VDF-TOKYO 2008
 
FOURTH CONFERENCE ON
THE
DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM

09 AUGUST 2008
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

   
 


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FINAL PROGRAM


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09:00-09:45

Registration (Room 3C)

09:45-10:00

Introduction of  VDF & VDF-Tokyo

Morning Session <Keynote Presentations>

10:00-11:00

"Industrial Strategy for Vietnam's New Era: Policy Content and Formulation Method"
Prof. Kenichi Ohno

(Professor, GRIPS; Research Director, VDF)

 

11:00-12:00

"Finance and Enterprise Sector Reform in Vietnam"
Mr. Noritaka Akamatsu
(Finance & Private Sector Program Manager for Vietnam, Regional Advisor for Capital Market Development, East Asia & Pacific, The World Bank)
 

12:00-13:15

Lunch (will be served on the 1st floor)

Afternoon Session <Paper Presentations>

13:30-14:15

"Poverty, Inequality and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam" Dr. Katsushi Imai
(Assistant Professor, Development Economics at Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, and a faculty associate of Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester, UK)

14:15-15:00

"Demographic Changes and the Pension Finances in Vietnam: A Long-term Stochastic Actuarial Assessment"

Dr. Wade D. Pfau
(Associate Professor, GRIPS)
 

15:00-15:20

Tea break and one-page presentation display
 

15:20-16:05

"The Economics of Not Using the Health Insurance Card: A Case Study of Vietnam"
Mr. Nguyen Trong Ha

(PhD candidate, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University; on-leave Lecturer, NEU)
 

16:05-16:50

"The Revolution of Vietnamese Distribution System"
Dr. Le Viet Trung
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Kobe University, Japan)

16:50-17:25

General exchange of ideas and information

17:25-17:30

Closing Remarks