Month: September 2011
Poverty Measurement with Ordinal Data
by Chrysanthi Hatzimasoura
Where Did Identification Go?
by James Foster
Human Recognition and its Role in Economic Development: A Descriptive Review
Human Recognition in Economic Development: A Theoretical Model
Food Price Increases: Causes, Impacts and Responses
Keynote Speaker Alain de Janvry (UC Berkeley)
Conference videos to be uploaded soon.
Friday September 30, 2011
Elliott School of International Affairs
Linder Family Commons Suite 602
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
8:30-9:00 a.m. – Breakfast
9:00-9:15 a.m. – Opening Remarks
Stephen Smith (GWU-IIEP) – Forum on Food Price Increases
9:15-10:45 p.m. – Panel 1 – Causes: Long and Short Term Forces Underlying Food Price Spikes and Trends
Speakers:
9:15-9:45 – Nora Lustig (Tulane University), “Survey of Long and Short Run Factors” – Thought for Food Revisited: Causes, Consequences and Policy Dilemmas
9:45-10:15 – Keith O. Fuglie (Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture) – “Global and Regional Food Productivity and Output Trends” – Productivity Growth
10:15-10:45 a.m. – Panel 1 Discussion
10:45-11:15 a.m. – Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Panel 2 – Impacts: Poverty, Nutrition and Welfare Impacts of Food Price Increases
Speakers:
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. – Francisco Ferreira (World Bank) – “Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil” – Background Paper
11:45-12:15 p.m. – James Foster (George Washington University) – “Measurement Issues in Assessing Poverty Impacts of Food Price Spikes” – PPT
12:15-12:45 p.m. – Panel 2 Discussion
12:45-2:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:15-2:00 p.m. – Luncheon Keynote: Alain de Janvry (UC Berkeley) – PPT
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Panel 3 – Responses: Policy and Program Responses to Food Price Spikes
Speakers:
2:00-2:30 p.m. – Carlos B Martins-Filho (IFPRI and University of Colorado, Boulder) – “Excessive Food Price Volatility Early Warning System” – PPT and “Maize Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System” and “Maize Prices and Returns”
2:30-3:00 p.m. – Maximo Torero (IFPRI) – “Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets: Policy Responses” – PPT
3:00-3:30 pm. – Uma Lele (Author and Development Consultant) – “Policy Responses to Food Price Spikes” – Challenges Facing the Global Architecture for Food and Agriculture Going Forward
3:30-4:00 p.m. – Panel 3 Discussion
4th Annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and the U.S.-China Relationship
G2 at GW 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052
The US – China relationship is now second to none in importance for international economic relations and policy and accordingly is a major focus of IIEP. The centerpiece of this initiative is our annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations (or the G2 at GW), which has become one of the premier events of its type. For the last three conferences (2009, 2010, and 2011) we created a follow-up online “virtual conference volume”.
Speakers at the first four conferences include Hongbin Li (Tsinghua University, Beijing), Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia Univ.), Lu Ming (Fudan Univ., Shanghai), ZhongXiang Zhang (East-West Center), Peter Yu (Drake), Huang Yasheng (MIT), Li Xuan (FAO), C. Fred Bergsten (Peterson), Loren Brandt (Toronto), Kenneth Lieberthal (Brookings), Zhang Xiaobo (IFPRI), Feng Tian (Chinese Academy for Social Sciences), Meng Lingsheng (Tsinghua), Gao Fei (China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)), Harry Harding (Virginia), Lixin Colin Xu (World Bank), Zhu Caihua (CFAU), Warwick McKibbin (Australian National Univ., and Eswar Prasad (Brookings).
Next year’s G2 at GW conference will take place on 10-12-2012. The research and policy analysis presented at the first five G2 at GW conferences together form the basis of a planned IIEP volume, to be edited by Professors Michael Moore and Stephen C. Smith.
