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Tenth Annual NCAER-NBER-ICRIER |
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Neemrana Conference |
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Sustaining
Growth in Troubled Times |
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January 10-13, 2009 |
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Programme |
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(Rajasthan) |
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Saturday
January 10 2009
1.00
PM Lunch hosted by
NCAER and ICRIER at the residence of Chairperson ICRIER
3.00
PM Return to Hotel
3.30
PM Assembly and Roll
Call (The Oberoi Hotel,
3.45 4.00 PM Departure from
2.00
PM - 6.00 PM Check in at
Saturday
January 10 2009
7.00 PM
- 8.15 PM Welcome, Introductions
and Special Lecture
James Poterba, President,
NBER
Suman Bery, DG, NCAER
Isher Judge Ahluwalia,
President, ICRIER/Rajiv Kumar CEO and Director ICRIER
Evening Lecture
Chair: TBC
Lecture by Montek S. Ahluwalia
8.30 PM Dinner and Commemoration of 10 years
of Neemrana Conferences
Sunday
January 11 2009
Theme I: The Global Economic Environment
Session I
9.15 AM 11.15 AM
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Martin Feldstein
NBER:
Anne O. Krueger
General Discussion
11.
15 AM 11.45 AM Tea
break
Session II
11.45 AM 1.15 PM Global Financial Crisis: Analysis, Prospects and Implications
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Raghuram Rajan
NBER:
John Campbell
India/NBER: TBC
India: TBC
General Discussion
1.15
PM - 2.15 PM Lunch
Theme 2: Fiscal Policy and Monetary Management
Session III
2.15 PM - 4.15 PM Monetary Management:
Inflation and Exchange Rates in a Depressed World Economy
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Simon Johnson
NBER: Mihir Desai
IMF: TBC
India: TBC
General
Discussion
4.15
PM 4.45 PM Tea Break
Session IV
4.45 PM - 6.45 PM Fiscal Policy
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER: James Poterba
NBER: Roger Gordon
India: TBC
General Discussion
7.30 PM Cultural
Programme
8.30 PM Dinner
Monday
January 12, 2009
Theme 3: Integration, Productivity and Growth
Session V
9.15 AM 11.15 AM Trade Integration: Regional and Global
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Jagdish Bhagwati
NBER:
Michelle White
General
Discussion
11.15
AM - 11.45 AM Tea
break
Session VI
11.45 AM 1.15 PM Growth and
Climate Change
Chair: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Don Fullerton
India: TBC
India: TBC
General
Discussion
1.15
PM 2.15 PM Lunch
Theme 4: Poverty, Inclusion and Social Protection
Session VII
2.15 PM 4.15 PM Poverty, Inclusion and Social Protection
Chairs: TBC
Panel
NBER:
Emily Oster
NBER:
Jesse Shapiro
General Discussion
4.15
PM 4.45 PM Tea
Break
Session VIII
4.45 PM 6.45 PM Poverty, Inclusion and Social Protection View from Indian
States
Chair: TBC
Panel
A Panel
of Chief Secretaries (TBC)
General Discussion
7.30 PM Cultural
Programme
8.30 PM Dinner
Tuesday
January 13, 2009
Day 3: Excursion Trip and Departure
8.30
AM Excursion
Trip and Departure