Financing for Development: Are the UN Proposals the Answer? A series of discussion meetings at the Overseas Development Institute to prepare for the UN High-Level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development. on Wednesday and Thursday late afternoons, January - June 2001 Online reports of the meetings can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate meeting heading. Wednesday 17 January Financing for Development: An overview of the agenda Tony Faint, Director (International), Department for International Development Benu Schneider, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute Wednesday 31 January Is there a case for aid today? Jonathan Beynon, Economic Adviser, Department for International Development Financial architecture for poor countries: Does HIPC pave the way? Daniel Cohen, Professor of Economics, Ecole Normale Supérieure Thursday 15 February Access to private sector finance: Do developing countries have access? Robert Gray, Vice Chairman, HSBC Investment Bank Plc Are there linkages between private capital flows, growth and poverty? Helmut Reisen, Head of Research Division, OECD Development Centre Wednesday 28 February Private capital flows: Stable or not? Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen, Head of Investment Issues Analysis Branch, UNCTAD Are foreign direct investment flows really less volatile than portfolio and bank flows? Avinash Persaud, Managing Director (Global Market Analysis and Research), State Street Bank Wednesday 14 March Does trade have a role in financing development? Peter Tulloch, Director of Development, World Trade Organisation Liberalisation of trade in financial services: Is it the right way forward? John Thirlwell, Director, British Bankers Association Wednesday 28 March Getting the domestic financial architecture right Winston Cox, Deputy Secretary General (Development Cooperation), Commonwealth Secretariat Subrendhu Chatterji, Independent Consultant Wednesday 11 April Making the international financial architecture work Philip Turner, Head of Secretariat Group (Monetary and Economics Department), Bank for International Settlements Benu Schneider, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute Thursday 28 June Financing for Development: Which areas in international finance do we need consensus on in the world economy? Panel: Benu Schneider, Overseas Development Institute John Williamson, Institute for International Economics Andrew Lewis, HM Treasury Marcus Miller, University of Warwick Stephany Griffith-Jones, Institute of Development Studies David Lubin, HSBC All meetings will take place between 4.00pm and 5.30pm (except on 28 June when the meeting will run from 2.00 - 5.30pm) and will be held in the Conference Room at our new offices: Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JD Directions Since accommodation is limited, if you wish to attend please email: t.o'neil@odi.org.uk We welcome your comments We are grateful for funding for this series from the Department for International Development Updated  10 August 2001