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South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) Eighth Annual Conference 31st August – 1st September, 2007 Kathmandu, Nepal

Day1

31st August, 2007

INAUGURATION

09:00 a.m – 09:15 a.m

Welcome Address:
Dr Naushin Mahmood
Secretary (Coordinator)
SANEI.

09:15 a.m – 09:45 a.m

Inaugural Address:
Dr Ram Sharan Mahat
Minister of Finance,
Nepal.

09:45 a.m – 10:30 a.m

Tea

Session - I Presentations

10:30 a.m – 11:15 a.m

Foreign Direct Investment in Financial Services: Impact on Nepalese Economy.

Chairperson:
Mr. Basudev Dahal
Executive Director
Institute for Integrated Development Studies
Kathmandu, Nepal.

Presenter:
Dr Ramesh C.Chitrakar

Discussant:
Prof. T. N. Srinivasan

Discussion

11:15 a.m – 12:00 noon

Assets as Liability?: NPAs in the Commercial Banks of Indian and Bangladesh Compared

Presenter :
Dr Meenakashi Rajeev

Discussant:
Prof. Wahiduddin Mahmud

Discussion

12:00 noon – 12:45 p.m

Financial Sector Reforms and the Efficiency of Banking in Pakistan

Presenter:
Dr Abdul Qayyum

Discussant:
Prof. Wahiduddin Mahmud

Discussion

12:45 p.m – 01:30 p.m

Access to Higher Education in Sri Lanka.

Presenter:
Mr. Sterling Perera

Discussant:
Prof. T. N. Srinivasan

Discussion

01:30 p.m – 02:30 p.m

LUNCH

Session–II Presentations

02:30 p.m - 03:15 p.m

Financial Sector Reform and Public Ownership of Financial Institutions

Chairperson:
Dr Nimal Gunatilleke
Executive Director,
Marga Institute
Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Presenter:
Mr. Dileep K Adhikary

Discussant:
Prof. Siddiqur Rehman Osmani.

Discussion

03:15 p.m – 04:00 p.m

Development of Financial Institutions in Nepal.

Presenter:
Mr. Bharat Prasad Devkota

Discussant:
Prof. M. Ali Khan

Discussion

04:00 p.m - 06: 00 p.m

Steering Committee Meeting

04:00 p.m – 04:30 p.m

Focus Group Discussion

07:00 p.m – 09:00 p.m

INVITED LECTURE: “Indian Economy: Looking Ahead”

Chairperson:
Prof. T. N. Srinivasan
Chairman
Samuel C Park, Jr. Professor of Economics & Chairman, Department of Economics,
Yale University, USA

Speaker:
Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia

09:00 p.m.

Dinner

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	Day2	1st September, 2007
	Session - III Presentations
	09:00 a.m – 9:45 a.m	An Empirical Analysis of the Combined PPP and UIP: Evidence from South Asia. Chairperson: Dr M. Asaduzzaman Research Director Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presenter: Mr. Abdul Rashid Discussant: Prof. T. N. Srinivasan Discussion
	09:45 a.m – 10:30 a.m	Financing the Higher Education in Nepal Presenter: Dr Durga Lal Shrestha Discussant: Prof. M. Ali Khan Discussion
	10:30 a.m – 11:15 a.m	Household Financing of Higher Education: An Analysis of Household Investments, Access, Participation and Equity in Indian Higher Education Presenter: Mr. Raghavendra P.S. Discussant: Prof. Siddiqur Rahman Osmani Discussion
	Session - VI Presentations
	11:15 a.m – 11:30 a.m	Tea
	11:30 a.m – 12:00 noon	Global Development Network (GDN) presentation Chairperson: Dr Rajiv Kumar Director & Chief Executive Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations New Delhi, India. Presenter: Ms. Ramona Angelescu
	12:00 – 12: 30 p.m	South Asia Regional Window Presenter: Ms. Saba Anwar
	01:00 p.m – 02:00 p.m	LUNCH
	Session–V Panel Discussion
	02:00 p.m – 03:30 p.m	“South Asian Agriculture – Post Doha” Chairperson: Dr Naushin Mahmood Secretary (Coordinator), SANEI and Acting Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan. Panelist: Prof. T. N. Srinivasan Dr Binod Karmacharya Dr Usman Mustafa
	7:00 p.m – onward	CULTURAL GALA

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