Developmental Challenges Facing the Caribbean -- International Seminar Organized by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and the International Monetary Fund, June 11-12, 2004

Program

Trinidad and Tobago and the IMF

IMF Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops

Developmental Challenges Facing the Caribbean
International Seminar Organized by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and the International Monetary Fund
Trinidad Hilton Conference Centre
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
June 11- 12, 2004

The seminar brings together regional leaders of government, ministers, central bank governors, as well as regional and international experts, international organizations, bilateral donors, and business leaders, to discuss current economic and social challenges facing the Caribbean region. Topics include globalization, economic development, regional integration, stabilization, growth, poverty, health, and education. The seminar is open to the media and will include a press conference.

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Friday, June 11, 2004
*A.M.*
9:00	Registration National Anthem

9:30	*Opening Session*
	Welcome Remarks Ewart S. Williams, Governor Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

9:45	Opening Remarks Mr. Takatoshi Kato Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund

10:00	Feature Address Honourable Patrick Manning Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago

10: 40	Coffee Break

	SESSION ONE Are Caribbean Development Strategies in Need of Change?

	Session Chair:

11:00	Presenter – Dr. Trevor Farrell, Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies

11:30	Discussants • Dr. Compton Bourne, President, Caribbean Development Bank • Mr. David Abdullah, Trade Unionist, Trinidad and Tobago • Professor C. Y. Thomas - University of Guyana

12:00	Questions and Answers

12:20	LUNCH

12:45	Luncheon Speaker – Mr. Anoop Singh, Director Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund *The Caribbean Adjusting to the Global Economy*

Friday June 11, 2004
*P.M.*
	SESSION TWO Sources of Growth and Competitiveness in the Caribbean

	Session Chair :

1:45	Presenter – Sanjay Kathuria, Lead Economist, Latin America & Caribbean Region, Economic Policy Sector, World Bank

2:15	Discussants • Dr. Arthur Lok Jack, Managing Director, Associated Brands • Simon Johnson (MIT & IMF) • Antonio Furtado, Division Chief, IMF

2:45	Questions and Answers

3:05	Coffee Break

	SESSION THREE Stabilization, Debt and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean [PDF 336KB]

	Session Chair :

3:30	Presenter – Ratna Sahay, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

4:00	Discussants • Sir Dwight Venner, Governor, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank • Professor Nouriel Roubini, New York University • Mr. Colin Bullock, Deputy Governor, Bank of Jamaica*

4:30	Questions and Answers

4:50	End of First Day of Conference

7:30	Eighteenth Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Lecture, 2004 *Topic: HIV/AIDS: Challenges for the Caribbean* Feature Speaker – Sir George Alleyne – Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica and UN Ambassador for AIDS in the Caribbean

	COCKTAIL RECEPTION

Saturday June 12, 2004
*A.M.*
	SESSION FOUR Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in the Caribbean

	Session Chair:

9:00	Presenter – Dr. Ralph Henry, Consultant, KAIRI Consultants

9:30	Discussants • Dr. Eleanor Wint, Consultant Social Researcher, Caribbean Development Bank • Mr. Clive Pantin, Chief Executive Officer, FEEL • Dr. Vanus James, Consultant Economist, Jamaica

10:00	Question and Answers

	SESSION FIVE Reforming Education for Caribbean Development

	Session Chair:

10:20	Presenter – Professor Ken Julien, Chairman, Natural Gas Export Task Force

10:50	Discussants • Dr. Myrna Bernard, Head - Human Resource Development, CARICOM • Professor Errol Miller, UWI, Jamaica • Ms. Michelle Fryer, Regional Education Specialist, Inter American Development Bank

11:20	Questions and Answers

11:40 - 12:00	COFFEE BREAK

	SESSION SIX Strengthening Financial Markets in the Caribbean

	Session Chair:

12:25	Presenter – Mr. Ram Ramesh, General Manager and CEO, CMMB

12:55	Discussants • David Robinson, Deputy Division Chief, WHD Department, IMF • Dr. Marion Williams, Governor, Central Bank of Barbados • Ms. Eutrice Carrington, Manager Investment Management Services, Trinidad & Tobago Unit Trust Corporation

1:25	Questions and Answers

1:45	LUNCH

2:00	Luncheon Speaker – Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Principal, UWI *Strengthening Regional Institutions*

*P.M.*
	SESSION SEVEN Regional Economic Integration and Globalization

	Session Chair :

3:10	Presenter – Professor V. Bulmer-Thomas, Royal Institute of International Affairs, United Kingdom

3:40	Discussants • Prof. Norman Girvan, International Relations, UWI • The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade, Trinidad & Tobago • Prof. Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University, New York • CARICOM Secretariat

4:10	Questions and Answers

	FINAL SESSION

	Panel Discussion: The IFIs and the Caribbean: Going Forward
	Mr. Jose Fajgenbaum, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
	Caroline Anstey, Country Director for the Caribbean, World Bank
	Sir Dwight Venner, Governor, ECCB
	Inter-American Development Bank
	Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARICOM*
	Dr. Marion Williams, Governor, Central Bank of Barbados

	RECEPTION

**To be confirmed* For further information about this seminar please contact Lucie Mboto Fouda (lfouda@imf.org).