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 Past Events
October 23, 2009 Corruption in many parts of the world has steadily evolved from simple administrative transactions involving bribes in return for favors and simple embezzlement, to sophisticated and complex activities, often labeled "regime corruption", more serious and pernicious, and often made to appear legal. The situation may become entrenched when the network of beneficiaries widens and the cost of leaving a network becomes prohibitive. Under these circumstances, limited features of democracy and decentralization can exacerbate the situation. The talk will draw on examples from Thailand, and touch on India and Korea, for comparison and contrast, in order to pinpoint the causes of the malaise, common to many countries of the world, and possible ways and means to combat it. 
Co-sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asia Studies October 16-17, 2009
Robert M. Stern, Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics of the University of Michigan, is the conference director. The co-directors are Kyoji Fukao, Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, and Kozo Kiyota, Associate Professor of Economics, Yokohama National University. The objective of the conference is to develop new methods and data to measure the factor contents of emerging new modes of international trade. The conference is open to interested faculty members and graduate students. Co-sponsored by A Global Centers of Excellence (COE) Program, Hitotsubashi University; and Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan.
October 7, 2009 Senator Chuck Hagel, Georgetown University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha Chuck Hagel external link is a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is Chairman of the Atlantic Council and a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Defense Policy Board. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Deutsche Bank Americas; Corsair Capital; is a Director of Wolfensohn and Company; Senior Advisor to McCarthy Capital Corporation; and a member of Pfizer's Emerging Markets and European Advisory Boards. Click here for more information, video, and audio of the event. October 2, 2009 Paul Krugman, Princeton University and The New York Times: Paul Krugman is an economist and prolific writer who divides his energies among many pursuits: he is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, a centenary professor at the London School of Economics, and, perhaps, his best-known job, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Krugman was recently honored for his work on global trade patterns by winning the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In recognition of his influence The Washington Monthly called him "the most important political columnist in America". Click here for more information, video, podcast and more. September 10, 2009 The Foreign Policy Agenda of the Obama Administration: The Practitioner's Perspective Presented by Ambassador Thomas Miller, U.S. Ambassador Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1999-2001, Greece, 2001-2004, and President of the United Nations Association. More about Ambassador Miller. Co-sponsored by Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the International Policy Center Click here for more information and an audio recording of the event.
June 2-3, 2009 The World Bank, in collaboration with the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School, University of Michigan, organized a conference on "Female Entrepreneurship: Constraints and Opportunities" in Washington DC that took place June 2-3, 2009. Led by the Gender and Development Group in Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, the conference examined the gender dimensions of entrepreneurial choice and performance. Topics discussed included: • Entrepreneurship and self-employment as an employment choice of men and women • Patterns of sectoral concentration by gender • Differential access to credit and gender-specific business and institutional constraints • The determinants of performance of individuals and firms by gender and gender patterns in investment decisions • Business growth, export, innovation and R&D
Winter 2009 Giuseppe De Arcangelis and Alan Deardorff spoke on "The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on European (Dis)Integration and on Europe's Economies" Listen to an audio file of their lecture Jan Svejnar spoke about "Europe's Political and Economic Challenges" in a lecture cosponsored by the IPC Listen to Jan's lecture February 25, 2009 Sixty alumni from the University of Michigan and other American universities gathered in Paris to network and to learn about European and United States leadership in this time of economic crisis from Jan Svejnar, Director of the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Click here to read more about the lecture and view some pictures. Click here to read more about Professor Svejnar drawing upon his own past to share his current views on the global economy in UM's LSA Magazine. Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 IPC's first Global Policy Perspectives Symposia A four part series engaging distinguished external speakers and University of Michigan experts on key issues in international policy Click here for a poster of all four events with the featured speakers. September 28-29, 2007Firms in the Global Economy ConferencePresented with the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Sessions included: Session I: Innovations and Competition • Philippe Aghion, Harvard University, “Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms” • James Tybout, University of Pennsylvania, “The Margins of Entry into Export Markets” • Katherine Terrell, University of Michigan, “Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets” Session II: Trade • Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College, “Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform” • Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University, “Product Quality at the Plant Level: Plant Size, Exports and Product Prices in Colombia” • Adriana Kugler, University of Houston, “Trade Reforms and Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in Colombia” Session III: Institutions • Fritz Foley, Harvard University, “Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets” • John Van Reenen, London School of Economics, “Americans Do I.T.Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle” • Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan, “Do Labor Market Rigidities have Microeconomic Effects? Evidence from Within the Firm” May 25-27, 2007International Labor Conference
Labor Markets in Developing and Transition Economies: Emerging Policy and Analytical Issues
The conference discussed theoretical, empirical and policy papers. The suggested topics included, but were not limited to, the following:
• Formality and Informality (Competition or Market Power) • Gender and Other Discrimination • Labor Market Flexibility • Globalization, Foreign Investment, and Labor Standards • Structuring Safety Nets • Demographic Issues
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.
