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November 22, 2007

Inaugural Session

Words of Welcome:

Rajiv Kumar
Director & CE, ICRIER

Special Address:

Andreas Pfeil
Head, Economic Cooperation and Development, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Overview of the conference :

Günther Taube                      
InWEnt

Session I: Financial Globalisation and Domestic Financial Sector Development - Implications for Monetary Policy

Chair:

Rajiv Kumar
Director & CE, ICRIER

Participants:

Rakesh Mohan
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
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Dietrich Schönwitz
Professor, Deutsche Bundesbank
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H.N. Thenuwara
Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
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Pierre Siklos
Professor, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada
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Session II: Global Integration of the Financial System and Domestic Financial Sector Liberalisation – Analytical Issues

Chair:

K. P. Krishnan
Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Participants:

Priya Basu
Lead Economist, Finance and Private Sector, South Asia Region, The World Bank
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Vivek Moorthy
Professor, IIM Bangalore
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Martin Bohl
Professor, University of Münster, Germany [download presentations][download Issue Notes]
                                   

November 23, 2007

Session III: Financial Inclusion - A Key Challenge for Financial Sector Development

Chair:

Ashok Kumar Paudel
Deputy Director, Banks & Financial Institutions Regulation Department,Nepal Rastra Bank

Participants:

Elaine Kempson
Professor, University of Bristol, and Member of the Social Security Advisory Committee, HM Treasury Financial Inclusion Taskforce, Great Britain
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Niclaus Bergmann
German Savings Bank Foundation for International Cooperation
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A. Ramanathan
Chief General Manager, Micro Credit Department, NABARD
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Mandira Sarma
Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
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Session IV: Effects of Basel II on Regulatory Aspects of Central Banking in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries

Chair

Günther Taube
Head of Department, InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany

Participants:

Ramon Moreno
Head, Emerging Market Issues, Bank of International Settlements
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Ricardo Gottschalk
Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
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D. Ravishankar
Director, Risk Solution, Asia Pacific, Standard & Poor’s
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Naba Gopal Banik
General Manager, Banking Regulation & Policy Department, Bangladesh Bank
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Peter Spicka
Senior Advisor for Banking and Financial Supervision, Deutsche Bundesbank
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