You Are Invited–PAKISTAN-INDIA TRADE: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

                 

The Wilson Center’s Asia Program and Program on America and the Global Economy along with the Fellowship Fund for Pakistan Present:

 Pakistan-India Trade:

What Needs to be Done? What Does it Matter?

  Monday, April 23, 2012, 9:45 A.M.- 4:15 P.M.

5^th Floor Conference Room

CONFERENCE AGENDA

9:45     Registration and coffee

10:00   Introduction

Robert M. Hathaway, director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

10:15   Panel I: Moving forward on MFN

Ijaz Nabi, visiting professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences, and Pakistan country director, International Growth Centre

A view from Pakistan

Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Corporate Service (invited)

A view from India

Ishrat Hussain, dean and director, Institute of Business Administration (Karachi)

Dissenting views             

12:30   Luncheon

1:00     Luncheon keynote address

Zafar Mahmood, commerce secretary, government of Pakistan

2:00     Panel II: Broadening the debate

Amin Hashwani, founder, Pakistan-India CEO’s Business Council

Social issues, civil society, and security

Nisha Taneja, professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Non-tariff barriers, infrastructure deficiencies, and high transaction costs

Ejaz Ghani, economic adviser for South Asia, World Bank

Regional implications

4:15     Adjournment

 

*RSVPs are required. Please RSVP to asia@wilsoncenter.org*

 Please allow time for security procedures when you arrive at the Wilson Center. A photo ID is required for entry. The Center is located in the southeast wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Please see http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions for complete information. The closest Metro station is Federal Triangle on the blue or orange line. Parking is available in the Reagan Building basement, but because of security delays we recommend coming by cab or Metro.
 

This conference has been made possible through the generosity

 of the Fellowship Fund for Pakistan.

You are Invited: India’s Quest for a Lower Carbon Footprint

THE ASIA PROGRAM and THE GLOBAL ENERGY INITIATIVE

present:

India’s Quest for a Lower Carbon Footprint

Tuesday, May 10, 2011    4:00 pm–5:30 pm

6^th Floor Board Room

Featuring: Ajay Shankar

FICCI Scholar, WoodrowWilsonCenter

Media organizations are requested to contact the Asia Program in advance at 202/691-4020 or asia@wilsoncenter.org. Otherwise, RSVPs are NOT necessary. Please allow for routine security procedures when you arrive at the Center. A photo ID is required for entry. The Center is located in the southeast wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. The closest Metro station is Federal Triangle on the blue and orange lines. For detailed directions, please visit the Center’s website, www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.

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You Are Invited: Pakistan’s Economy: Edging Toward an Abyss, or Pulling Back?

Agenda Directions Webcast

September 13, 2010

Presented by The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Asia Program and Program on America and the Global Economy

Monday, September 13, 2010, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
5th Floor Conference Room

This event marks the release of a Beaconhouse National University study on Pakistan’s economy. Contributors will discuss the report’s overall judgments, with emphasis on macroeconomics, energy, and security.

Speakers:

Shahid Javed Burki
Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar and Chairman, Institute of Public Policy Executive Council, Beaconhouse National University (Pakistan)

Jehangir Karamat
Institute of Public Policy Executive Council,
Beaconhouse National University

Parvez Hasan
Institute of Public Policy Executive Council,
Beaconhouse National University

Ziad Alahdad
Institute of Public Policy Executive Council,
Beaconhouse National University

If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The live webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, USA (“Federal Triangle” stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.