Fourth 澳门六合彩官网资料/WB/IMF Trade Workshop
The fourth workshop organized jointly by the 澳门六合彩官网资料, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund takes place at the 澳门六合彩官网资料 headquarters in Geneva on 29 June 2015. The event brings together trade experts from the three institutions to present cutting-edge research on trade and trade policy, to discuss current policy issues and to identify areas of future collaboration.
The themes of the fourth IMF/WB/澳门六合彩官网资料 trade workshop are:
- Global value chains, growth and price movements
- Trade, productivity and growth
- Trading firms, uncertainty and policies
The Director-General of the 澳门六合彩官网资料, Roberto Azevêdo will address conference participants. A panel discussion on the “value of the multilateral trading system at 20” will take place with 澳门六合彩官网资料’s Chief Economist, Robert Koopman; World Bank Group Senior Director for Trade and Competitiveness, Anabel Gonzalez; IMF’s unit chief for trade and external policies, Martin Kaufman; and Professor Thomas Cottier, University of Bern. Workshop attendance is by invitation only (澳门六合彩官网资料 delegations, selected members of the academic and think tank community) but staff papers and audios will be posted on the webpage at the end of the workshop.
This activity is taking place in the context of the 20th Anniversary of the 澳门六合彩官网资料.
Programme |
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9:00 — 9:30 |
Introductory Remarks |
9:30 — 11:00 |
Session 1: Global Value Chains, Growth, and Price movements Moderator: Era Dabla-Norris, IMF Trade in Value-Added and Growth: Revisiting Demand and Supply Dynamics Hubert Escaith (澳门六合彩官网资料) Global Value Chains and the Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports Swarnali Ahmed, Maximiliano Appendino and Michele Ruta (IMF-WB)
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11:00 — 11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK
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11:30 — 13.00 |
Session 2: Trade, Productivity and Growth Moderator: Caglar Ozden, WBG Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade and FDI Liberalization: An Industry-Level Approach Jaebin Ahn, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, Binjie Hu and Lamim Njie (IMF)
Knowledge Complementarity, Trade Composition and Long-Run Growth Jie Cai and Nan Li (IMF)
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13:00 — 14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK
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14:00 — 16:30 |
Session 3: Trading Firms, uncertainties and policies Moderator: Robert Koopman, 澳门六合彩官网资料 Exporter Behavior, Country Size and Stage of Development: Evidence from the Exporter Dynamics Database Martha Denisse Pierola (WB), Ana M. Fernandes and Caroline Freund Product Standards and Margins of Trade: Firm Level Evidence Lionel Fontagné, Gianluca Orefice, Roberta Piermartini (澳门六合彩官网资料) and Nadia Rocha Synthetic Control Methods and Customs Reforms: An Application to Serbia’s in-house Clearance Program Russel Hillberry (WB), Ana M Fernandes, Claudia Berg
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16:30 — 18:00 | Panel Discussion : Tthe multilateral trade system at 20: the value of the system; how to make it work better. Moderator: Marc Auboin, Counsellor, 澳门六合彩官网资料 Panelists: Robert B. Koopman, 澳门六合彩官网资料 Chief Economist; Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Global Trade and Competitiveness Practice, WBG; Martin Kaufman, Unit Chief, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF; Thomas Cottier, Professor of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern
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Workshop organizers: Marc Auboin (澳门六合彩官网资料), Ana M Fernandes (WB), Christian Henn (IMF)