Institute for International Economic Policy
"G2 at GW: 2nd Annual Conference on China's Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations"
Friday, November 20, 2009
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
Continental breakfast at 8:00 AM
9:00 AM: Welcome and Overview of the Conference
Stephen C. Smith (Director, Institute for International Economic Policy, and Professor of Economics and International Affairs, GW)
9:15-10:00 AM: Opening address and charge to the conference
Dr. Harry Harding (Dean, University of Virginia, former Elliott School Dean, and former University Professor at GW)
10:00-10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 PM: Session 1: Transformations and Emerging Challenges in the Economy of China
Bruce Reynolds (Professor of Economics, University of Virginia)
Loren Brandt (Professor of Economics, University of Toronto)
John Giles (Associate Professor of Economics, Michigan State University, and Senior Labor Economist, World Bank)
Dr. Xiaobo Zhang (Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute)
Dr. Lixin Colin Xu (Senior Economist, World Bank)
12:30-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-1:45 PM: Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Dr. Fred Bergsten (Founder and Director, Peterson Institute of International Economics)
1:45-2:00 PM: Coffee Break
2:00-4:00 PM: Session 2: Crisis, Emergence of the G2 relationship, and Future Challenges
Zhu Caihua (Associate Professor of International Economics, China Foreign Affairs University)
Dr. Philip Levy (Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and former Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers)
Margaret Pearson (Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland)
Bruce Dickson (Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW)
Please send RSVP to: iiep@gwu.edu
Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies,and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
First Annual G2 at GW: Conference on US-China Economic Relations
Upcoming Events
2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations" on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers include Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute; Harry Harding, Dean, University of Virginia; Prof. Bruce Reynolds, University of Virginia; Prof. Loren Brandt, Univ. of Toronto; Prof. John Giles, Michigan State University and World Bank; Prof. Zhu Caihua, China Foreign Affairs University; Prof. Margaret Pearson, Univ. of Maryland; Dr. Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank; Dr. Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Prof. Bruce Dickson, GWU.
The event is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Seating will be limited: to register send an email to iiep@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Recent Events
Vera Chiodi, Poverty Action Lab J-PAL Europe, and Paris School of Economics, "The Existence of Poverty Traps: Old Question-New Answer. Evidence from Rural Mexico"
Friday, November 13, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank, "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology"
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Phillip Swagel (Georgetown and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), "The Financial Crisis: An Inside View"
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lindner Commons, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 602
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Breakfast with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
City View Room, 1957 E St., NW
This event is CLOSED. Cosponsored by the Washington International Trade Association.
Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor), "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape"
Friday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Gerald Nelson (IFPRI), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries"
Tuesday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Correcting Global Imbalances: How Much Farther Do We Have To Go?"
Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein (Washington Post)
Friday, 2 October, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For analysis of Mr. Pearlstein's remarks click here.
Prof. Steve Charnovitz (GWU)
Book talk on "Global Warming and the World Trading System"
(March 2009, coauthored with Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim). Friday, 18 September, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 1957 E St., NW, Room 601M. This event made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
IIEP cosponsored "The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change" on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 in conjunction with the American Security Project. Participants included Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass), former CIA Director James Woolsey, member of the Nobel Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton), Charles Glaser (GWU), Adil Najam (Boston University), Ladeene Freimuth (Freimuth Group, LLC), Bernard Finel (American Security Project), and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (U.S. Navy, Ret.).
Contact Us
Phone: 202.994.5320
Email: iiep@gwu.edu
Address:
Institute for International Economic Policy
1957 E Street, N.W., Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20052