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| USAID WORKSHOP FOR PRACTITIONERS
ON TAX AND PENSION REFORM (June 27–29, 2005) |
| Venue: The World Bank, MC4-800 |
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| Practical Issues of Tax
Policy and Tax Administration in Developing and Transition Countries
(June 27–28) |
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| DAY 1 – June 27: CRITICAL CHALLENGES
FOR TAX REFORM |
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| 8:15–9:00 |
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Registration and Coffee |
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| 9:00 |
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Welcome and Overview, Steven Hadley, USAID |
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| 9:30–10:45 |
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Tax
Policy Design and Development |
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Presenter: Richard Bird, Professor Emeritus of
Economics at the University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor and Director
of the International Tax Program |
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Discussants: William McCarten, Senior Economist,
World Bank Institute |
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| 10:45–11:00 |
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Break |
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| 11:00–12:30 |
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Managing
a Tax Reform |
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Presenter:
Richard Bird, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University
of Toronto and Adjunct Professor and Director of the International
Tax Program |
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Discussant: Harvey Galper, Executive
Director, BearingPoint, and
William McCarten, Senior Economist, World Bank Institute |
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| 12:30–1:30 |
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Lunch Provided |
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| 1:30–3:00 |
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What
Are Countries Doing Right and Doing Wrong in Their Efforts at Fiscal
Decentralization? |
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Presenter: Prof. Roy Bahl, Dean, School of Policy
Studies, Georgia State University |
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Discussant: Jim Wooster, BearingPoint (Kosovo) |
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| 3:00–3:30 |
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Break |
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| 3:30–4:15 |
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Bringing
Small Business into the Tax Net: Policy and Administration Issues |
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Presenter: David Kloeden, Fiscal Affairs Department,
IMF |
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| 4:15–5:00 |
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Tax
Incentives |
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Presenter: Bruce Bolnick, Chief Economist, Nathan
Associates, Inc. |
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| 5:00 |
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Conclusion and Wrap Up of Day 1: Mark Gallagher,
Development Alternatives, Inc. |
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| 5:30 |
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Welcome Reception — Location, Karma, 19th
and I Streets, N.W. |
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| DAY 2 – June 28: ADMINISTRATIVE
DIMENSIONS OF TAX REFORM |
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| 8:15–9:00 |
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Registration and Coffee |
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| 9:00–10:30 |
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Making
a Value-Added Tax Work: Principles and Practice |
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Presenter: Richard Bird, Professor Emeritus of
Economics at the University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor and Director
of the International Tax Program |
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Discussants: Ricardo Varsano, Tax Policy Division,
Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF; Richard Ainsworth, Boston University
and General Counsel, Taxware; and Alberto Barreix, Inter-American
Development Bank |
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| 10:30–10:45 |
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Break |
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| 10:45–12:00 |
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Vat,
Technology and Development |
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Presenter: Richard Ainsworth, Boston University
and General Counsel, Taxware |
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Discussant: Carlos Silvani, Fiscal Affairs Department,
IMF |
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| 12:00–1:00 |
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Lunch Provided |
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| 1:00–2:00 |
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Benchmarking |
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Presenter: Mark Gallagher, Chief of Party, Bosnia
Tax Modernization Project, Development Alternatives, Inc. |
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Discussant: Luis Jaime Vázquez Caro, World
Bank Tax Benchmarking Project, and Paul
Davis, USAID/Colombia |
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| 2:00–3:00 |
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The
Use of Information Technology to Improve the Efficiency of Tax Administration/E-Taxation |
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Presenter: Malcolm Lane, BearingPoint |
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Discussant: Richard Ainsworth, Boston University
and General Counsel, Taxware |
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| 3:00–3:30 |
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Break |
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| 3:30–5:00 |
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Designing
a Technical Assistance Project for Tax: Some Lessons from USAID Experience |
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Presenter: Fran Greaney, Managing Director, BearingPoint |
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Discussant: Mark Gallagher, Development Alternatives,
Inc. |
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| 5:00 |
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Conclusion and Wrap Up of Day 2: Sandra Hadler, Development
Alternatives, Inc. |
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| DAY 3 – June 29: PRACTICAL ISSUES
OF PENSION REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
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| 8:15–9:00 |
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Registration and Coffee |
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PART I: CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOR PENSION REFORM |
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| 9:00–10:30 |
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What Is Driving Pension Reform? |
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Presenter
1: Estelle James, Consultant to the World Bank and other
organizations and member of the Governing Board, Kosovo Pension Trust |
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Presenter
2: David Lindeman, formerly of the U.S. Government, the
World Bank, and the OECD |
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| 10:30–10:45 |
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Break
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| 10:45–12:00 |
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New
Perspectives on Pension Systems and Reform |
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Presenter: Richard Hinz, Pension Policy Advisor,
the World Bank,
"Old Age Income Support in the 21st Century" |
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Discussant: Michael Tanner, Director, the Cato
Institute Project on Social Security Choice |
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| 12:00–1:00 |
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Lunch Provided |
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PART II: COUNTRY EXPERIENCE |
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| 1:00–2:30 |
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PANEL: The MDB Experience with Pension Reform |
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Presenter
1: Rafael Rofman, World Bank, "The Latin American
Experience" |
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Presenter
2: Michael Rutkowski, World Bank, "The Middle Eastern
and Central Asian Experience" |
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| 2:30–3:00 |
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Break |
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| 3:00–4:30 |
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PANEL: USAID’s Experience with Pension Reform |
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Moderator: Denise Lamaute, USAID/Washington |
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Presenter
1: David Snelbecker, The Services Group, "Pension
Reform in Eastern Europe and Eurasia" |
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Presenter
2: Eduardo Tugendhat, CARANA, "Pension Reform in
Bulgaria and Croatia" |
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| 4:30 |
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Conclusion and Conference Wrap Up: David Dod and Denise
Lamaute, USAID |
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| FOLLOW-ON SESSION – JUNE 30: BENCHMARKING
TAX SYSTEMS |
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In addition to this agenda, a follow-on session was held on June
30th at the World bank addressing the issue of benchmarking tax systems.
Attended by World Bank and USAID staff, presentations were made by
Mark Gallagher of DAI and Jaime
Vazquez-Caro, tax specialist formerly with the World Bank. |
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