Announcement
As South Korea has just joined OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in January 2010, it would be natural to ask whether South Korea-Japan collaboration is possible in the arena of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the coming years. There are several key factors in achieving this collaboration. First, the two countries share the same experience of having been both recipient and donor countries of ODA. These unique experiences should be analyzed, formulated, and disseminated to provide important global public goods. In doing so, South Korea and Japan should take the initiative in the reformation of rules and guidelines for the DAC, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), and United Nations Agencies. Second, South Korea and Japan can play an important role together in tackling global issues such as climate change and natural and manmade disasters. Third, the two countries can work together and positively utilize ODA to realize the ODA trinity (strategy, needs, support), facilitating private sector investments in low income countries not only in Asia but also in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this seminar, we will explore the possibilities of future collaboration between the two countries in the area of ODA from an evidence-based policy perspective.
Information
- Time and Date: 13:30-17:30, Tuesday, October 12, 2010
- Venue: RIETI's seminar room (Rm. 1121,11th Floor, METI Annex)
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo - Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: Free
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Contact: RIETI, (Ms.) MARUTAKE Kimiko (e-mail: conf-101012@rieti.go.jp
)
Tel: 03-3501-8398 / Fax: 03-3501-8416
Handouts and summary will be available for download from the RIETI website after the event.
Agenda
13:30 - 13:35 Opening Remarks
OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)
13:35 - 14:05 Keynote Speech
MAEDA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Executive Chief Analyst of Economic Cooperation Policies, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI))
14:05 - 17:25 Presentation and Panel Discussion
14:10 - 14:40 Presentation "Does Korea Follow Japan in Foreign Aid? Relationships between Aid and Foreign Investment"
Hongshik LEE (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Korea University)
14:40 - 15:05 Comment and Discussion
KASUGA Hidefumi (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University)
15:05 - 15:35 Presentation "Is Foreign Aid a Vanguard of FDI? A Gravity-Equation Approach"
TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
15:35 - 16:00 Comment and Discussion
Bokyeong PARK (Director, International Macroeconomics and Finance Department, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP))
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:35 Summary Presentation "Official Development Assistance: Views from Japan and East Asia"
SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
16:35 - 17:25 Panel Discussion
Chair: SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
Panelists (in alphabetical order):
KASUGA Hidefumi (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University)
TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
MAEDA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Executive Chief Analyst of Economic Cooperation Policies, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI))
Bokyeong PARK (Director, International Macroeconomics and Finance Department, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP))
Hongshik LEE (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Korea University)
17:25 - 17:30 Closing Remarks
OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)
*Agenda is subject to change
