Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics (RBCDE)
Beijing, China, January 16-17, 2007
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics (RBCDE), which will be held in Beijing, on January 16-17, 2007. The overarching theme for this year’s conference is Higher Education and Development. A preliminary agenda is enclosed for your reference.
Sponsored by the World Bank's Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, the conference series is a forum for discussion and debate on policies and approaches for promoting economic development. By improving the dialogue between development researchers and practitioners, the conferences seek to encourage fresh thinking and research on critical gaps in our understanding of the development process and to identify new areas that merit our attention.
The conference will have six invited papers on four themes: Higher Education and Migration: Brain Drain and Sharing Skills in the Region, Higher Education and Development, Technological Innovation: Linkages between Universities and Industry, Higher Education and Labor Markets in East Asia. Following the presentations by authors and discussants, each session will have a floor discussion.
Please confirm your attendance by filling in and returning the attached participant form to the World Bank Office, see the attached form for more information.
I look forward to your participation at the conference. If you have any questions or would like further details about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 202 473 1062 or email at
bpleskovic@worldbank.org.
Sincerely,
Boris Pleskovic
Research Manager
Development Economics
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Agenda ( Tentative)
Participant Form
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Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics (RBCDE) - Beijing
Higher Education and Development
Time: January 16-17, 2007
Venue: Multi function room, Main Building, Friendship Hotel
Agenda
Day 1 Tuesday, January 16
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee
15:30 – 16:00 RBCDE Welcome Addresses
Wu Qidi, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education, Beijing (To be confirmed)
Francois Bourguignon, World Bank
16:00 – 17:30 Higher Education and Migration: Brain Drain and Sharing Skills in the Region
Chair: ZhenZhen Zheng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Higher Education and International Migration in Asia: Brain Circulation
Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University
Discussants: Patricia A. Sto Tomas, Development Bank of the Philippines
Frederic Docquier, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
17:30 – 18:00 Floor Discussion
19:00 – 21:00 Chair(s): Ernesto Zedillo & Francois Bourguignon
Keynote Dinner Speaker: L. Alan Winters, World Bank
Skilled Labour: Where It Comes From, Where it Goes
Day 2 Wednesday, January 17
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote Addresses
Chair: Boris Pleskovic, World Bank
Global Returns to Higher Education: Trends, Drivers, and Policy Responses
Francois Bourguignon, World Bank
09:30 – 10:30 Private-Public Provision of Higher Education
Chair: Guillermo Perry, World Bank
Private-Public Interfaces in Higher Education: Two Sectors Working in Sync?
Daniel Levy, SUNY (Albany)
Discussants: Norman LaRocque, Education Forum, New Zealand
Kai-Ming Cheng, University of Hong Kong
10:30 – 11: 00 Floor discussion
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 – 12:15 Financing Higher Education
Chair: Jean-Christophe Bas, World Bank
Financing Higher Education: Lessons from developed economies, options for
developing economies
Nicholas Barr, London School of Economics
Discussants: Cheonsik Woo, Korea Development Institute
Rong Wang, Peking University
12:15 – 12:45 Floor discussion
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
Day 2 (cont’d) Wednesday, January 17
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote Address: Higher Education Finance in East Asia
Chair: David Dollar, World Bank
Higher Education Finance in East Asia
Min Weifang, University of Beijing
14:30 – 16:00 Technological Innovation: Linkages between Universities and Industry
Chair: Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius, InWent, Germany
Technological Change and Innovation: The Role of Universities
In National Economic Development
Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark
Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
Maryann Feldman, University of Georgia
Discussants: Fumio Kodama, Shibaura University, Japan
Shahid Yusuf, World Bank
16:00 – 16:30 Floor discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee
17:00 – 18:00 Higher Education and Labour Markets in Asia
Chair: Li Jiange, Development Research Council, China (To be confirmed)
Higher Education and Labour Markets in India
Pawan Agarwal, ICRIER, India
Discussants: Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin, Malaysia
Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, Indonesia
18:00 – 18:30 Floor discussion
Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics (RBCDE)
January 16-17, 2007
Beijing, China
Venue: Multi-Function Room, Main Building, Friendship Hotel (Tel: 6849 8888-100)
会议地点：友谊宾馆贵宾楼多功能厅（电话：68498888—100）