IDEAs
is organising a work shop on 'Liberalisation, macroeconomic
policy and development options in Asia' in collaboration
with the MAIDS program, run by the Faculty of Political
Science at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok from
the 25th Sept to 1st Oct, 2004, to be held In Bangkok
and Manila.
The workshop is an intensive program covering theoretical
and policy issues in the current international context.
The aim of the workshop is to present critiques of
existing theories as well to offer alternative analyses
of current economic trends. It will be organized around
the following broad themes:
- Macroeconomic Policies of Industrial and Developing
countries.
- Recent Pattern of Trade and Financial Flows.
- Industrial Policy, FDI, Deflation and Emerging
Crises in Asia, in the Context of Liberalisation.
The total working time of the workshop is 24 hours
over four working days from the 25th of Sept to 29th
Sept, 2004. The sessions will be in lecture format
of three hours each, twice a day. The lecture series
will conclude with an open panel discussion.
The instructors and their topic for the lectures are
the following.
- Jomo K.S.-Introduction
to Workshop, and Financial Flows, Macro Policy and
The Role of Capital Controls
- Prabhat Patnaik
Finance, Deflation and Developing Countries
- Korkut Boratav
Recent Patterns of Global Trade and Financial Flows
- Alex Izurieta Macroeconomic
Policies of Industrial Countries
- Erinc Yeldan Financial
Crises in Emerging Markets
- C.P. Chandrasekhar
Industrial Policy, FDI and Privatisation
- Madhura Swaminathan
Liberalisation, Agricultural Growth and Food Security
- Joseph Lim External
Debt Issues
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