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Conference on Diaspora and Development (July 13-14, 2009)
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Day 1 (July 13, 2009) | 9:15 – 10:45 | Session 1: “Impact of Crisis on Migration and Remittances Flows” - Presenters:
- Hans Timmer, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank “Global Economic Outlook”
- Dilip Ratha, Lead Economist, Development Prospects Group, World Bank “Recent Trends and Outlook for Migration & Remittances Flows”
 : Sessions I and II Video |  : Presentation
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Session II: “Global Forum on Migration & Development” - Chair: Hans Timmer, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
- Speaker: Ruby Gropas, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy “Update on the upcoming Global Forum on Migration and Development, Greece”
: Sessions I and II Video | : Presentation
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| 11:30-13:00 | Lunch Keynote Speaker: Ngozi N. Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | SESSION III (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Ernesto May, Sector Director, PREM- FPD, South East Asia Region, World Bank Group
- Thorsten Beck, Professor of Economics, Tilburg University and Maria Soledad Martinez Peria, Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
“What explains the cost of remittances? An examination across 107 country corridors” : Presentation - Oded Stark, Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn
“Assimilation and Remittances” : Presentation - Barbara Span, VP Public Affairs, Western Union
“Diaspora Driven Development: Lessons Learned” : Presentation
: Session III Video |
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| 13:15 – 14:45 | SESSION IV (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Mansoor Dailami, Manager, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
- Suhas Ketkar, Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University and Manoj K. Dora Vanderbilt University
“Income and Wealth of Recent Immigrants to the United States” : Presentation - Ifty Islam, Managing Partner, Asian Tiger Capital Partners
“Beyond Remittances – A Strategy to Unlock the Potential of the Bangladeshi Diaspora” : Presentation - Tim Finch, Head of Migration, Equalities and Citizenship & Director of Strategic Communications, Institute for Public Policy Research
“Making the most of the British Diaspora – A Developed Country Perspective on Diaspora Engagement” : Presentation
: Session IV Video |
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| 15:00 - 16:45 | SESSION V - Chair: Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Group
- Michael Clemens, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development
“The Financial effects of high-skill emigration: New data on African physicians abroad” : Presentation - Noreen M. Sugrue, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carole Kenner, Dean, College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
“Why Health Care Workers Migrate and How They Are Creating An Occupational Diaspora” : Presentation - Hongxing Cai, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Sydney, Australia
“Chinese Knowledge Diaspora in the Development of Chinese Research Universities” : Presentation - Abdelkader Latreche, Population Expert, Permanent Population Committee, Qatar
“Moroccan Scientific Diaspora between Transfers of Knowledge and Development” : Presentation
: Session V Video |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | SESSION VI - Chair: Mustapha Nabli, Senior Advisor, Development Economics, World Bank Group
- Speakers: Ndioro Ndiaye, Deputy Director General, IOM
“ The MIDA Experience and Beyond” : Presentation - Flore Gubert, Associate Professor, Paris School of Economics, France and Christophe J. Nordman, IRD, DIAL : Presentation
“ Return Migration and Small Enterprise Development in the Maghreb” - Joyker Nayeck, Head of Mission, The Embassy of Mauritius
“Circular Migration: The Mauritian Experience” : Presentation
: Session VI Video |
Day 2 (July 14, 2009) | 9:00 – 10:45 | Session VII - Chair: Luca Barbone, Sector Director, ECSPE, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank Group
- Sonia Plaza, Senior Economist, Migration & Remittances, World Bank : Presentation
“Promoting Diaspora Linkages: The Role of the Embassies” - David Leblang, Professor of Governance, University of Virginia
“Another Link: Migrant Networks and International Investment” : Presentation - Jeong Hyop Lee, STEPI and AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean of the School of Information, UC, Berkeley, CA
“Do we need a double-edged sword?; Triggering networking of Silicon Valley Korean diaspora and their contribution to home country institution transformation” : Presentation - Johnathan Crush, Professor, Global Development Studies
“The South African Diaspora and The Diaspora in South Africa: Implications for Research, Policy and Development" : Presentation
: Session VII Video |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
