EVENTS

IGC South Asia Growth Conference 2012

Countries: 
Bangladesh, India - Bihar, India - Central, Pakistan
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Date:
Saturday, 14th July 2012 to Sunday, 15th July 2012
Organizer:
IGC Bangladesh
Contact email:
anik.ashraf@theigc.org
Location:
Dhaka, Bangladesh

The IGC South Asia Growth Conference 2012 brought together policy-makers and local researchers from all the IGC South Asian country programmes – Bangladesh, India-Bihar, India-Central and Pakistan, as well as international researchers from around world-class universities.

This inaugural event, jointly organised with the Economic Research Group, Dhaka, highlighted the shared challenges to growth and possible policy solutions for countries in the region and encouraged lively debate on issues such as regional integration, trade, land, water and energy.

Central Bank of Bangladesh Governor Atiur Rahman addressing the conference.

The objective of this IGC event was to generate useful debates on policies that are current priorities in the region. The conference also created a platform for the dissemination of research findings on topics that are of common interest to all the participating countries.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith.

Media

The conference was live-tweeted, using the hashtag #SAsiaGrowth.  All the tweets, including the conversations they created, can be found on the IGC's Twitter account: @The_IGC.

Television news crews capturing the conference.

The event was also well covered in the press, with the following articles available:

Wahiduddin Mahmud speaking to the press.

 

 

Programme
The full programme for the South Asia Growth Conference.

Files

South Asia Growth Conference Programme.pdf
Session 2: Economic costs of arsenic contamination

Files

Mark Rosenzweig Identifying the hidden costs of a public health success.pdf, Alexander van Geen Recommendations based on 12 years of arsenic mitigation.pdf
Agriculture, manufacturing and land issues

Files

Dilip Mookherjee Land acquisition and compensation in Singur.pdf, Andrew Foster Farm Sizes.pdf
Human development

Files

Rachel Heath Why do employers hire using referrals.pdf
Daily summary of 15 July

Files

Daily Summary 150712.pdf
Poverty and grassroots entrepreneurship

Files

Robin Burgess Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor.pdf, Adnan Khan Punjab Economic Opportunities Programme.pdf, Forhad Shilpi Moneylenders and microfinance.pdf
Regional economic integration

Files

Ijaz Nabi India-Pakistan trade.pdf, Tony Venables Regional integration.pdf, Shaibal Gupta Economic history of Bengal presidency.pdf
Issues in environment and governance

Files

Michael Callen The political economy of public sector absence.pdf, M Fouzul Kabir Khan Problems and prospects of PPPs in Bangladesh.pdf, Minhaj Mahmud Travel mode choice preferences of urban commuters in Dhaka.pdf, Rohini Pande Innovations in environmental regulation.pdf
Daily summary of 16 July

Files

Daily Summary 160712.pdf
Podcasts

Summary

During the South Asia Growth Conference, we had an opportunity to catch up with some of our researchers and policy-makers with whom we work. We asked them about their research, their thoughts on the policy challenges and opportunities for growth in South Asia. Our short podcasts with a range of IGC members.

  1. Andrew Foster, Brown University
  2. Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
  3. Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Innovations for Poverty Action
  4. Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University
  5. Mashiur Rahman, former Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  6. Abul Maal A Muhith, Finance Minister of Bangladesh
  7. Pronab Sen, Principal Advisor, Planning Commission of India
  8. Rocco Machiavello, University of Warwick
  9. Anik Ashraf and Ravid Chowdhury, former IGC Bangladesh Economist and Fellow
  10. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Central Bank of Bangladesh
  11. Henry Telli, IGC Ghana Economist
  12. Rohini Pande, Harvard University
  13. Usman Gul, former Chief Economist for Planning and Development, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 

Audio

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