| December 14, 2006 |
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| Opening Remarks: |
Rajiv Kumar , Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER
Dipak Dasgupta, World Bank
Robin Burgess, Microeconomics of Growth Network |
| Measurement of Economic Growth and Poverty |
| Chair: |
Raghuram Rajan |
| Paper: |
Angus Deaton, Princeton University |
| Discussant: |
Professor Mihir Rakshit, Indian Credit Rating Agency |
| Regulation and Deregulation |
| Chair: |
Nripendra Misra, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| Paper : |
Timothy Besley, London School of Economics [Presentation] |
| Discussant: |
Rakesh Mohan, Reserve Bank of India |
| Building Manufacturing Capability |
| Chair: |
Rajiv Kumar , Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER |
| Paper: |
John Sutton, London School of Economics [Presentation]
[ Paper1] [ Paper2] |
| Discussant: |
Bibek Debroy |
| Education |
| Chair: |
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Centre for Policy Research |
| Paper: |
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Presentation] |
| Discussant: |
Geeta Kingdon, Oxford University [Presentation] |
| Health |
| Chair: |
Professor Ashish Bose, Institute of Economic Growth |
| Paper: |
Lant Pritchett, World Bank [Presentation] |
| Discussant: |
Professor Amit Shovon Ray, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Public Finance and Taxes |
| Chair: |
Ashok Lahiri, Ministry of Finance |
| Paper: |
Roger Gordon, UC San Diego [Presentation] [ Paper] |
| Discussant: |
Govind Rao, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy |
| Access to Finance |
| Chair: |
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of California , Berkeley |
| Paper: |
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Presentation] |
| Discussant: |
Rajiv Kumar , Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER |
| December 15, 2006 |
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| Technology Adoption with Uncertain Profits: The Case of Fibre Boats in South India |
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| Foreign Capital and Economic Growth |
- Eswar Prasad, IMF [Presentation] [ Paper]
- Raghuram Rajan, IMF
- Arvind Subramanian, IMF
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| Returns to Capital in Micro-enterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment. |
- David McKenzie, World Bank [Presentation] [ Paper]
- Chris Woodruff, University of California , San Diego
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Does Economic Growth Reduce Fertility? The Indian Green Revolution Experience. |
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From Farming to International Business: The Social Auspices of Entrepreneurship in a Developing Economy |
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