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Agenda
Third
Annual Conference New Delhi, India
August 28-31, 2001
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Day1 |
August
28, 2001 |
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Session - I |
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| 1. |
01.30
p.m. - 02.30 p.m. |
Opening Session |
| 2. |
01.30 p.m. - 01.40 p.m. |
Welcome
Remarks by Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia |
| 3. |
01.40
p.m. - 02.00 p.m. |
Opening
Comments by RAP Members |
| 4. |
02.00
p.m. - 02.30 p.m. |
General
Discussion |
| 5. |
02.30 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. |
Tea |
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Session
- II |
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| 6. |
03.00
p.m. - 04.00 p.m. |
Economics
of Pensions and Social Security in South Asia: Special Focus on
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh |
| 7. |
03.00
p.m. - 03.30 p.m. |
Presentation
by:
Dr.
S Irudaya Rajan
Dr.
Sharifa Begum |
| 8. |
03.30
p.m. - 04.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Session
- III |
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| 9. |
04.00
p.m. - 05.00 p.m. |
Gender
and Local Governance: A New Discourse in Development |
| 10. |
04.00
p.m. - 04.30 p.m. |
Presentation
by:
Dr.
Ishrat Shamim
Dr.
Ranjana Kumari |
| 11. |
04.30
p.m. - 05.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Day2 |
August
29, 2001 |
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Session
- IV |
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| 1. |
09.30
a.m. - 10.30 a.m. |
Economics and Institutions for the Sustainable Use of Coastal
Wetlands: A Study of India and Bangladesh |
| 2. |
09.30
a.m. - 10.00 a.m. |
Presentation by:
Dr.
V Santhakumar
Dr.
A K Enamul HaqueDr. Rabindra Bhattacharya |
| 3. |
10.00
a.m. - 10.30 a.m. |
Discussion |
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Session
- V |
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| 4. |
10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. |
Informal
Trade in the SAARC Region |
| 5. |
10.30
a.m. - 11.00 a.m. |
Presentation
by:
Ms
Nisha Taneja
Dr.
B K KarmacharyaDr. M Sarvanathan |
| 6. |
11.00
a.m. - 11.30 a.m. |
Discussion |
| 7. |
11.30
a.m. - 12.00 noon |
Tea
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| 8. |
Session
-VI |
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| 9. |
12.00
noon - 01.00 p.m. |
Exports
and Economic Growth in South Asia |
| 10. |
12.00
noon - 12.30 p.m. |
Presentation
by
Dr.
Musleh-ud Din
Dr.
S Colombage |
| 11. |
12.30
p.m. - 01.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
| 12. |
01.00
p.m. - 02.00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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Session
-VII |
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| 13. |
02.00
p.m. - 03.00 p.m. |
Causes
of Fertility Decline in India and Bangladesh |
| 14. |
02.00
p.m. - 02.30 p.m. |
Presentation
by:
Dr.
S Mahendra Dev
Dr.
K S James
Dr.
Binayak Sen |
| 15. |
02.30
p.m. - 03.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Session
-VIII |
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| 16. |
03.00
p.m. - 04.00 p.m. |
Economic
Reforms and Power Sector in South Asia: Scope and Challenges for
Cross Border Trade |
| 17. |
03.00
p.m. - 03.30 p.m. |
Presentation
by:
Dr.
Mohan Man Sainju
Dr.
Shanker Krishna Malla
Dr.
M P LamaDr. K Rahman |
| 18. |
03.30 p.m. - 04.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
| 19. |
07.00
p.m. - 08.30 p.m. |
Gulmohar,
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road SANEI Lecture by Dr. Mohsin Khan
onIMF Conditionality and Country Ownership of Programmes |
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Day3 |
August
30, 2001 |
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Session
-IX |
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| 1. |
09.15
a.m. - 12 noon |
Presentation
of New Proposals |
| 2. |
09.15
a.m. - 10.00 a.m. |
Valuation
and Accounting of Urban Air Pollution: A Study of Some Major Urban
Airsheds in the Indian Subcontinent |
| 3. |
10.00
a.m. - 10.45 p.m. |
What
Prevents the South Asian Economies from Emerging as a Major Trading
Block: The Role of Some Non-Price Factors |
| 4. |
10.45 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. |
Tea |
| 5. |
11.15
a.m. - 12 noon |
Indo-Sri
Lanka Free Trade Agreement: Assessing Potential and Impact on Bilateral
Trade |
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Session
-X |
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| 6. |
12
noon - 01.30 p.m. |
Presentation
of GRP Country Studies |
| 7. |
12
noon - 12.45 p.m. |
Pakistan |
| 8. |
12.45
p.m. - 01.30 p.m. |
Discussion |
| 9. |
01.30
p.m. - 02.30 p.m. |
Lunch
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Session
-XI |
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| 10. |
02.30
p.m. - 05.30 p.m. |
Presentation
of GRP Country Studies |
| 11. |
02.30 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. |
Bangladesh |
| 12. |
03.15
p.m. - 04.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
| 13. |
04.00
p.m. - 04.45 p.m. |
India |
| 14. |
04.45
p.m. - 05.30 p.m. |
Discussion
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Day4 |
August
31, 2001 |
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Session
-XII |
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| 1. |
09.30
a.m. - 01.00 p.m. |
Presentation
of GRP Country Studies |
| 2. |
09.30
a.m. - 10.15 a.m. |
Nepal |
| 3. |
10.15 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. |
Discussion |
| 4. |
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. |
Tea |
| 5. |
11.30
a.m. - 12.15 p.m. |
Sri
Lanka |
| 6. |
12. 15 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
| 7. |
01.00
p.m. - 02.00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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