U.S. Policy in the Middle East: The Democracy Agenda
Over the course of his nearly 35 years in the U.S. foreign service Edward Walker has worked closely with most of the major political leaders of the contemporary Middle East, including every Israeli Prime Minister since Golda Meier, Presidents Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Hafez and Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Kind Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as well as Kings Hussein and Abdullah of Jordan. He played a pivotal role in the design of the Gore-Mubarak economic development program for Egypt, and helped to initiate the negotiations with Libya which culminated in Libya’s decision to abandon its weapons of mass destruction program and pay compensation to the families of Pan Am flight 103 and UTA flight 772. He continues to be involved in Middle Eastern affairs through a range of private sector projects, including advising services to Israeli companies seeking US investors and business strategy consulting for US companies interested in expansion throughout the Middle East. Tuesday, November 7, 2006Danny LeipzigerVice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) and Head of the PREM Network at World Bank
Growth and Governance: Twin Economic Objectives
Danny Leipziger is the Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) and Head of the PREM Network of more than 700 economists and other professionals working on economic policy, lending, and analytic work for the World Bank's client countries. In this capacity he provides strategic leadership and direction to Regional PREM units as well as groups working on economic policy formulation in the area of growth and poverty, debt, trade, gender, and public sector management and governance. He is heavily involved in positioning the Bank on major economic policy issues and in managing the Bank's overall interactions on these issues with key partner institutions - including the IMF, OECD, regional development banks and the European Union. He works closely with Regional Vice Presidents on leading edge and cross-country economic matters.
Previous Bank assignments include Director for Finance, Private Sector and Infrastructure in the Latin America and Caribbean Region and managerial assignments at the World Bank Institute and in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the Bank. Career highlights include leading the Bank's first ($3 billion) economic recovery loan for Korea in 1997, managing the program of bank restructuring in Argentina in the post-Tequila financial crisis in 1995, and opening the economic dialogue with Vietnam in 1989-1990. Dr. Leipziger previously served in the Economic Bureau of the U.S. Department of State and on its Policy Planning Staff, where he was an economic advisor to the Secretary of State, as well as in USAID. Dr. Leipziger was Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University (2001-2004).
He has authored several books on Korea and East Asia , including Lessons from East Asia (University of Michigan, 1997), Preventing Banking Crises (1998), Korea: Transition to Maturity (1988), and Chile: Policy Lessons (1999). He has published more than 30 articles in economic journals and spoken often to various audiences on development policy and global economic issues. Recent published work has dealt with Privatization of Infrastructure Services, Moral Hazard Behavior in International Lending, and the Role of Infrastructure in Achieving the MDGs. He is fluent in Spanish and German.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006Kemal DervişAdministrator, United Nations Development Programme
The Challenge of Multilateralism: Political and Economic Needs
Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, gave the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Citigroup Lecture on October 25, 2006. Kemal Derviş was Turkey’s Minister for Economic Affairs and the Treasury and is now the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the UN's global development network. He is also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and departments working on development issues, and was recently appointed as a member of the High Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance and the Environment.
Prior to his appointment with UNDP, Mr. Derviş was a member of the Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul from 2002 to 2005, after he had been Minister for Economic Affairs and the Treasury from 2001-2002. During his time as a parliamentarian he represented the Turkish Parliament in the Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe. From 1977-2001 Mr. Dervis held various positions at the World Bank including Vice-President for the Middle East and North Africa Region and Vice-President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management.
