Global Economic Crisis and the Asia-Pacific Region: Sustaining Asian Dynamism in a Post-Crisis World


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Presentations at the
UNESCAP-Club de Madrid Roundtable on the Global Economic Crisis and the Asia-Pacific Region: Sustaining Asian Dynamism in a Post-Crisis World

Bangkok, Thailand
18 August 2010

Welcoming and Opening Addresses
Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and President of the Club of Madrid. Jesús Sanz, Director General, Casa Asia H.E. Mr. Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Government

Session 1: The Crisis and Recovery in Asia-Pacific: Prospects and Challenges
Moderator:
	María Elena Agüero, Club de Madrid

Speakers:
	Nagesh Kumar , Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UN-ESCAP Sanjay Peters , Director of the Center of Emerging Markets and Professor in the Department of Economics, IESE Business School, Barcelona Suthipand Chirathivat , Chairman, Chula Global Network, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok

Club of Madrid Members Discussants:
	Anand Panyarachun , Former Prime Minister of Thailand Chandrika Kumaratunga , Former President of Sri Lanka

Session 2: Impact of the Crisis and Policy Responses in Asia-Pacific: Experiences of Select Countries
Moderator:
	Rafael Bueno, Casa Asia

Speakers:
	Sun Jie , Senior Fellow, Institute of World Economy and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing Pichit Patrawimolpon, Director, Office of the Governor, Bank of Thailand In Huh , Director, Department of International Macroeconomics and Finance, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Kim Phalla , Director, Economic and Public Finance Policy Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance , Cambodia

Club of Madrid Members Discussants:
	Chandrika Kumaratunga , Former President of Sri Lanka Hong Koo Lee , Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea

Session 3: An Asia-Pacific Perspective on the Reform of International Financial Architecture and the G-20 Agenda
Moderator:
	Sanjay Peters, Director of the Center of Emerging Markets and Professor in the Department of Economics, IESE Business School, Barcelona

Panelists:
	Amar Bhattacharya , Director, G24 Secretariat, Washington DC , United States Y. V. Reddy , former Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shuvojit Banerjee , Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UN-ESCAP Ramkishen Rajan , George Mason University and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Club of Madrid Members Discussants:
	Hong Koo Lee , Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea Wim Kok , Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and President of the Club of Madrid .

Concluding and Wrap Up

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