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From Transition to Convergence - Economic Challenges in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
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| | From Transition to Convergence | | Morning Session | | 9:30 AM | Registration and Coffee | | 10:00-10:15 AM | VIDEO: Welcome (14:44) - Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, BRUEGEL Introdution- Ted Ahlers on behalf of Shigeo Katsu, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank | | 10:15-10:45 AM | VIDEO: Keynote Address - From Transition to Convergence in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (54:07) (39:00)
Pradeep Mitra, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank | | 10:45-12:15 AM | VIDEO: Opening Panel (1:37:14)
Chair: Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister, Serbia - Yegor Gaidar, Director, Institute for the Economy in Transition, Moscow
- Willem Buiter, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
- Justin Yifu Lin, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank
- Andre Sapir, Professor of Economics at ULB and Senior Fellow, Bruegel
| | 12:15-1:00 PM | Lunch | | | Afternoon Session | | 1:00-2:30 PM | (Click link to download the full report) Paloma Anos Casero, Senior Country Economist, World Bank Discussants: Elena Flores, Director, DG ECFIN, European Commission "Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union" (Click link to download the full report) Ali Mansoor, Financial Secretary, Government of Mauritius Discussant: Jakob von Weizsacker, Research Fellow, Bruegel Discussion | | 2:30-2:45PM | Coffee Break | | 2:45-4:15 PM | VIDEO: Poverty, Exclusion, and Demographic Transition (1:17:12) Chair: Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director General, DG Regio, European Commission "Growth, Poverty and Inequality: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union" (Click link to download the full report) Asad Alam, Sector Manager, World Bank Discussant: Bea Cantillon, Professor for Social Policy, University of Antwerp "From Red to Gray: The Third Transition of Aging Populations in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union". (Click link to download the full report) Gordon Betcherman, Lead Economist, World Bank Discussants: Karl Pichelmann, Advisor, DG ECFIN, European Commission | | 4:15-4:30 PM | Coffee Break | | 4:30-5:45 PM | VIDEO: Closing Panel (1:14:46) Chair: Dirk Ahner, Director General, Regional Policy, European Commision - Shigeo Katsu, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank
- Ivan Miklos, Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister, the Slovak Republic
- Hryhoriy Nemyria, Deputy Prime Minister, Ukraine
| | 5:45 | Closing |
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