Schedule of Events
September 23, 2011
Continental breakfast at 8:00 AM
9-9:10 AM Welcome and Overview of the Conference
9:15-10:30 AM Economic Transformation in China
Panelists
- Hongbin Li, “China’s Evolving Labor Market,” Tsinghua University – China’s Evolving Labor Market
- Lu Ming, “Geography and Politics: Why Is Economic Transformation Hard?” Fudan University and Harvard University – Geography and Politics: Why Economics Transformation is Hard in China
- Xiaobo Zhang, “Local Industrial Policy and Cluster Development in China,” IFPRI – Local Industrial Policy and Cluster Development in China:The Evolution of Anding Potato Cluster
10:30-10:45 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Climate Change, Multilateral Trade, and International Financial Rules
Panelists
- Zhang ZhongXiang, “Assessing China’s Carbon Intensity Pledge for 2020: Stringency and Credibility Issues,” East-West Center – Background Paper 1, Background Paper 2 and PPT
- Shang-Jin Wei, “Trade Reforms and Current Account Imbalances: When Can the Common Sense Be Wrong?” Columbia University – Trade Reforms and Current Account Imbalances
- Tim Punke, “The US-China Relationship – Redefining the Terms,” Monument Policy Group
- Michael Moore, “US-China Trade Rules: What Happens After the Doha Collapse?” George Washington University – U.S.-China Trade Rules: What Happens After the Doha Collapse
12:15-1:15 PM Lunch Break
1:15-2:30 PM US and Chinese Policies Towards Intellectual Property Rights
Panelists
- Peter Yu, “Toward a New U.S.-China Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy,” Drake University – Background Paper
- Susan Sell, “Intellectual Property Rights in China,” George Washington University – China and Intellectual Property
- Li Xuan, “TRIPS Flexibilities on IP Enforcement,” Food and Agricultural Organization – TRIPS Flexibilities on IP Enforcement — From Economic and Legal Perspectives
2:30-2:45 PM Coffee Break
2:45-4:00 PM Macro topics: Exchange Rates, Economic Growth, and Imbalances
Panelists
- Bruce Reynolds, “Rule-making in the International Financial System – China’s Growing Participation in Global Governance,” University of Virginia – China’s Participation in Global Governance: Choosing an Exchange Rate Regime
- Tara Sinclair, “What Can We Learn from the Chinese Macroeconomic Data?” George Washington University – Background Paper and PPT
- Jiawen Yang, “U.S. and China Policy Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis,” George Washington University – China’s Policy Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis
An archive of all previous Annual Conferences on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations is available here.
For more information, please contact Kyle Renner at iiep@gwu.edu or 202-994-5320.
Co-sponsored by:
Volatility in Commodity Markets – Causes and Impacts on the Poor
Joachim von Braun
Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Professor for Economic and Technological Change at University of Bonn, Germany and former Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. von Braun’s PowerPoint slides can be viewed here.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
12:30 to 2:00pm
Lindner Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E St NW
Washington, DC 20052
Can Trade Agreements Facilitate the Free Flow of Information: The Trans-Pacific Partnership as a Case Study
Organized by
The Institute for International Economic Policy
In partnership with:
The Computer Communications Industry Association
The Heinrich Boell Foundation
and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
12:00 to 1:30pm
Elliott School of International Affairs
Lindner Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Jonathan McHale, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Jayme White, Staff Director, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate
Usman Ahmed, Policy Counsel, eBay, Inc.
Rashni Rangnath, Director, Global Knowledge Initiative at Public Knowledge
President Obama has described the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as the first 21st century trade agreement. These negotiations are particularly important to advocates of an open Internet. The U.S. wants its TPP negotiating partners to accept language designed to protect intellectual property online, to encourage regulatory transparency for Internet governance, and to ensure open access to digital goods, applications, consumers, devices, networks, and information. Other governments have a different vision. Currently, although several non-profit U.S. bodies oversee technical specifications and the domain name system, international multi-stakeholder groups collaborate to maintain the free flow of information on the web. However, Russia, China and several other nations want to use “the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the International Telecommunication Union,” a U.N. agency, to regulate the Internet. They believe the current system is too ad hoc, U.S.-centric, and does not allow national policymakers to restrict the free flow of information when such officials deem it appropriate. This discussion will examine what the U.S. is proposing. Representatives from the private sector, the Internet advocacy community, and the Senate Finance Committee will present their views on the implications of these provisions for the future of the Internet.
Beverages will be provided.
Using Repeated Cross-Sections to Explore Movements in and out of Poverty
Peter Lanjouw
Research Department, World Bank
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
12:30 to 2:00pm
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Beyond Aid
Robert Zoellick
President, World Bank
In the run-up to the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings, Mr. Zoellick will discuss recent developments and the changing world economy in a speech entitled “Beyond Aid.”
Read the transcript here.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
11:30am to 12:30pm
