zhang Yan, School of International Trade and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, China

Discussant 1: Junsok Yang, Catholic University of Korea

Discussant 2: Bauvanh Vilavong, Ministry of Commerce, Lao PDR

Morning session I

Public sector services and development
Moderator: Pierre Sauve, WTI

Exploring Access and Equity in Malaysia's Private Higher Education
Tham Siew Yean, National University of Malaysia

Public-Private Sector Dialogue on Connectivity
Sjamsu Rahardja, World Bank- Jakarta Office

Discussants 1: Manickam Suppramaniam, Former Malaysian Ambassador to the WTO

Discussant 2 : Pierre Sauve, WTI

Break

Morning session II

Country studies
Moderator: Joseph Francois, Linz University

China’s liberalization in distribution services
Fan Ying, University of International Business and Economics, PRC

Liberalization of trade in services and its impacts on wages in the Philippines
Douglas Brooks and Glennie Amoranto, ADB

Discussant 1: Kazuyuki Motohashi, University of Tokyo and RIETI

Discussant 2: Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD-India

Lunch

Afternoon session I

Country studies and sectoral studies
Moderator: Manickam Suppramaniam, Former Malaysian Ambassador to the WTO

"Singapore Shift" in Japan's Services FDI into ASEAN
Shintaro Hamanaka, ADB

Impact of Trade in Services on Gender Employment in India
Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD- India

Discussant 1: Junsok Yang, Catholic University of Korea

Discussant 2: Mia Mikic, ESCAP/ARTNeT

Break

Afternoon session II

Country studies and sectoral studies
Moderator: Jane Brockman, Australian Services Roundtable

Air-transport services in APEC: impact of regulation on trade and political economy of reform
Massimo Geloso-Grosso, Institut de Sciences Politiques

Turkey seaport services liberalization: Challenges, opportunities, and lessons for Asia
Murat Ayber, Turkish Competition Authority

Environmental impact of transport services liberalization in Bangladesh
Nazrul Islam, CPD, Bangladesh

Discussant 1: Gloria O. Pasadilla, ADB Institute

Discussant 2: Ben Shepherd, Developing Trade Consultants, Ltd

Discussant 3: Vutha Hing, Cambodia Development Research Institute

Closing Session