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ADBI Annual Conference: Infrastructure and Development: Poverty, Private Sector Investment, and Regulation
Agenda

Monday, 6 December 2004

Discussion

09:30 – 10:00	Introduction Welcome by Peter McCawley, Dean, ADBI Opening Remarks by President Chino, President, ADB Introduction to the conference by John Weiss, ADB Institute
10:00 – 11:00	Session 1: Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction Chair: Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Cross-country Evidence by John Weiss, ADB Institute Paper: Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Cross-country Evidence [PDF 343KB \| 24 pages] Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Lao PDR by Peter Warr, The Australian National University
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 – 12:45	Rural infrastructure and Poverty Reduction in the Philippines Sununtar Setboonsarng, ADB Institute Approaches to Modeling Poverty Impact Haider Khan, ADB Institute, University of Denver
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30	Session 2: Obstacles to Private Sector Investment Chair: Vishwanath Vaman Desai, ICICIBANK Ltd., Former Chief Economist ADB Paper: Obstacles to Private Power Investments in India [PDF 118KB \| 8 pages] Evidence on Attracting Private Sector Infrastructure Investment by Colin Kirkpatrick, University of Manchester Paper: Evidence on Attracting Private Sector Infrastructure Investment [PDF 220KB \| 18 pages] Models for Infrastructure Regulation by Christopher Findlay, The Australia National University Paper: Models for Infrastructure Regulation [PDF 149KB \| 12 pages] The Case of Thailand Deunden Nikomborirak, Thailand Development Research Institute Paper: The Case of Thailand [PDF 227KB \| 17 pages] The Case of the Philippines by Joy Abrenica, University of the Philippines Paper: The Case of the Philippines [PDF 245KB \| 24 pages] Discussion
16:30 – 16:45	Break
16:45 – 17:45	Session 3: Cross Border Infrastructure Chair: David Wall, Visiting Fellow, ADB Institute Assessing the Benefits of Cross-border Infrastructure Projects by Manabu Fujimura, Aoyama Gakuin University and John Weiss, ADB Institute Discussion Paper: Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure, Regional Integration, and Development [PDF 188KB \| 21 pages] Discussion
18:00	Reception



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	Event: ADBI Annual Conference: Infrastructure and Development: Poverty, Private Sector Investment, and Regulation Venue: Tokyo, Japan Date: 6 December 2004 Contact: John Weiss
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