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ARTNeT Symposium
Towards a return of industrial policy?
25-26 July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
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| General information |
| Date |
25 and 26 July 2011 |
| Theme: |
Towards a return of industrial policy? |
| Symposium goals: |
Symposium will provide a forum for a discussion on the policies and strategies needed to promote stable and sustainable economic growth, including so-called industrial policy. In particular, participants will explore various types of government interventions which may or may not be classed as industrial policy but which could facilitate a balanced growth of manufacturing and services sectors, as well as of external and domestic sources of growth. |
| Presentations: |
Session 1 - The best kept secret - have we ever lived without an industrial policy?
- Fragmentation, Comparative Advantage, and Industrial Policy
Alan V. Deardorff
- Middle-income developing countries and industrial policy
Wing Thye Woo
Session 2 - Industrial policy – creation or reaction?
- Nurturing services industries; the role of innovation policy and education
Jane Drake-Brockman, Andrew McCredie
- Industrial Policy in Sustainable Development Strategies
Manuel F. Montes
Session 3 - Trade and industrial policy
- Does the Neo-Mercantilist Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing Make Sense?
Ed Tower, Alecia Waite
- PTAs and Emerging Conflicts between Trade and Industrial Policies: An analysis of India’s recent experience
Smitha Francis
- Diversification versus Polarization: Role of industrial policy in Asia and the Pacific
Sudip Ranjan Basu
- Do "green" state measures make import patterns "climate-friendly"? The case of the Asia-Pacific region
Martin Wermelinger
Session 4 - FDI linkages to diversification
- Foreign technology import policy and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms in 1995-2004
Kazuyuki Motohashi and Yuan Yuan
- FDI, Financial Constraints, and Productivity: Firm Level Study in Vietnam
Aekapol Chongvilaivan
- Foreign technology import policy and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms in 1995-2004
Kazuyuki Motohashi
- China and the GMS: Interdependence of Investment and Industrial Policies
Nilanjan Banik
Session 5 - Macro issues and country cases
- Trade, Growth, Employment, and Wages in Vietnam
Dinh Hien Minh, Trinh Quang Long, Nguyen Anh Duong
- Experiments with industrial policy: The case of Pakistan
Vaqar Ahmed, Hamid Mahmood, Sahar Hussain
- Industrial Policy at Crossroad: A Nepalese Perspective
Purushottam Ojha
- The Development of Indonesian Manufacturing Sector: Challenges during External Shock and Effectiveness of Policy Response
Rina Oktaviani
Session 6 - Trade and Industrial policy II
- Trade Concentration and Crisis Spillover: The Case Study of Thailand
Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong, Somprawin Manprasert
- Return of Industrial Policy: Enhancing Inflow of Investments by the Least Developed Countries of Asia Pacific Region for Enhancing Market Access Opportunities under Duty Free Tariff Preferences Scheme by India
Rajan Sudesh Ratna, ManabMajumdar
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| Symposium programme: |
Programme is available
Programme with paper abstracts
Summary of discussions
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| Symposium speakers: |
List of speakers is available
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| Symposium participants: |
List of participants is available
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| Symposium papers: |
A guideline for the preparation of papers is available. All paper citations should follow the
Harvard citation system
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| Organized by: |
ARTNeT Secretariat with support from International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) |
| Location: |
United Nations Conference Centre Rajadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand |
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