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| 11:00 – 13:00 | SESSION VIII (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Celestin Monga, Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank Group
- Marieke van Renssen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
“A SWIC - Analysis for Working with Diaspora: Recommendations for all Stakeholders” : Presentation - Lars Ove Trans, PhD. Candidate, University of Copenhagen and Ida Marie Vammen, RA, Danish Institute for International Studies
“African Diaspora Associations in Denmark: A Study of their Development Activities and Potentials” : Presentation - Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff, George Washington University
“ Diaspora Organization Capacity Building: A Call and Agenda” : Presentation - Agustina Selvi Paglayan, JPA, Human Development, World Bank and Mariano Lafuente, RA, Public Sector, Latin America & Caribbean, World Bank
“Reversing the Brain Drain: The Role of the Argentine Diaspora in Building the Entrepreneurial Skills of Argentina Youth” : Presentation - Aime Saba, Policy Officer, Australian Agency of International Development (Au AID)
“The Burden of Responsibility Faced by Unskilled Diasporas in Australia: The cases of Resettled Burundian and Sudanese Refugees” : Presentation
: Session VIII Video |
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| 11:00 – 13:00 | SESSION IX (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Richard Cambridge, Advisor, Africa Region, World Bank Group
- Emen Ekong, Angela Kiire, Ndidi Njoku, Irene Omaswa ( Afford SL)
“Assessing the impact of an Engaged Diaspora: Experiences in Sierra Leone” : Presentation - Molly Pollack, Chile Global and Tanja Faller, Consultant, Latin American & Caribbean, World Bank
“Female diaspora entrepreneurs in homeland development” : Presentation - Elizabeth Chacko, Professor, George Washington University and Peter Gebre, Consultant, Lark-Horton Global Consulting
“ Diaspora Investments, Motivations and Challenges: The Case of Ethiopia” : Presentation - Nikica Kusinikova, Executive Director, Association Konekt
“Diaspora from Macedonia as potential for development of the local communities in Macedonia” : Presentation - Natascha Trennepohl Pimentel Lopes, Humboldt University, Berlin
“Scoring for Development: Contributions of Brazilian soccer players to promote social inclusion projects for children in Brazil” : Presentation - Serigne Mansour Tall, Programme Manager UN Habitat, Senegal
“Senegalese International Migration in the Context of Globalization and Financial Crisis” : Presentation
: Session IX Video |
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| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION X (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Kathleen Newland, Co-founder, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
- Miryam Házan, visiting scholar MPI
“Beyond 3x1: Linking sending and receiving societies in the development process” : Presentation - Rebecca Bardach, U.S. Representative, Center for International Migration and Integration
“Guatemalan Diaspora Development Efforts and Lessons from the Israel-Jewish Diaspora” : Presentation - Marion Panizzon, Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute
“Does Co-development contribute to more Diaspora Entrepreneurship?” : Presentation - Douglas Johnson, Calyx Financial
“Beyond Remittances: Affinity Redistribution through Islamic Finance” : Presentation - Robert J. Hildreth, Founder and Executive Director, Foundation for an Open America
“Mobilizing Savings for College Education” : Presentation
: Session X Video |
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| 14:00 - 16:00 | SESSION XI (Parallel Session)* - Chair: Rosemary Vargas–Lundius, Policy Coordinator, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Eva Gerharz, University of Bielefeld
“Unpacking the Black Box of Development: Reflections on the Migration – Development Nexus” : Presentation - Uli Kleinwechter, Agricultural and Food Policy Group, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim
“Rural – urban migration in China – Lessons from an empirically based framework of diaspora’s contributions to rural development” : Presentation - Burcu Mirac Diraor, Under secretariat of State Planning Organization
“Turkish Diaspora as a "Building" or "Blocking" Factor on the Way of EU? : Lessons for Turkey” : Presentation - Maria Gador Manzano, Inter American Development Bank and Yolanda Vaccaro, Professor of Migration, Instituto Empressa, Spain
“Take the money and run” : Presentation
: Session XI Video |
| 16:00 - 14:15 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Panel Discussion on Diaspora Bonds - Panelists: Dilip Ratha , Lead Economist, Migration & Remittances, World Bank
“Diaspora Bonds” : Presentation - Zvi Chalamish, Chief Fiscal Officer, Economic Mission, NY, Embassy of Israel
“The experience of Israel” : Presentation - V.S. Senthil, Economic Minister, Embassy of India
“The experience of India” : Presentation - Angelito A. Nayan, Head, Economic Section, Embassy of the Philippines
“The experience of The Philippines” : Presentation
: Session Video |
| 14:45 - 18:30 | Closing
Hans Timmer, Director, Development Economics Prospects Group |
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