2007 Economic Growth Officers Workshop
Proceedings


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DAY 1:  Monday - October 15, 2007
Daily Takeaways
  Photo Gallery
Session (2): Opening Address
  Session Summary
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Session (3): "Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Litan and Schramm
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    Reference: Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
Session (4): "Global Trends in Economic Growth"
    Session Summary
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    Reference: Economic Growth and Economic Freedom
Session (5): "Trade, Growth and Development: Trends and Linkages"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Endean
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    Reference: Trade, Growth, and Development
Session (6): "FDI in USAID Countries and Private Capital - Empirical Trends"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Manring
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Session [Lunch & Speaker Presentation]: "Economics Training for Host-Country Partners"
    Session Summary
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Session (7): "The USAID Economic Growth Strategy"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Hadley
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    Reference: Securing the Future A Strategy for
Economic Growth
Session (8): "Priorities in Assisting Tax Reform"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Gallagher
    Presentation Slides-Mansour
Session (9): "Impact of Rapid Growth in China and India on Other Developing Countries"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Dahlman
Session (10):"International Benchmarking of Economic Growth Performance"
    Session Summary
Session (11): "What Makes Growth More or Less Pro-Poor?"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Cord
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DAY 2: Tuesday - October 16, 2007
  Daily Takeaways
  Photo Gallery
Session (12): Monday Review
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Session (13): "The World Commodity Boom, and Can We Inoculate for Dutch Disease?"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Auty
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    Reference-"From Curse to Cures"
Session (14): "Guide to Economic Growth in Post-Conflict Countries"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Lewarne
    Presentation Slides-Smith
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    Reference: "The Kosovo Pension Reform"
    Reference: "Lessons Learned About Economic Governance in Wartorn Economies"
    Reference: Handout 2 The Case of Kosovo
    Reference: "The Marshall Plan versus the Reconstruction of Iraq"
    Reference: "Transforming Oil For Food (OFF) Into Efficient Market-Oriented Social Programs and Modern Management of Oil Revenues"
    Reference: "A Guide to Economic Growth in Post-Conflict Countries"
Session (15): "USAID infrastructure programs in post-conflict settings"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Eisendrath
    Presentation Slides-Belt
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Session (16): "Energy security and institutional development – Implications for the post-conflict environment"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Ichord
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Session (17): "Rebuilding revenue and expenditure control in post-conflict countries"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Gallagher
    Presentation Slides-Lulzim
Session (18): "Agriculture in post conflict environments"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Mellor
Session (19): "Improving the business climate in Post-Conflict countries"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Krech
    Reference: The Limits of Urgency in Post-Conflict Commercial Law Reform
Session (20): "Economic Restructuring and Financial Sector Development in Kosovo and other Post-Conflict Countries"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Bittner
    Presentation Slides-Korbi
    Presentation Slides-Lewarne
Session (21): "Employment generation and community development: Promoting post-conflict recovery and alternatives to illicit activities"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Davis
    Presentation Slides-McHugh
    Reference: "USAID Liberia Community Infrastructure: Synopsis

DAY 3:  Wednesday - October 17, 2007
    Daily Takeaways
    Photo Gallery
Session (22): Tuesday Review
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Session (23): "Doing Business 2004-2007 & 2008"
    Session Summary
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Session (24): "FIAS Vision and Strategy"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Davenport
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Session (25): "Role of Millennium Challenge Corporation in economic development"
    Session Summary
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    Reference: MCC Myths: Comments in Response to Rodney Bent's Presentation
Session (26): "Measuring and Reducing Trade Obstacle" 
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Ford
    Presentation Slides-Dod
    Presentation Slides-Kamel
    Reference: Measuring and Reducing Obstacles to Trade in USAID Host Countries: What do we know? Why is it important?
    Reference: Business Climate Reform
Session (27): "Improving Business Regulation: the Guillotine and Other Approaches"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Jacobs
Session (28): "'Lighting Africa'" A World Bank Initiative"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Nehme
Session (29): "Doing Business – subnational competition Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Weeke
    Presentation Slides-Hernandez
    Reference: Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness
Index (PCI) 2006
    Reference: Implications of the PCI for National
Policy and Legal
Session (30): "The Promise and Limits of Land Titling"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Bruce
Session (31): "Access to Credit – Beyond Banking Regulation"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Fleisig
Session (32): "Workforce Development Programs - South America, Asia, and Haiti"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Israel and Fawcett
Session (33): "World Development Report 2008 – The Role of Agriculture"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-de Janvry
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    Reference: World Development Report for 2008
Session (34): "Uses and Abuses of Doing Business Indicators"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides-Channell
    Presentation Slides-Kelly
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    Reference: Uses and Abuses of Doing Business Indicators

DAY 4:  Thursday - October 18, 2007
  Daily Takeaways
  Photo Gallery
Session (35): Wednesday Review
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Session (36): "EG Officers in USAID"
Session (37): "The USAID Budget Process and Economic Growth"
    Session Summary
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Session (38): "The USAID EG Strategy – Resolution of Outstanding Issues"
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Session (39): "Democracy, Governance and Economic Growth: Enhancing Opportunities for Mutual Reinforcement"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides
Session (40): "USAID and Other USG Trade Initiatives – FTA and WTO Accession Countries"
    Session Summary
Session (41): "Knowledge Management for Economic Growth Activities – Best Practices and Resources"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides
Session (42): "PEPFAR, EG program components, and health financing"
    Session Summary
    a) Presentation Slides-Verhoeven and Gunnarsson
    b) Presentation Slides-Verhoeven and Gunnarsson
    Reference: Equity and Insusrance Figures
    Reference: Equity and Insurance Text and Tables
    Reference: Health Insurance Regulation in India
    Reference: Medical Education in India
    Reference: Medical Technology Diffusion in India
    Reference: The Case for Investing in Health in Indi
Session (44): "USAID Support for Port Concession in Peru (PPP)"
    Session Summary
Session (45): "Mobile banking and enterprise development"
    Session Summary
    Presentation Slides