Expert Group Meeting on improving the quality of growth

7-8 December 2011 Meeting Room A, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Presentations

	Session 1

	Meeting overview and background Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

	Asia-Pacific Millennium Development Goal achievements and gaps Harumi Shibata Salazar, Statistics Division, UNECAP

	Poverty in Asia – an update Dr. Guanhua Wan , Senior Poverty Reduction Specialist, Asian Development Bank

	Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia and the Pacific Dr. Anthony Chiu EEI Corp Chair, Industrial Engineering Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research (CESDR), De La Salle University, Manila (tbc)

	Rethinking economic growth strategies – lessons from the crisis Dr. Steve Keen, Professor, University of Western Sydney and Fellow, Centre for Policy Development, Australia

	Green Growth and resilience Mr. Hideyuki Mori President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

	Session 2

	The quality of growth Dr. Vinod Thomas Director General, Independent Evaluation, Asian Development Bank

	Determinants of the quality of growth – private sector's perspective Dr. Qwanrudee Chotichanathawewong, Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Development, Thailand

	Bhutan's pursuit to create balanced GNH accounts Lham Dorji, National Statistics Bureau

	Session 3

	Multiple imbalances and development gaps as new engines of growth Alberto Isgut, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UNESCAP

	Trade and Investment Quality of Growth Paresh Majmudar, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP

	Measuring the quality of growth: Some thoughts for discussion Jan Smit & Jillian Campbell, Statistics Division, UNESCAP

	Improving the quality of growth: some perspectives from the Transport Sector Jenny Yamamoto, Transport Division, ESCAP