Programme

10-11.30 a.m.

Chair: S. K. Thorat

Jan Kregel – Can China and India stall a global recession?

Prabhat Patnaik – Rethinking the growth process in China and India

Discussant: Pronab Sen

11.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. Tea Break

11.45 to 1.15 p.m.

Chair: G. S. Bhalla

Dic Lo – Does China offer a new development paradigm?

Andong Zhu – Implications of China's foreign exchange reserves for the global economy

Discussant: Prasenjit Bose

1.15 to 2.00 p.m. Lunch

2.15 to 3.00 p.m.

Chair: Sheila Bhalla

Alicia Puyana – US "strategic liberalization" and the implications for developing countries

Discussant: Praveen Jha

3.00 to 4.00 p.m.

Chair: S K Goyal

Jayati Ghosh – The "Asian Century" so far: Recent trade and investment patterns in Asia

C. P. Chandrasekhar – Rapid growth in China and India: The impact on Africa
Discussant: Surajit Mazumdar

4 to 4.30 p.m. Tea Break

4.30 to 5.30 p.m.

Panel discussion: Is there a challenge to the international economic order?

Chair: Arjun Sengupta

Jan Kregel

Prabhat Patnaik

Sunanda Sen

Dic Lo

Abhijit Sen

January 21, 2008.