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) |