Kemal Derviş has been an active participant in various European and international networks and taskforces including the Global Progressive Forum, the Progressive Governance Network, the International Task Force for Global Public Goods and the Commission for Growth and Development set up by the World Bank. He earned his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. from Princeton University where he wrote his thesis on Computable General Equilibrium Growth Models. He has taught at the Middle East Technical University, and Bilkent and Princeton universities. He has published many articles in the fields of international trade, macroeconomic policy, economic development and international affairs. His latest book, entitled, “A Better Globalization: Legitimacy, Governance and Reform” was published by Brookings Press in 2005 for the Center for Global Development.
A 2006 Citigroup Lecture. Co-sponsored with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the Turkish Studies Colloquium with International Policy Students Association
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Chief Financial Officer, China Development Bank; Professor, Graduate School, China People’s Bank
China’s Banking System Reform and Financial Public Policy, and the Future Development of China’s Development Bank
Co-sponsored with the Center for Chinese Studies and the Center for International and Comparative Studies.
Thursday, March 16 -17, 2006
A symposium designed to explore the latest thinking from microfinance practitioners and academics on improving microfinance programs.
International Health Policy Brown Bag Discussions of works in-progress by new UM faculty
Co-sponsored by the International Policy Center, Ford School of Public Policy and
Thursday January 26, 2006 "Health Care Financing, Access, and Equity in the Developing World"
Thursday March 9th, 2006 Sharon Maccini, Ford School of Public Policy,
Thursday March 30th, 2006 Scott Greer, School of Public Health "The Europeanisation of national health policies: what can we expect and how will it matter?"
Thursday, April 13th, 2006 Shobita Parthasarathy, Ford School of Public Policy “Is there a place for morality in global patent law? The case of biotechnology”
Thursday, February 16th, 2006 Citigroup Lecture Jean Lemierre, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. "1991-2006: 15 Years of Economic Transition as Viewed by the EBRD"
Pendleton Room, Michigan Union 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor Reception 5:15-6:00pm Jean Lemierre has been President of the EBRD since July 2000. His long and distinguished career in international finance also includes serving as Chair of the European Economic and Financial Committee, Chair of the Paris Club, Head of the French Private Office of the Minister of Economy and Finance, Director of France's Treasury, Head of France's Internal Revenue Service, and Head of the Tax Policy Administration.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006, 4:00-5:00pm Thomas Bombelles, Director of Goverment Relations at Merck
Co-sponsored by the International Policy Center and the William Davidson Institute
Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 7:00 to 8:30pm Francisco Thoumi, Professor of Economics and Director and Founder, Research and Monitoring Center on Drugs and Crime, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá
W2760 Wyly Hall Mr. Thoumi’s presentation will focus on “Institutions, Governability and Illegal Drugs in Colombia and Afghanistan: Why Traditional Policies Are Not Enough” Co-sponsored Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Emerging Markets Club,International Policy Center
Room D1270 Davidson Hall
Alan Rousso, Lead Counsellor, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Jan Svejnar, Director of the International Policy Center, Everett E. Berg Professor of Business, Professor of Economics and Public Policy will present the findings from The Annual EBRD Transition Report 2005: Business in Transition. They will discuss economic policy, business and banking in the capitals of major countries.
The Transition Report is a unique source of information on developments in central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Drawing on the EBRD's extensive experience as an investor in the region, the Report offers comprehensive analysis of the transition to market economies and macroeconomic performance.
Country-by-country assessments comprise macroeconomic tables, including output and expenditure and foreign direct investment. They also provide key data on liberalization, stabilization, privatization, enterprise reform, infrastructure, financial institutions and social reform.
Friday, October 21, 2005 Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda
Phelps Lounge, Ross School of Business
The University of Michigan hosted a conference on “Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations,” held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Friday, October 21, 2005. The conference was hosted by the International Policy Center of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, together with the Department of Economics and the Law School. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to discuss the most important issues to be addressed during the December 2005 Ministerial Meeting of the WTO in Hong Kong. Read More
For an Overview of the papers published in the Global Economy Journal. Click Here.
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