Privatization of Development Assistance Symposium
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PROGRAM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
Breakfast (Greenberg Lounge): 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Panel 1
Mapping and Measuring Private Flows to Developing Countries
9:15 am - 10:45 pm (For Webcast, click here)
Moderator: Kevin Davis (NYU School of Law)
William Easterly (NYU Department of Economics), What Difference Does Private vs. Public Foreign Aid Make? Thinking About Knowledge and Incentives - PowerPoint presentation
Heidi Metcalf (Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute), The Role of Private Actors in Development - PowerPoint presentation
Raj M. Desai (Brookings and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University), Do Philanthropic Citizens Behave Like Governments? - PowerPoint presentation
Coffee Break (Greenberg Lounge): 10:45 am - 11:00 am
Panel 2
Private Giving: New Forms of Accountability
11:00 am - 12:30 pm (For Webcast, click here)
Moderator: Benedict Kingsbury (NYU School of Law)
Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania) and Dennis Whittle (GlobalGiving), Will The Privatization Of Foreign Aid Enhance Accountability? - Presentation
Discussant: Tim Büthe (Duke University)
Sarah Dadush (IILJ, NYU School of Law), Profiting in (RED): The Need for Enhanced Transparency in Cause-Related Marketing - PowerPoint presentation
Discussant: Jill Manny (NYU School of Law, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law)
Lunch (for participants only): 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Panel 3
Socially Responsible Investment
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (For Webcast, click here)
Moderator: Michelle Scholastica Paul (Journal of International Law and Politics)
Jonathan Morduch (NYU Wagner) and Jonathan Conning (NYU Wagner), Social Investment
Discussant: Camilla Nestor (Grameen Foundation)
Deborah Burand (University of Michigan Law School), Responsible Finance: Embedding Consumer Protection Principles into the Cross-Border Financings Offered to Microfinance Providers - PowerPoint presentation
Discussant: Maria Santos Valentin (Open Society Institute)
Coffee break (Greenberg Lounge): 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Panel 4
Regulating Private Flows
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm (For Webcast, click here)
Moderator: David Malone (International Development Research Centre)
Kevin Davis (NYU School of Law) and Anna Gelpern (American University School of Law), Private Financing for Global Development: Governing the Intermediaries - PowerPoint presentation
Discussant: Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School
Eric Zolt (UCLA Law School), Tax and Privately-Funded Development Assistance - PowerPoint presentation
Discussant: Mitchell Kane (NYU School of Law)
Journal of International Law & Politics Reception (by invitation): 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Rubin Dinner (by invitation): 6:00 pm - 8:00pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
Breakfast (Greenberg Lounge): 8:30 am– 9:15 am
Panel 5
Tapping the Diaspora
9:15 am – 10:45 am (For Webcast, click here)
Moderator: Eleanor Brown (George Washington University School of Law)
Suhas Ketkar (Vanderbilt University, Department of Economics), Diaspora Bonds as a New Funding Vehicle for Developing Countries - PowerPoint presentation
Discussant: Yaw Nyarko (NYU Department of Economics)
Christian Barry (Australian National University), Just Tax Treatment for Migrants Remitting to the Developing World
Discussant: Lily Batchelder (NYU School of Law)
Coffee Break (Greenberg Lounge): 10:45 am - 11:00 am
Panel 6
Relationships Between Public and Private Financing: Round Table Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm (For Webcast, click here)
Discussion leaders:
Kevin Davis (NYU School of Law)
Rutsel Martha (International Fund for Agriculture and Development)
Dennis Whittle (GlobalGiving)
Close: 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Lunch (for participants only): 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
