NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Pre-conference on Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality
Ann Harrison, Organizer
October 24-25, 2003
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24:
8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM Introductory Remarks
General Trends and Theoretical Implications of Globalization
9:00 AM DONALD DAVIS, Columbia University and NBER
Trade Theory on the Linkages between Trade and Poverty
9:45 AM WILLIAM EASTERLY, New York University
A Tale of Two Kuznets Curves: Inequality in the Old and New Globalization
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM MARGARET MCMILLAN, Tufts University
ALIX PETERSON-ZWANE, UC, Berkeley
Does Agricultural Protection Increase Poverty?
11:45 AM BRANKO MILANOVIC and LYNN SQUIRE, The World Bank
Global Trends in Inequality in Developing Countries and Linkages
with Trade Policy
12:30 PM Lunch
Poverty and Globalization in 3 Continents
1:30 PM DUNCAN THOMAS, UC, Los Angeles
Indonesia: The Impact of Financial Crisis
2:15 PM CHORCHING GOH, BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK and ANA REVENGA, The World Bank
Poland: Entering International Markets
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER
South Africa: Entering International Markets
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4:00 PM PETIA TOPALOVA,MIT
India: The Impact of the 1990s Trade Reforms on Poverty 4:45 PM Adjourn 6:00 PM Group Dinner Legal Seafoods at the Charles Hotel Charles Square SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25: 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Poverty and Globalization in the Americas 9:00 AM GORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER Globalization and Poverty in Mexico 9:45 AM PINELOPI GOLDBERG, Yale University and NBER NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER Colombia: The Impact of Trade Policy on the Informal Sector 10:30 AM Break 11:00 AM GUIDO PORTO, The World Bank Argentina/Brazil: The Impact of Regional Agreements on Income and Poverty 11:45 AM Lunch Poverty and Globalization: China
20 University Road
Cambridge, MA
12:45 PM ETHAN LIGON, UC, Berkeley
Limited Commitment and the Evolution of Inequality in China
1:30 PM SHANG-JIN WEI, International Monetary Fund and NBER
The Impact of Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) on Poverty in China
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM EMMA AISBETT, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Are the Criticisms Vague, Vested, or Valid?
3:15 PM Wrap-up discussion on conference volume and timetable
3:30 PM Adjourn
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