|
Saturday, 2 June
2007
at GRIPS,
Room 3C (3rd floor)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN
Tel:
03-6439-6000 |
| 09:00-09:45 |
Registration |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Introduction of VDF
and
VDF-Tokyo |
| Morning
Session
<Keynote Presentations> |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Prof. Kenichi
Ohno
(Professor of GRIPS/Research Director of
VDF)
"Drafting Motorbike Master Plan under
Market Orientation and Globalization" |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Dr. Adam McCarty
(Chief Economist of
Mekong Economics Ltd.)
"Vietnam:
Economic Update 2006 and Prospects to 2010"
|
| 12:00-13:15 |
Lunch (will be
served) |
| Afternoon
Session
<Presentations> |
|
13:30-14:10 |
Prof. Nguyen Khac Minh
(Professor of NEU/ Director of Vietnam Netherlands
Master Program for Development Economics, NEU)
"Growth
and efficiency performance of the Vietnamese economy since
Doi moi"
|
|
14:10-14:50 |
Dr. Yoko Niimi
(Consultant,
World Bank)
"Determinants of remittances: Recent evidence using
data on internal migration in Vietnam" |
|
14:50-15:30 |
Prof. Wade Pfau
(Associate
Professor, GRIPS)
"Remittances in Vietnam during economic integration:
Characteristics and impacts on household welfare" |
|
15:30-15:50 |
Tea
break and one-page presentation display |
|
15:50-16:30 |
Dr. Virginie Diaz Pedregal
(Researcher, Center for
International Cooperation in Agriculture Research for
Development)
"What is the place of a consumer movement
in a transitional economy? The case of VINASTAS in Vietnam " |
|
16:30-17:10 |
Mr. Woojin Kang
(PhD
candidate, Manchester
University)
"Vulnerability
and poverty dynamics in Vietnam" |
|
17:10-17:40 |
General exchange of ideas and
information |
|
17:40-17:45 |
Closing
Remarks |
