RIEB Seminar Kobe Roundtable on Latin American Politics in Development Featuring IDB 2006 Report: The Politics of Policies (Jointly supported by Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Inter-American Development Bank Office in Japan, Latin American Economy Research Group, and Latin America Seminar)

Date & Time : June 26, Monday 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Venue : Conference Room, GSICS Building, 1st Floor, Kobe University Language : English (No translation available)

1:30 - 1:35	Welcome Remarks: Professor NISHIJIMA Shoji (Vice-President, Kobe University)
1:35 - 1:40	Opening Remarks: Mr. SHIKADO Takeo (Representative, IDB office in Japan)

Session 1. IDB 2006 Report: The Politics of Policies Chair: Mr. SHIKADO Takeo

1:40 - 2:30	Presentation: Dr. Fausto Medina-Lopez (Deputy Representative, IDB Office in Japan)
2:30 - 2:50	Discussion: Professor TSUNEKAWA Keiichi (Graduate School of Arts and Science, University of Tokyo)
2:50 - 3:10	H.E. Alfredo Martiz (The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Panama to Japan)
3:10 - 3:40	Open Discussion
3:40 - 3.50	Coffee break

Session 2. Paper presentation on Latin American political economy Chair: Professor GOTO Junichi (Director, RIEB, Kobe University)

3:50 - 4:20	Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America Dr. FUKUMI Atsushi (Research Fellow,　Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Discussion: Professor HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (RIEB, Kobe University)
4:20 - 4:50	Neoliberal Politicization of Social Spending: The Case of PROGRESA in Mexico Professor TAKAHASHI Yuriko (GSICS, Kobe Univeristy) Discussion: Professor MATSUSHITA Hiroshi (Emeritus, Kobe University)
4:50 - 5:20	Open Discussion
5:20 - 5:30	Wrap-Up Remarks: Professor GOTO Junichi
5:30	Adjournment Remarks: Professor OHTA Hiroshi (Dean, GSICS, Kobe Univ.)
5:30 --->	Reception: Restaurant SAKURA (on campus)

Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe University

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