G-24 TECHNICAL GROUP MEETING
Washington, DC

Agenda

Friday: September 17, 1999

Implementing Debt Relief for the HIPCs                     
Jeffrey Sachs & Sara Sievers

The HIPCs Initiative: True and False Promises             
Daniel Cohen (presented by Dani Rodrik)

Presentation of the Sub-Saharan Alternate Director  at the IMF on his countries position about the HIPC  Initiative
Cyrus Rustomjee
                
Exchange Rate Policies for Developing Countries: What have we learned? What do we still not know?
Andrés Velasco

Capital Flows to the LDCs                                     
Narendra Jadhav

Governance Related Conditionalities of the IFIs          
Devesh Kapur & Richard Webb

Standards for Transparency and Banking Regulation  and Supervision: Contrasts and Potential
Andrew Cornford

The Option of Full Dollarization                                 
Miguel Savastano

Saturday: September 18, 1999

The BIS and its role in International Financial Governance
Stephany Griffith–Jones & J. Kimmis

Globalization and Tax Competition: Implications for Developing Countries 
Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

The Millenium Round and Developing Countries: Areas of Benefits and Strategies for Negotiation
Arvind Panagariya

Discussion of the upcoming Harvard Trade Workshop 
Dani Rodrik