JUNE 14, 2007 |
9:00 | – | 9:15 | Welcome and opening remarks Pamela Cox, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, World Bank |
Session 1: PRS and Politics |
| | | Key themes: · Continuity · Backtracking · Participation of legislative · Making PRSs law · Operational implications |
| | | Chair: Roger Denzer, SDC |
9:15 | – | 9:45 | Background Presentation Jennie Richmond, DFID |
| | | Presentation of IDA country cases |
9:45 | - | 10:00 | Bolivia – Marcelo Barrón, IADB |
10:00 | - | 10:15 | Guyana – Patricia López, World Bank (by VC) |
10:15 | - | 10:30 | Honduras – Juan Zaratiegui, EC
 Presentatión ERP Política Honduras.ppt |
10:30 | - | 10:45 | Nicaragua – Eva Zetterberg, Sweden (by VC) |
10:45 | – | 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| | | Presentation of IBRD country cases |
11:00 | - | 11:20 | Colombia – Jairo Nuñez, Coordinator, Poverty Mission
Presentation MERPD Washington.ppt |
10:20 | - | 11:40 | Peru – Willy Reuben, World Bank
Peru Poverty Reductionm Strategy.ppt |
11:40 | - | 12:45 | General discussion on country case presentations |
1:00 | – | 2:00 | Lunch |
Session 2: PRS and Budget Support |
| | | Key themes: · Alignment with budget cycles · Conditionality (number, type, indicators vs. actions, number of tranches, variable tranches, fundamental principles) · Relation with IMF program |
| | | Chair: Amparo Ballivián, World Bank |
2:00 | – | 2:30 | Background Presentation Manuela Ferro, World Bank Budget Support LAC PRS Donor Meeting.ppt |
| | | Presentation of country cases |
2:30 | - | 2:45 | Bolivia – Luca Citarella, EC, and Phillip Knill, Germany (by VC) |
2:45 | - | 3:00 | Honduras – Anna Ferri, ASDI
Presentation LAC PRS Donor Network meeting 2007 Honduras.ppt |
3:00 | - | 3:15 | Nicaragua – Jan Kees Verkooijen, Netherlands
Nigaraqua LAC PRS Donor Meeting.ppt |
3:15 | – | 3:40 | Coffee Break |
3:40 | - | 5:00 | Open Discussion |
JUNE 15, 2007 |
Session 3: Sharing analysis and experience |
| | | Chair: TBC |
8:30 | - | 9:15 | “Social Cohesion and Polarization.” Presenter: Luis Felipe López-Calva, UNDP (by VC)
Polarization Lopez-Calva.ppt |
9:15 | - | 10:00 | “MDGs for the Poor in LAC: Required Growth and Basic Service Targeting in Low Income Countries” Presenter: Carlos Eduardo Velez |
10:00 | - | 10:30 | “Accountability for Poverty Reduction” Presenter: Kristin Komives, ISS |
10:30 | – | 11:00 | Coffee Break |
Session 4: Reflections on the future |
11:00 | - | 12:00 | Chair: Jaime Saavedra, World Bank |
| | | Preparations for Ghana 2008 meeting Chris Hall, World Bank |
| | | Challenges for the LAC PRS Network Wolfram Klein, BMZ |
| | | General Discussion |
| | | Summary and Closing remarks: Jaime Saavedra |
