Day 1

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka , Bangladesh

INAUGURATION

  SURMA

Remembering the Decade of SANEI

Chair: Nurul Islam

09:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks: M. K. Mujeri, Coordinator, SANEI & Director General, BIDS

Remarks By: Anupam Khanna, Senior Advisor to the President, GDN

Panel Discussion: Development Challenges in South Asia

•  T. N. Srinivasan, Samuel C Park Jr., Professor of Economics, Yale University , USA

•  Mohsin S. Khan, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics , Washington , USA

•  M. Ali Khan, Abram Hutzler, Professor of Political Economy, John Hopkins University , USA

•  S. R. Osmani, Professor of Development Economics, University of Ulster at Jordanstown , UK

 Address by Special Guest: Mashiur Rahman, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Address by Chief Guest: Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Address by Chair: Nurul Islam, Senior Policy Advisor, IFPRI , USA

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

TEA BREAK

Parallel Session – 1: International Migration

SURMA 1- 2

Parallel Session – 3: Domestic Migration

&

Trade in Health Services

BALCONY

  Chair: S. R. Osmani

Parallel Session – 4: Trade in Health Services & Health Care

CHITRA

  Chair: T. N. Srinivasan

Speakers:

•  S. T. K. Naim, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Pakistan : Migration of Highly Skilled and its Impact on the Economic and Technological Development of Pakistan & Bangladesh.

•  Asoka Gunawardena, Marga Institutes, Sri Lanka : Macroeconomic Impact of International Migration: A Case Study of Sri Lanka.

•  Muhammad Salman Tariq, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Pakistan : The Effect of Remittances on Schooling: Evidence from Pakistan .

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Speakers:

•  Resmi P. Bhaskaran, Institute for Human Development, India : Tracing Migrants in Delhi from Bihar – An Enquiry on the Role of Migration as a Development Facilitator in Poor Origin Areas.

•  Roshini Jayaweera, Institute of Policy Studies , Sri Lanka : Impact of Remittances on the Household of the Emigrant and on the Economy of the Migrant's Country: Sri Lanka .

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  Speakers:

•  Renu Khosla, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence, India : The New Economic Context and Changing Migration Patterns in India .

•  K. S. Sridhar, Public Affairs Centre , India : Is It Push or Pull? Recent Evidence from Migration in India .

•  Arindam Banik, International Management Institute, India : Trade in Health Services in South Asia : An Examination of the Need for Regional Cooperation.

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Speakers:

•  M. S. M. Kularatna, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Cost Effectiveness of Introducing Pneumococcus Vaccine in a Sri Lankan Community: Epidemiology and Economic Analysis.

•  Linu Mathew Philip, Centre for Trade and Development, India : Facilitating Access to Medicines in South Asia through Implementation of Compulsory Licensing of Patents on Essential Medicines.

•  Nephil Matangi Maskay, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal : South Asian Export Potential in Traditional Health Services: A Case Study of Bhutan , India and Nepal .

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Discussion: 30 Minutes

01:00 p.m. – 02:00 p.m.

LUNCH

Presentation

SURMA

Chair: M. Govinda Rao

  02:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m.

Speakers:

  •  M. Rahmat Ullah, Former Director, Transport, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok : Cost of Non-Cooperation in Transport in SAARC Region.

  •  Anupam Khanna, Senior Advisor to the President, GDN : Inter-Regional Project on Promoting Evidence-Informed Agricultural Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia .

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Discussion: 30 Minutes

03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m.

TEA BREAK

Panel Discussion:

SURMA

Employment & Poverty Reduction in South Asia

04:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.

Moderator: S. K. Malla, Exective Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Nepal

- T. N. Srinivasan, Samuel C Park Jr., Professor of Economics, Yale University , USA

- Rajiv Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India

•  S. R. Osmani, Professor of Development Economics, University of Ulster at Jordanstown , UK

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Discussion: 30 Minutes

Day 2

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka , Bangladesh

Panel Discussion:

SURMA

Addressing the Challenges of Regional Economic Cooperation

09:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Moderator: Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

- Mohsin S. Khan, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics , Washington , USA

- M. Govinda Rao, Director, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy , India

•  Asoka Gunawardena, Executive Governor, Marga Institute, Sri Lanka

•  S. K. Malla, Exective Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Nepal

•  Rajiv Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Discussion: 30 Minutes

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

TEA BREAK

Parallel Session – 1:

Trade in Health Services & International Migration

MEGHNA

Parallel Session – 2: Cost Effectiveness of Healthcare

SURMA 1 -2

Parallel Session – 3: International Migration & Climate Change

SURMA - 3

11:30 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.

Speakers:

  •  Manasi Mishra, Center for Social Research (CSR), India & Ishrat Shamim, Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS), Bangladesh : Gender Dimensions of International Migration from Bangladesh and India : Socio-Economic Impact on Families Left Behind.

•  V. B. Annigeri, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), India : Application of Health Accounts Framework to Resource Flows for HIV/AIDS: A District Level Analysis in India .

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  Speakers:

•  K. P. Pant, People's Agriculture Research and Development Center (PARC), Nepal : Human Health Costs of Dung-Cake Fuel Use among the Poor in Rural Nepal.

•  Farooq Rasheed, Air University , Pakistan & Muhammad Ilyas, Government College Samanabad, Pakistan : Health and environment related issues in stone crushing (a case study of pull no. 111 market).

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  Speakers:

•  Aneel Salman, Forman Christian University , Pakistan : The challenge of sustainable well-being: Development and climate change adaptation in vulnerable areas (coastal & northern) in Pakistan .

•  Dilli Raj Khanal, Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRAD), Nepal : Recruiting Procedures, Type of Emigration Workers and Impact on Household Welfare: A Case Study of Migrant Workers from Nepal to Malaysia and Gulf Countries.

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Discussion: 30 Minutes

01:00 p.m. – 02:00 p.m.

LUNCH

GDN Presentation:

  Public Expenditure Accountability in Education, Health and Water

SURMA

Chair: Savi Mull

02:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m.

Speakers:

•  N. V. Krishna, Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, India : Financing Education in Karnataka – A Preliminary Review of Program Budgets.

•  Prithvi Raj Ligal, Policy Research and Development, Nepal : Program Budget of Public Expenditure in the Drinking Water Sector in Nepal .

•  A. K. Iftekharul Haque, Unnayan Shamannay , Bangladesh : Benefit Incidence Analysis of Public Expenditure in Health in Bangladesh .

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Discussion: 30 Minutes

03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m.

TEA BREAK

SANEI Organizational Issues (AGM)

MEGHNA

AGM: SANEI Organizational Issues