Program
Managing Capital Flows in Eastern Europe 2
Conference Program
International Conference Organized by the International Center of Economic Growth and funded by the Ford Foundation
Place and date:
Hotel Intercontinental (H-1052, Budapest Apáczai Csere János street 12-14).
October 19-20, 2001
October 19, Friday
8.00-8.30: Welcome of guests and participants
8.30-8.45: Opening of the conference
8.45-10.30: The Experiences with Managing Capital Flows in Central European Economies. Part I.
Hungary: Gábor Oblath (Kopint Datorg) and Gyula Barabás (National Bank of Hungary)
Poland: Dariusz Rosati (National Bank of Poland and Warsaw School of Economics)
10.30-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.30: The Experiences with Managing Capital Flows in Central European Economies. Part II.
Czech Republic: Zdenek Tuma (Czech National Bank)
Slovenia: Gonzalo Caprirolo (Institute of Economics)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30:
Riccardo Ffrench-Davies (ECLAC): The Globalization of Financial Volatility: Challenges for Emerging Economies
14.30-17.00. The Experiences with Capital Flows in South-Eastern-Europe:
Romania: Daniel Daianu (CEROP, Bucharest)
Croatia: Boris Vujcic (National Bank of Croatia, Zagreb)
Bulgaria: Marietta Tzvetkovska (Center of Economic Development, Sofia)
19.00. Dinner at Vigadó Restaurant.( Venue: 1051 Budapest, Vígadó square 2.)
October 20, Saturday
8.30-10.30: The Experiences with Capital Flows in Russia and the Baltics:
Russia: Sergei Drobyshevsky (Institute of Transition, Moscow)
Baltics: Pekka Sutela (Bank of Finland, Helsinki)
10.30-10.45: Coffe break
10.45-12.45: The Comparative Experiences with Capital Flows in Eastern Europe
Claudia Buch (Institute of World Economics, Kiel): Capital Inflows, Financial Vulnerability and Currency Crisis
David Begg (Birkbeck College, London): Capital Inflows, Exchange Rate Regime and Monetary Policy
Pál Gáspár (International Center for Economic Growth, Budapest): Summary of the Country Experiences with Capital Flows to Transition Economies
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-15.30: Open Issues in Capital Flows to Emerging Economies:
Stephany Griffith Jones (Institute for Development Studies)
Dubravko Mihaljek (Bank for International Settlements)