October 12 – 15, 2010, Williams College Campus
Schedule of All Events for CDE Alumni
Tuesday, October 12
2:45 pm – International Studies Colloquium, 129 Schaprio Hall
Isaac Osei CDE ’77 – Member of Parliament, Ghana. Mr. Osei, a recent presidential primary candidate in Ghana and former Ghana High Commissioner to the UK, will speak about democratization in Ghana and in Africa.
6 pm to 8 pm – Opening reception at CDE building, 1065 Main Street
Wednesday, October 13
9:30 am – 10:45 am – Discussion with Professor Henry Bruton, CDE Classroom
2 pm – “The CDE: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward,” Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
• Catharine Hill, Williams College ‘76 – President, Vassar College
• Fakhruddin Ahmed, CDE ’71 – former Chief Adviser (Prime Minister), Bangladesh
• Elsie Kanza, CDE ’00 – Economic Adviser to the President, Tanzania
• Michele de Nevers – Senior Manager, the World Bank
4 pm – ” Macroeconomic Reforms in Developing Countries: What Has Been Gained?” Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
• Peter Montiel – Professor of Economics, Williams College
• Gary Teves, CDE ’68 – former Secretary of Finance, Philippines
• Eduardo Conesa, CDE ’69 – Professor of Political Economy, University of Buenos Aires
• Ishrat Husain, CDE ’72 – former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
• Eteri Kvintradze, CDE ’99 – IMF Resident Representative to Bangladesh, originally from Georgia
8 pm – ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance
Joseph Stiglitz – University Professor, Columbia University, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001, “A Half Century of Changing Perspectives on Development”
Thursday, October 14
9:30 am – 10:45 am – Discussion with Professor Henry Bruton, Weston 10
12 noon – 1:30 pm – “Careers in International Development” – panel sponsored by Career Counseling and CDE, Weston Hall 10 – An information session for undergraduates.
12:30- 1:45 pm – Discussion of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Griffin 3.
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, and Rob Johnson, head of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, will discuss economics in academia.
2 pm – “Whither the Washington Consensus? Perspectives on Development Strategy,” Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
• Anand Swamy – Professor of Economics, Williams College
• Steve Lewis, Williams College ’60 – former President, Carleton College
• Toga Gayewea McIntosh, CDE ’76 – Executive Director, the World Bank, originally from Liberia
• Ana Rodriguez-Ortiz, CDE ’87 – Senior Advisor to the President, Inter-American Development Bank, originally from Colombia
• Rafkat Hasanov, CDE ’02 – Executive Director, Investment Roundtable, Kyrgyz Republic
4 pm – “The Financial Crisis of 2007-09: Lessons from Developing Countries for the U.S.” Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
• Gerard Caprio, Williams College ’72 – Professor of Economics, Williams College, and Chair, CDE
• John S. Wadsworth, Williams College ’61 – Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
• Goh Chok Tong, CDE ’67 – Senior Minister, Singapore
• Mauricio Yepez, CDE ’82 – former Minister of Finance, Ecuador
8 pm – ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance
Dani Rodrik – Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“Diagnostics before Prescription?”
Friday, October 15
12 noon – The Log, 78 Spring Street, Center for Environmental Studies
Michele de Nevers – Senior Manager, Environment Department, the World Bank
“The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries”