Building Institutions for Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making: International Experience and Russian Strategy

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, England October 26 - 27, 2006

Begins:

Oct 26, 2006 09:00

Ends:

Oct 27, 2006 17:30

Russian

A Seminar organized and sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the World Bank (ECA Region), the World Bank Institute and the Center for Strategic Research, Moscow.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

9:00 - 9:15	Welcome Eric Berglof, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development David Tarr, Former Lead Economist and Consultant, The World Bank Sergey V.Chernyschev, Director of External Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation
9:15 - 9:30	Introductions of Participants
Session I	Part I. International Experience on Developing the Institutional Capacity to do Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision Making Chairperson: David Tarr
9:30 - 10:00	Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making in Australia Peter Dixon, Principal Researcher and former Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University Presentation (pdf - 165k) \| Paper (pdf - 383k)
10:30 - 10:50	Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making in the United States Robert Rogowsky, Director of Operations, United States International Trade Commission Presentation (pdf - 327k)
11:30 - 11:55	Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making in the European Union - Views from inside and outside of the European Commission Gaspar Frontini, Head of Trade Analysis Unit, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission Presentation (pdf - 324k) Lucio-Mauro Vinhas de Souza, Economic and Financial Officer, Russia Desk, DG-ECFIN, European Commission Presentation (pdf - 256k)
12:15 - 12:45	The Role of Trade Policy in Chile’s Development Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization, former Chilean Ambassador to the WTO
Session II	Part II. Institutions in Support of Government Trade Policy Decision Making Chairperson: Eric Berglof
2:15 - 2:30	International Experience with Trade Policy for Specific Industries and Regional Arrangements David Tarr, Consultant and Former Lead Economist, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 148k) Paper (pdf - 113k) \| Paper (pdf - 163k) \| Paper (pdf - 1mb)
2:40 - 3:10	Strategies for Export Promotion and Diversification Sok Siphana, Director, Division of Technical Cooperation, International Trade Center (ITC), Geneva
4:15 - 4:30	The Role and Development of Centers of Trade Policy and Law and Similar Institutions in Transition Countries Martina Philipson, Program Director , CIS and Eastern Europe, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Ottowa, Canada Presentation (pdf - 469k)
4:30 - 4:45	Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for the Trade Related Institutions Gianni Zanini, Lead Economist, World Bank Institute Presentation (pdf - 141k)
5:15 - 5:30	Summary of International Experiences and Relevance to Russia and the CIS Eric Berglof, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
5:30 - 6:15	Press Conference

Friday, October 27, 2006

Session III	Part III. Russian Institutional Capacity to do Evidence Based Decision Making and a Strategy to Respond Chairperson: Sergey V.Chernyschev, Director of External Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation
9:15 - 9:30	The Business Case for a Trade Strategy for Russia Daniel Bolschun, Principal Banker for Trade, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
9:30 - 9:45	The Need for a Trade Strategy for Russia Mikhail Dmitriev, Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Russia
	1. Key Strategic Choices of a Trade Strategy for Russia
9:45 - 10:05	Evidence-based approach to developing Russian International Policy Strategy: th role of analysis of trade statistics Sergey V.Chernyschev, Director of External Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation
10:05 - 10:20	Strategic Choices of Russian International Economic Policy Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research, Center for Strategic Studies
10:20-10:30	Comments on the Russian Trade Strategy Douglas Lippoldt, Trade Department, OECD Presentation (pdf - 92k)
11:35 - 11:45	Comments on the Russian Trade Strategy and Relevance for Ukraine and Kazakstan Martin Raiser, Lead Economist for Ukraine and former Country Manager for Uzbekistan, World Bank Mark Davis, Senior Economist for Kazakhstan, The World Bank
11:45 - 12:00	2. Russian System of Export Support and Other Instruments of Regulation of International Trade Galina Balandina, Director of the Department of Regulation of International Economic Relationships, Ministry of Economy of Russia
	Chairperson: Mikhail Dmitriev
2:15 - 2:30	3. Policies Toward Specific Sectors Dejan Ostojic, Energy Specialist, Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 331)
2:30 - 2:40	Representative of the Ministry of Energy and Industry
2:55 - 3:10	Csaba Csaki, Former Senior Advisor for Agricultural Policy, Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 134k)
3:10 - 3:20	Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture
4:00 - 5:00	4. Institutional Changes: How to organize to meet the needs of the trade strategy
5:00 - 5:30	Closing Remarks Mikhail Dmitriev, Lawrence Bouton, Eric Berglof

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