Published Date: Jan 3, 2013
PEP-supported research presented at international conferences in Asia
Pakistan: 15th Sustainable Development Conference
PEP researchers Vaqar Ahmed and Yumei Zhang were invited to present
their work and findings at the 15th Sustainable Development
Conference (SDC) organized by the Sustainable Development
Policy Institute (SDPI) in Islamabad, Pakistan, on December
11-13, 2012. This year’s event was entitled “Sustainable Development in South Asia: Shaping the
Future”.
With an audience of over 2500 from both the public and private
sectors, the SDC series is a prime conference that provides a forum for
researchers and academics in the region to share their work and engage in a
dialogue with interested parties, and that usually sets the tone and
discourse for sustainable development in South Asia.
This year, in particular, PEP researchers were
invited to host a panel on the “Role of Public Infrastructure in
Reshaping Asia’s Future”, in which they presented their recently
published papers from research work they had conducted with PEP support,
under a special AusAID-commissioned
project. In this project, 3 PEP-supported research teams
in China, Pakistan and the Philippines were mandated to develop and apply
sophisticated macro-micro simulation techniques, as fostered
through PEP research, to assess the effectiveness of public
infrastructure investments as an inclusive growth strategy.
Two of the country studies, namely China and Pakistan,
were presented during the special panel of the conference in Islamabad. To find
out more about the presented research work, see:
For
China: powerpoint presentation or policy brief
For
Pakistan: final (complete) research
report
For
the Philippines: powerpoint presentation
Malaysia: 3rd International
Conference on Economics, Business and Management
PEP researchers Phouphet Kyophilavong, Chanthachone Senesouphap and Somnack Yawdhacksa, were invited to present
their research work and findings from PEP-supported project “Resource Boom, Growth and Poverty in Laos: Lessons from
Other Countries and Policy Simulations”, at the 3rd
International Conference on Economics, Business and Management (ICEBM
2012), held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) on December 22-23, 2012.
Organized on an annual basis by the International Economics
Development and Research Center (IEDRC), these (ICEBM)
conferences aim to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers and
scholars to share experiences, new ideas and research results regarding a
wide range of issues related to “Economics, Business and
Management”, discussing of practical challenges encountered as well as
various solutions adopted.
Find out more about the presented PEP research
project and related policy findings through the following
PEP policy brief 104 : Resource
Boom, Growth and Poverty in Laos: Lessons from Other Countries and Policy
Simulations