Asian Development Review Conference on Development Issues in Asia
15-16 May 2012
Auditorium A, ADB Headquarters, Manila
1 hour and 15 minutes allocated per paper- paper presentation: 25 minutes- 2 discussants: 15 minutes each- open discussion: 20 minutes

15 May 2012 (Tuesday)
Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
09:00 Welcome remarks (Vision for ADR)
by Haruhiko Kuroda, President, ADB
09:10 Opening remarks (Conference overview and expected outputs)
by Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
09:20 The Political Economy of Policy Reform: Insights from Southeast Asia
by Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National
University.
09:45 Discussant 1: Dennis Botman, Resident Representative for Philippines, International
Monetary Fund
10:00 Discussant 2: Eric Sidgwick, Principal Economist, ADB
10:15 Open Discussion
10:35 Coffee break
10:45 The End of Globalization: Two Funerals and a Wedding
by Leslie Young, Wei Lun Professor of Finance and Executive Director of the Asia Pacific
Institute of Business , The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:10 Discussant 1: Amado Mendoza, Jr., Professor of Political Science and International Studies,
University of the Philippines
11:25 Discussant 2: Jesus Felipe, Advisor, ADB
11:40 Open Discussion
12:00 Lunch at the Coffee Lounge, Executive Dining RoomModerator: Maria Socorro G. Bautista, Senior Economic Advisor, ADB
01:00 Modes of Collective Action in Village Economies: Evidence from Natural and Artefactual
Field Experiments in Sri Lanka
by Yasuyuki Sawada, Professor, The University of Tokyo
01:25 Discussant 1: Joseph Capuno, Associate Professor and Director for Public Affairs, School ofEconomics, University of the Philippines
01:40 Discussant 2: Natalie Chun, Economist, ADB
01:55 Open Discussion
02:15 Government Debt Financing in Japan and Implications for Emerging Asia
by Charles Horioka, Professor of Economics, Osaka University
02:40 Discussant 1: Joseph Lim, Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
02:55 Discussant 2: Peter Morgan, Senior Consultant for Research, ADBI
03:10 Open Discussion
03:30 Coffee break
03:40 The Kuznets Process in Asia
by Ravi Kanbur, Professor of Economics, Cornell Universityand Juzhong Zhuang, Deputy Chief Economist ADB
04:05 Discussant 1: Arsenio Balisacan, Professor, University of the Philippines
04:20 Discussant 2: Guanghua Wan, Principal Economist, ADB
04:35 Open Discussion
04:55 END OF DAY 106:30 Dinner at Summer Palace Restaurant, EDSA Shangri-La Manila
16 May 2012 (Wednesday)
Moderator: Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Jr., ADB
09:00 On Business Condition Indices for Southeast Asia Based on Mixed Frequency Data:
Preliminary Results for the Philippines
by Roberto Mariano, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania andProfessor Emeritus of Economics at Singapore Management University
09:25 Discussant 1: Iris Claus, Senior Economist ADB
09:40 Discussant 2: Martin Bodenstein, Economist ADB
09:55 Open Discussion
10:15 Coffee Break10:25 Capital Export, Chinese Styleby Yiping Huang, Professor of Economics, Peking University and Managing Director & Chief
Economist , Emerging Asia at Barclays Capitaland Bijun Wang, Peking University
10:50 Discussant 1: Akiko Terada-Hagiwara, Economist ADB
11:05 Discussant 2: Arief Ramayandi, Economist ADB
11:20 Open Discussion
11:40 Lunch at the Coffee Lounge, Executive Dining Room
Moderator: Mario Lamberte, former Director for Research, ADBI
01:00 Impacts of Real and Financial Global Integration of Major Asian Economies since 1980s
by TN Srinivasan, Yong Pung How Chair Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Policy, National University of Singapore
01:25 Discussant 1: Eli Remolona, Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the Bank forInternational Settlements
01:40 Discussant 2: Jayant Menon, Lead Economist, ADB
01:55 Open Discussion
02:15 Closing Remarksby Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist, ADB