Programme Day 3

Thursday, April 2, 2009
09:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
THIRD TECHNICAL SESSION - III
Crystal Ball Room A
1.	Chairperson:		Akmal Hussain Distinguished Professor Beaconhouse National University Lahore.
2.	Theme:		Social Sector Development
3.	Presentations:	1.	Sticky Floors and Occupational Segregation Athar Maqsood and Asma Haider NUST Business School, Islamabad.
		2.	Dimensions of Wellbeing and Millennium Development Goals Rashida Haq and Uzma Zia PIDE, Islamabad.
		3.	Inter-city Variation in Prices Sonia Ahmed and Ahmed Gulzar Beaconhouse National University Lahore.
		4.	Pricing Policy Effectiveness in Domestic Water Demand Management: Estimation of Domestic Water Demand Function in Lahore Tamkinat Rauf and M. Wasif Siddiqi State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, and GC University, Lahore.
4.	Discussant:		Eatzaz Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
			General Discussion


Crystal Ball Room B
1.	Chairperson:		Siddiqur Osmani Professor of Dev. Economics, Social & Policy Research Institute, University of Ulster, UK.
2.	Theme:		Inclusive Growth & Poverty
3.	Presentations:	1.	Trends and Determinants of Rural Poverty: Logistic Regression Analysis of Selected Districts of Punjab Amara Amjad Hashmi and Maqbool H. Sial
		2.	Is There Any Role of Technological Inputs? A District-wise Analysis of Output Differentials in Crop Sector Abdul Jalil Khan
		3.	Determination of Credit Programme Participation and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Beneficiaries: Evidence from Sargodha Syeda Rizwana Shah, Amara Amjad Hashmi, and Aqsa Tabassam Bukhari
4.	Discussant:		Talat Anwar CIDA, Islamabad.
			General Discussion


Noor Mahal
1.	Chairperson:		John W. Mellor President John Mellor Associates, Inc. USA.
2.	Theme:		Macroeconomics
3.	Presentations:	1.	Monetary Policy Reaction Function in Pakistan Waseem Shahid Malik and Athar Maqsood PIDE, Islamabad, and NUST Business School, Islamabad.
		2.	A Small Open Economy DSGE Model for Pakistan Adnan H. Bukhari and Safdar Ullah Khan State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, and Bond University, Australia.
		3.	Causal Nexus between Economic Growth,Export and External Debt Servicing: The Case of Pakistan Muhammad Afzal, Hafeez ur Rehman and Jamshaid ur Rehman University of the Punjab, Lahore, and GC University Lahore.
4.	Discussant:		M. Ali Chaudhry State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi.
			General Discussion


11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
TEA


11:30 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.
INVITED LECTURE - IV: THE GUSTAV RANIS LECTURE
*Crystal Ball Room*
1.	Chairperson:		Shaukat Tarin Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Government of Pakistan Islamabad.
2.	Topic:		The State of International Development Progress, Shifting Policy Paradigms, and Lessons for Pakistan.
3.	Speaker:		Parvez Hasan Former Chief Economist (East Asia) The World Bank.
4.	Discussants:	1.	Siddiqur Osmani Professor of Economics Social and Policy Research Institute University of Ulster, UK.
		2.	Ejaz Ghani Chief of Research PIDE, Islamabad.
			General Discussion


01:00 p.m. – 01:45 p.m.
LUNCH


01:45 pm – 03:30 pm.
PANEL DISCUSSION III: ENERGY SECURITY FOR PAKISTAN
*Crystal Ball Room*
1.	Chairperson:		Muhammad Ismail Qureshi Secretary Establishment Division Islamabad.
2.	Penalists:	1.	Khalid Rehman International Consultant on Energy Lahore.
		2.	Rehana Siddiqui Chief of Research PIDE, Islamabad.
		3.	Noor-ul-Afreen Zuberi Executive Director Private Power Infrastructure Board Islamabad.
		4.	Parvez Butt Member, Energy The Planning Commission Islamabad.
		5.	Raza Hameed Specialist Small Cottage Industries Gujranwala.
			General Discussion


03:30 p.m. – 04:00 p.m.
TEA


04:00 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.
INVITED LECTURE - IV: THE QUAID-I-AZAM LECTURE
*Crystal Ball Room*
1.	Chairperson:		Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, and Chancellor, PIDE Islamabad.
2.	Topic:		Global Financial Crisis: China’s Macroeconomic Situation and Policy Responses.
3.	Speaker:		Yu Yongding Director and Senior Fellow Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS Beijing, China.
4.	Discussants:	1.	Naved Hamid Director Economic and Business Research Centre Lahore School of Economics Lahore.
		2.	Musleh-ud Din Chief of Research PIDE, Islamabad.
			General Discussion


05:30 p.m. – 06:00 p.m.
BUSINESS SESSION
*Crystal Ball Room*
1.	Chairperson:		Rashid Amjad President Pakistan Society of Development Economists Islamabad.
2.	Agenda:	1.	Vote of Thanks.
		2.	Commencement of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the PSDE AGM and Conference (2009-2010).
		3.	Theme of the 25th Annual General Meeting and Conference.
		4.	General Discussion.
		5.	Photo Session with Students.


END OF THE PROGRAMME