G-24 TECHNICAL GROUP MEETING
Geneva, Switzerland

Agenda

Thursday, September 14, 2000

Reform of the International Financial System and Institutions in Light of the Asian Financial Crisis
Yung Chul Park (Korea University) & Yunjong Wang (KIIP)

Commentary on the Financial Stability Forum’s Report of the Working Group on Capital Flows
      
Andrew Cornford (UNCTAD)
  
The Future Role of the IMF   
Aziz Ali Mohammed (G-24)

Micro-Macro Linkages, Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth  
Patrick Asea (EPRC, Uganda)

Poverty, Malnutrition and Conditionality in Sub-Saharan Africa  Globalization and Poverty        
Erik Thorbecke (Cornell)  Jim Levinsohn (University of Michigan)

 Friday, September 15, 2000

Should Countries Promote Foreign Direct Investment?   
Gordon Hanson (University of Michigan) 

How Risky is Financial Liberalization in the Developing  Countries?                   
Charles Wyplosz (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Switzerland)

Can Flexible Exchange Rates Still "Work" in Financially Open Economies? 
Ilan Goldfajn (Pontifícia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro)
(Presented by Dani Rodrik)

Growth After the Asian Model: What Remains of the "East Asian Model"?           
K.S. Jomo (University of Malaya)

Discussion of Research Agenda                                                    
Dani Rodrik (Harvard, G-24 Research Coordinator)