Promoting Economic Growth in a New Era:

A USAID Workshop

 


 

       



DAY 1 - June 28
Theme: A New Era


8:15 – 9:00
Registration / coffee
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Overview on Global Trends, Growth Determinants and Aid Effectiveness
10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 New USAID Strategies
         •  Dealing with Fragile States
         •  Anti-Corruption Strategy

Buffet Lunch (12:30 – 1:30)

1:30 Regional Breakout Sessions
         •  Regional sub-groups will discuss regional trends, experiences, and aid results

3:00 – 3:30 Break

3:30 USAID Priorities, Including for Economic Growth
         •   USAID Counselor Carol Peasley will address Agency priorities and strategic directions
4:30 Review
         •  Discussion at participant tables of implications for USAID Operating Units
5:00 Conclusion – Day 1
5:30 Welcome Reception
         •  Workshop participants are invited to The Tabard Inn located at 1735 N St. NW for a reception hosted by USAID’s Office of Economic Growth.

DAY 2 - June 29
Theme: Challenges


8:15 – 9:00
Registration / coffee
9:00 Challenge of HIV/AIDS
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 Microeconomic Constraints on Business
         •  Investor Roadmaps
         •  Doing Business 2004
         •  Mozambique Reform Program
12:15 Review
Buffet Lunch (12:30 – 1:30)
1:30 New Directions in USAID and EGAT Relations with State Department
         •  Assisting Mechanisms
         •  HR Issues

3:30 – 4:00 Break
4:00 Breakout Sessions
         •  USAID Delegates will break-out by USAID backstop to discuss professional concerns
5:00 Conclusion – Day 2

DAY 3 - June 30
Theme: Governance
10:30 – 10:45 Break

DAY 4 - July 1
Theme: Pro-Poor Growth

8:15 – 9:00 Registration / coffee
9:00 Pro-Poor Economic Growth and Key Interventions

10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction and Growth
12:15 Review

Buffet Lunch (12:30 – 1:30)
1:30 Breakout Sessions
         •  Natural Resource Revenue Management
         • 
Applying New Institutional Analysis
         •  Financial Deepening and Access to Credit

3:00 – 3:30 Break

3:30 Breakout Sessions
         •  Developing Value Chains for Microenterprise
         •  USAID
, the IMF, and Fiscal Crises for the Poor
         •  Public-Private Partnerships, Infrastructure, and GDA

5:00
Conclusion – Day 4

DAY 5 - July 2
Theme: Globalization

8:15 – 9:00 Registration / coffee
9:00 Free Trade Agreements and Lessons from NAFTA
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 Gains, Pains and Risks of Globalized Trade and Investment
12:15
Review & Wrap Up
Buffet Lunch (12:45 – 2:00)
1:30 Conclusion – Day 5
Workshop Ends

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