08:15am        

 

 

Opening: Introduction
Mustapha K. Nabli, Senior Advisor, Development Economics, World Bank

Context and Objectives
Alan Gelb, Acting Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank
Presentation: Measurement and Use of Governance Indicators

• Session I : Broad Expert-based indicators: perceptions and experts. Focus Theme: Checks and Balances Institutions
  
  Chair: Mustapha Nabli, Senior Advisor, Development Economics, World Bank
  Speaker:
  Stefan Voigt, Chair for Institutional and International Economics, University of Marburg, Germany
  Presentation and Paper
  
  Discussants/Producers of Indicators:
  Monty Marshall, (POLITY), Research Director, Center for Global Policy, George Mason University
  Phil Keefer, (DPI), Lead Economist. Development Research Group, World Bank. Comments
  Melissa Thomas, Associate Professor of International Development, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.

• Session II: Narrow/specific expert-based indicators: progress and prospects: Focus Theme: Public Sector Management
  
  Chair: Christine Wallich, Sr. Advisor, Governance and Accountability, South Asia Region, World Bank
  Speaker: Steve Knack, Lead Economist. Development Research Group, World Bank. Presentation.
  
  Discussants/Producers of Indicators:
  William Dorotnisky, (PEFA), International Monetary Fund. Comments
  Pamela Gomez, (Open Budget Index), International Budget Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  Comments
• Brian Levy, Advisor, Public Sector and Governance, WB
  Comments
  

 Lunch

Session III:Indicators based on representative surveys of firms, households and service providers: Focus Theme: Corruption

• Chair: Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the Africa Region, World Bank
  Speaker: Jakob Svensson, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden. 
  Presentation
  
  Discussants/Producers of Indicators:
  Mitchell A. Seligson, (AmericasBarometer), Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University. Comments
  Cheryl Gray, (BEEPS), Director, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank. Comments
  Javier Herrera, Director DIAL, France. Comments

• Session IV: Aggregate Indicators
  Chair: Dennis de Tray, Vice president for Special Initiatives, Center for Global development
  Speaker: Aart Kraay, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank. Presentation
  
  Discussants/Producers of Indicators:
  Juanita Riano, Research Coordinator-measurement Tools, Policy and Research Department, Transparency International. Comments
  Peter Murrell, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Maryland. Comments
  Christiane Arndt, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Netherlands. Comments
  Marcus J. Kurtz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State UniversitySpeaker: Comments

09:00 

• Session V: Best practices for using indicators; designing and benchmarking reforms. Focus Theme: Delivery of Public Services
  
  Moderator: Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank (tbc)
  Panelists
  Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University.Presentation
  Nils Boesen, Process and Change Consultancy, Denmark. Presentation
  Ali Khadr, Senior Manager, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank. Presentation
  Ritva Reinikka, Sector Director, Social and Economic Development Group MENA, World Bank. Presentation

11:00-12:30

• Session VI: Panel: Best practices for using indicators: monitoring progress on governance outcomes
  Focus Theme: Anti-corruption, budget and financial management
  
  Moderator: Sanjay Pradhan, Director, Pubic Sector Governance, WB
  Panelists:
  Cheryl Gray, Director, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank. Presentation
  Thomas Kelly, Director Economic Policy, Development Policy Division, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Presentation
  Nick Manning, Sector Manager, Public Sector Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank. Presentation

12:30 - 1:30

• Closing:
  Panel:Directions going forward for measurement, and use of governance indicators in research, policy and practice?
  
  Chair:Alain Gelb, Acting Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank
  
• Report from Day 1
  Stefan Voigt: Chair for Institutional and International Economics, University of Marburg, Germany. Wrap-up
• Report fromDay 2
  Sanjay Pradhan, Director, Public Sector Governance, World Bank