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Illicit Financial Flows: The Missing Link in Development

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Agenda

Date:

June 28, 2007

Time:

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location:

CSIS
B1 Conference Level
1800 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

Associated Programs:

Hills Program on Governance

Related Research Focus:

Trade & Economics

Partner:

The Global Financial Integrity Program at the Center for International Policy

Description:

On June 28, the CSIS Hills Program on Governance and the Global Financial Integrity program at the Center for International Policy hosted a conference titled "Illicit Financial Flows: The Missing Link in Development." This all-day event consisted of four panels that examined: Economic Conditions Hurting Development; What is Known About Illicit Financial Flows; Including Illicit Financial Flows in the Development Equation; The Push and Pull of Globalization; and Governance is a Two-Way Street.

Welcome
  • Tom Cardamone, Managing Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
  • Gerald Hyman, President, Hills Program on Governance, CSIS

Opening Presentations —Economic Conditions Hurting Development
  • Raymond Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
  • Daniel Kaufmann, Director – Global Programs, World Bank
  • Lord Daniel Brennan, Counsel, Matrix Chambers – Keynote
AUDIO (mp3, 1:43:58)

Panel 1 — What is Known About Illicit Financial Flows

  • John Christensen, Founder, Tax Justice Network, Panel Chair
  • Raymond Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
  • Eva Joly, Special Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
  • Simon J. Pak, Associate Professor of Finance, Penn State University
AUDIO (mp3, 1:16:41)

Panel 2 — Illicit Financial Flows in the Development Equation

  • Herman Wijffels, World Bank Exec. Director, Netherlands, Panel Chair
  • Anthea Lawson, Researcher, Global Witness
  • Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University
  • Nancy Zuker Boswell, Managing Director, Transparency Int'l USA
AUDIO (mp3, 1:09:46)

Luncheon Key Note Address
  • Moises Naim, Editor, Foreign Policy
AUDIO (mp3, 43:15) 

Panel 3 — The Push and Pull of Globalization

  • Charles Davidson, Advisory Board, GFI, Panel Chair
  • George Ayittey, Professor of Economics, American University
  • Jack Blum, Counsel, Baker Hostetler
  • Eric Le Boucher, International Editor, Le Monde
  • Jonathan Winer, Partner, Alston and Bird LLC
AUDIO (mp3, 1:13:11) 

Panel 4 — Governance is a Two-Way Street"

  • Leonardo Burlamaqui, Ford Foundation, Panel Chair
  • Charles Abugre, Head of Policy, British Christian Aid
  • Thomas Pogge, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
  • Kannan Srinivasan, Monash Asia Institute, Australia
AUDIO (mp3, 1:27:19) 

   
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