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USAID Forum Series 8
| Start: | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 08:30 AM |
| End: | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 05:00 AM |
| Location: | Marriott Hotel, Pennsylvania Ave. |
New Institutional Economics and Development: Case Studies and Applications
The Forum Series on the Role of Institutions in Promoting Economic Growth brought leading scholars to bear on this important topic. The Mercatus Center focused on the institutional barriers to entrepreneurship in developing countries. The unique GPI perspective and methodology was shared with USAID in a series of three day-long forums and field studies in three countries.
USAID is recognizing the importance of an institutional perspective that takes into account the role of the entrepreneur for development policy. Through this series, the Mercatus Center and IRIS developed applications designed to improve the way foreign aid empowers individuals to realize the freedom to prosper.
Agenda
9:00-9:15 - Welcome and Introduction
9:00-9:05 - Fred Witthans, USAID
9:05-9:15 - Peter Boettke, Mercatus Center
9:15-10:15 - Session One: Case Study: Romania
9:15-9:45 - Paul Aligica, Mercatus Center
9:45-9:55 - USAID Comment
9:55-10:15 - Panel Discussion
10:15-10:25 Break
10:25-11:25 - Session Two: Case Study: Dominican Republic
10:25-10:55 - David Harper, New York University
10:55-11:05 - USAID Comment
11:05-11:25 - Panel Discussion
11:25-11:35 Break
11:35-12:35 - Session Three: Case Study: Philippines
11:35-12:05 - Stephen Daley, Mercatus Center
12:05-12-15 - USAID Comment
12:15-12:35 - Panel Discussion
12:35-1:35 Lunch
1:35-3:20 - Session Four: Tools and Applications
1:35-1:40 - Introduction Peter Boettke, Mercatus Center
1:40-2:10 - Investor Roadmap: David Harper, Paul Aligica
2:10-2:30 - USAID Comment
2:30-3:00 - Micro-finance and Measurement: Daley, Boettke
3:00-3:20 - USAID Comment
Break 3:20-3:40
3:40-5:00 - Session Five: USAID Questions and Discussion
4:00-5:00 - Panel of Scholars
Associated People
- Paul Dragos Aligica
- Peter Boettke
- Stephen Daley
- David Harper
- Fred Whittans
Related Materials
- Assessing Microfinance and the USAID MABS Program in the Philippines: Under the Microscope of the New Institutional Economics (PDF)
- Dominican Republic: An Assessment of the USAID Investors Roadmap and an Alternative New Institutional Economics Perspective on the Barriers to Entrepreneurship (PDF)
- Romania: Lessons from the Investors Roadmap: Implementation Challenges and An Exploratory Assessment of the Major Barriers to Rural Entrepreneurship from a New Institutional Economic Perspective (PDF)
- Diagnosing Barriers to Entrepreneurship and Assessing the Chances for Implementing Reform (PDF)
- Alternative Measures of the Effectiveness of Micro Finance Organizations (PDF)
