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THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER
9:00 AM -- 9:30 AM	Registration and Breakfast
9:30 AM -- 11:15 AM	Session I. The Economics of Bank Privatization Chair: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
9:30 AM -- 9:40 AM	Opening comments: Cesare Calari, Vice President, World Bank Financial Sector Vice Presidency
9:40 AM -- 10:30 AM	The Economics of Bank Privatization by William Megginson Discussant: Jerry Caprio
10:30 AM -- 11:15 AM	Bank Privatization in Developing and Developed Countries: Cross-Sectional Evidence on the Impact of Economic and Political Factors by Robert C. Nash, Ekkehart Boehmer, and Jeffry M. Netter Discussant: Philip Keefer
11:15 AM -- 11:30 AM	Coffee
11:30 AM -- 12:30 PM	Session II. Bank Privatization in Latin America Chair: Mary Shirley
11:30 AM -- 11:45 AM	"Bank Privatization in Argentina: Results of the Project’s Pilot Study,” George Clarke and Robert Cull
11:45 AM -- 12:30 PM	Governance and the Efficiency of Commercial Banks: Evidence from the Argentinean Banking Systemby Allen N. Berger, George Clarke, Robert Cull, Leora Klapper, and Gregory F. Udell Discussants: Philip Strahan and Andrew Powell
12:30 PM -- 1:45 PM	LUNCH
1:45 PM -- 3:15 PM	Session III. Bank Privatization in Latin America, continued Chair: Fernando Montes-Negret
1:45 PM -- 2:30 PM	Getting Privatization Wrong: The Mexican Banking System, 1991-2003 by Stephen Haber and Shawn Kantor Discussants: John Wallis and Haluk Unal
2:30 PM -- 3:15 PM	The Transformation of State Banks in Brazil by Thorsten Beck, Juan Miguel Crivelli, and William Summerhill Discussants: Marcio Nakane and Anjali Kumar
3:15 PM -- 3:30 PM	Coffee
3:30 PM -- 5:00 PM	Session IV. Bank Privatization in Africa and the Middle East Chair: Alan Gelb
3:30 PM -- 4:15 PM	Bank Privatization and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria by Thorsten Beck, Robert Cull, and Afeikhena T. Jerome Discussants: Lemma Senbet and Gerard Byam
4:15 PM -- 5:00 PM	Privatization, State-Ownership, and Bank Performance in Egypt by Mohammed Omran Discussants: Philip Bartholomew and Samir El Daher

FRIDAY, 21 NOVEMBER
9:00 AM -- 11:15 AM	Session V. Bank Privatization in Asia Chair: W. Bernard Drum
9:00 AM -- 9:45 AM	Bank Reform and Bank Efficiency in Pakistan by Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti and Daniel Hardy Discussants: Iftekhar Hasan and Marilou Uy
9:45 AM -- 10:15 AM	Corporate Valuation and the Resolution of Bank Insolvency in East Asia by Simeon Djankov, Jan Jindra, and Leora Klapper Discussants: Kenichi Ueda and Mark Carey
10:30 AM -- 11:15 AM	Liberalisation, Ownership, and Efficiency Issues: A Comparative Study of South East Asian Banking by Jonathan Williams and Nghia Nguyen Discussants: Fariborz Moshirian and James Hanson
11:15 AM -- 11:30 AM	Coffee
11:30 AM -- 12:30 PM	Session VI. Bank Privatization in Transition Countries Chair: Khaled Sherif
11:30 AM -- 12:00 PM	Bank Performance, Efficiency, and Ownership in Transition Countries by John P. Bonin, Iftekhar Hasan, and Paul Wachtel Discussants: Istvan Abel and Luc Laeven
12:00 PM -- 12:30 PM	"The Fiscal cost of State Banks in Eastern Europe and Central Asia" by Khaled Sherif
12:30 PM -- 1:30 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM -- 2:30 PM	Session VII. Cross-Country Analysis Chair: Thomas Glaessner
1:30 PM -- 2:00 PM	Do Privatized Banks in Middle and Low-Income Countries Perform Better than Rival Banks? An Intra-Industry Analysis of Bank Privatization by Isaac Otchere Discussants: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Narjess Boubakri
2:00 PM -- 2:30 PM	Returns to Bidders of Privatizing Financial Services Firms: An International Examination by Anita Pennathur, Kimberly Gleason, and James McNulty Discussants: David Smith and Jim Verbrugge
2:30 PM -- 4:00 PM	Session VIII. Synthesis Chair: Gerard Caprio
	Synthesis: Empirical Studies of Bank Privatization by Mary Shirley, George Clarke, and Robert Cull
	Panel Discussion: Allen N. Berger, Jerry Caprio, William Megginson, Mary Shirley, Paul Wachtel

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