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Programme
Day I: Thursday 29th July
8:30–9:00 Registration
9:00–10:00 Inauguration
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Address: Joachim Schluetter, Resident Representative, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
9:10 – 9:20 Introduction to the Conference: Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
9:20 – 9:35 Address by the Guest of Honour: Nihal Rodrigo, Advisor to H.E. the President on Foreign Affairs &
former Secretary General - SAARC
9:35 – 10:00 Address by the Chief Guest: Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Deputy Minister of Finance & Planning and Senior Advisor to H.E. the President
10:00 – 10:30 Tea/Coffee
10:30 – 11:45 Session I: Overview of Global Reform in Foreign Aid
Chairperson: Dushni Weerakoon, Deputy Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
10:30 – 11:00 Speaker: Bill Morton, Senior Researcher, Development Cooperation
The North-South Institute (NSI), Canada
11:00 – 11:20 Discussants: Indrajit Coomaraswamy, former Director – Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
Darini Rajasingham, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies,
National University of Singapore
11:20 – 11:45 Floor Discussion
11:45–13:15 Session II: Role of Aid in least developed countries
Chairperson: W.D. Lakshman, Professor & Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Colombo
11:45 – 12:15 Country Study of Bhutan
Thinley Namgyel, Chief Programme Officer, Gross National Happiness Commission, Bhutan
12:15 – 12:45 Country Study of the Maldives
Hussain Niyaaz, Additional Secretary, Economic & Development Cooperation Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives, and;
Ibrahim Zuhuree, Assistant Director, Economic & Development Cooperation Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives
12:45 – 12:55 Discussant: Indrajit Coomaraswamy, former Director – Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
12:55 – 13:15 Floor Discussion
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15–16:00 Session III: Role of Aid in post conflict economies
Chairperson: Sridhar Khatri, Executive Director, South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Nepal
14:15 – 14:45 Country Study of Sri Lanka
Deshal de Mel, Research Economist, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, and;
Anneka de Silva, Research Intern, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
14:45 – 15:15 Country Study of Nepal
Bishwambher Pyakuryal, Professor of Economics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
15:15 – 15:35 Discussants: Sirimal Abeyratne, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Colombo
Darini Rajasingham, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies,
National University of Singapore
15:35 – 16:00 Floor Discussion
16:00 – 16:15 Tea/COFFEE
16:15–17:15 Session IV: india as an emerging donor
Chairperson: Vikram Misri, Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India in Colombo
16:15– 16:45 Country Study of India
Michael Dickerson, Consultant, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
16:45 – 17:00 Discussant: Narhari Rao, Chief Economist, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank
Neha Malik, Research Assistant,
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
17:00 – 17:15 Floor Discussion
Day II: Friday 30th July
9:00–10:15 Session V: Role of aid in least developed countries: bangladesh
Chairperson: Shekhar Shah, Economic Advisor – South Asia Region, The World Bank
9:00 – 9:30 Country Study of Bangladesh
Selim Raihan, Executive Director, South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Bangladesh
9:30 – 9:45 Discussant: Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh
9:45 – 10:15 Floor Discussion
10:15 – 10:45 Tea/COFFEE
10:45–12:30 Session VI: nexus between aid and security
Chairperson: Amal Jayawardane, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
10:45 – 11:15 Country Study of Pakistan
Vaqar Ahmed, Economist, Macroeconomics Section, Planning Commission of Pakistan
11:15 – 11:45 Country Study of Afghanistan
Abdul Wassay Haqiqi, Professor & Vice Chancellor, Bakhtar University,
CEO, Haqiqi Auditing & Consulting Company, Afghanistan
11:45 – 12:05 Discussants: Rohan Gunaratna, Head, International Centre for Political Violence &
Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Edward Bell, Senior Operations Officer, The World Bank – Colombo
12:05 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00–16:00 session VII: donor perspectives on aid reform
Panel Discussion
Chairperson: Bill Morton, Senior Researcher, Development Cooperation, North-South Institute, Canada
Panellists: Shekhar Shah, Economic Adviser – South Asia Region, The World Bank
Indrajit Coomaraswamy, former Director – Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
Narhari Rao, Chief Economist, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank
Koshy Mathai, Resident Representative for Sri Lanka & Maldives, International Monetary Fund
16:00 – 16:30 Tea/COFFEE
16:30–17:00 wrap-up and vote of thanks
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