GFD_8-9 December_Workshop and Policy Dialogue

Development Assistance Committee/Development Centre
Policy Workshop on
“Delivering Aid Effectiveness: Improving Complementarity and Division of Labour”

Monday 8 December 2008
2.30 PM to 6.00 PM

Welcome

Richard Carey, Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate
Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre

Presentation 1:
Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid –

East Asian Lessons for African Growth

Professor Izumi Ohno and Professor Kenichi Ohno,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan

 Presentation 2:
Progress since Accra on Division of Labour in Development Cooperation

Andreas König, Senior Policy Advisor (GTZ), Germany (representating OECD-DAC Task Team on Rationalising Aid Delivery/Fostering Complementarity)

Wrap Up
Brian Hammond, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate
Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte, OECD Development Centre

OECD Global Forum on Development
Policy Dialogue on
“Delivering Effective Development Finance:
Challenges Raised by the Global Economic and Financial Crisis”

Tuesday 9 December 2008
9.30 AM to 1.00 PM

Welcome

Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, Development Assistance Committee of the OECD
Eric Martin, Chair, Governing Board of the OECD Development Centre,

Ambassador of Switzerland to the OECD

Session 1:

The consequences of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis:

How Much Do We Know?

 Introductions: 

• Jeff Lewis, Senior Advisor, World Bank
• Hugh Bredenkamp,  Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund
• Helmut Reisen, Head of Research, OECD Development Centre

Session 2:

What Implications For Policy Responses?

 Introductions: 

• Maria Isabel Rezende Aboim,
  Superintendent, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
• Amar Bhattacharya,
  Director, Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on
  International Monetary Affairs and Development (G-24)
• Debapriya Bhattacharya,
  Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO
  and UN Offices
  

Wrap Up
Richard Carey, Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate
Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre