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Policy Forum “Credit Risk Database: Credit scoring models for Thai SMEs”

International Workshop on Policy Development Research in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

12 พฤษภาคม 2560 |

ณ ห้องสมานสโมสร อาคาร 2 ชั้น 2 ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย

กำหนดการ

8.30-9.00

Registration

9.00-9.20

Welcoming Remarks by Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor of the Bank of Thailand

9.20-10.00

Keynote Address

Economic Development and Research Priorities in the GMS

Yasuyuki Sawada, Asian Development Bank (slides

)

10.00-10.15

Coffee Break

10.15-11.45

Panel Discussion

Economic Opportunities, Development Challenges and Prospects for Regional Connectivity

Moderator:	Krislert Samphantharak, University of California San Diego, USA
Panelists:	Sophal Chan, Centre for Policy Studies, Cambodia
	Leeber Leebouapao, National Institute for Economic Research, Lao PDR
	Nguyen Manh Hai, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam (slides )
	Zaw Oo, Myanmar Centre for Economic and Social Development, Myanmar

11.45-12.15

Perspectives

ASEAN and China: Drifting Together or Drifting Apart?

Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore, Singapore

12.15-13.30

Lunch

Research Papers

Chair:

Sommarat Chantarat, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Thailand

13.30-14.00

The Landscape of Financial Inclusion in the GMS through the Lens of FinScope’s Nationally Representative Surveys

Speaker:

Kingstone Mutsonziwa, FinMark Trust, South Africa (slides

)

14.00-14.30

Vocational Training in Hospitality and Labor Market Transitions: A Randomized Experiment Among Cambodian Disadvantaged Youths

Speaker:

Chandarany Ouch, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Cambodia (slides

)

14.30-15.00

Assessing the Impact of Contributory and Social Pensions in Vietnam

Speaker:

Nguyen Viet Cuong, National Economics University, Vietnam

15.00-15.15

Coffee Break

15.15-15.45

Household Debt, Policies and Shocks: Evidence from National Credit Bureau Data

Speaker:

Sommarat Chantarat, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Thailand

15.45-17.15

Panel Discussion

Policy Priorities in the GMS: The Role of Research and Collaboration

Moderator:	Piti Disyatat, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Thailand
Panelists:	Nguyen Duc Thanh, Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, Vietnam
	Vathana Roth, Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Cambodia
	Somkiat Tangkitwanich, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand (slides )
	Xaysomphet Norasingh, Economic Research Institute for Trade, Lao PDR (slides )