and
Development Economics Research Group, World Bank
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent a
Palgrave Macmillan and World Bank publication
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| Services Trade and Development: |
| The Experience of Zambia |
| Edited by Aaditya Mattoo and Lucy Payton |
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| Some see services trade reform as irrelevant to the development|
| agenda of a least developed country like Zambia. |
| Others see few benefits from past, and hence future, market|
| opening. This book debunks both views. It finds that there are|
| substantial benefits from reform of telecommunications, transport,|
| financial and tourism services. But past liberalization in weak|
| and inappropriate regulatory contexts has led to perverse results|
| and undermined the case for further reform. Moreover, the failure|
| to design and implement efficient policies to widen access to|
| services could lead to a reversion to state capitalism and the use|
| of inefficient instruments of ?empowerment?. The book identifies|
| priorities for domestic reform and international engagement. |
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Chair
Benno Ndulu
Regional Advisor, Africa Region, World Bank
Benno Ndulu is a Regional Advisor in the Africa region of the World
Bank and Manager of its Partnership program. Prior to that, he
served as a Research Manager for Bank-wide Research Support in the
office of the World Bank?s Chief Economist and Senior Vice
President. He is best known for his involvement in setting up and
developing one of the most effective research and training network
in Africa, the African Economic Research Consortium. He served first
as its Research Director and later as its Executive Director. He
received an honorary doctorate from the ISS in the Hague in
recognition of his contributions to capacity building and research
on Africa, and for his intellectual contributions to the democratic
change in South Africa. Following his Ph.D. degree in economics from
Northwestern University in Evanston in 1979, he taught economics and
published widely on growth, adjustment, governance and trade. He has
been involved in policy advisory roles world wide and has served in
a wide range of Boards in Tanzania and internationally.
Speakers
Aaditya Mattoo
Lead Economist, Development Economics, World Bank
Aaditya Mattoo is Lead Economist in the Development Research Group
of the World Bank. He is also leading a project on international
trade in services, specializes in trade policy analysis and the
operation of the WTO, and is helping enhance policy-making and
negotiating capacity in developing countries. Prior to joining the
Bank in 1999, Mr. Mattoo was Economic Counsellor at the Trade in
Services Division, WTO, Geneva. He also served as Economic Affairs
Officer in the Economic Research and Analysis and Trade Policy
Review Divisions of the WTO. Mr. Mattoo has lectured in economics
at the University of Sussex and was lector at Churchill College,
Cambridge University. Mr. Mattoo is an Indian national and holds a
Ph.D. in Economics from King?s College, University of Cambridge, and
an M.Phil in Economics from St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
He has published widely in journals and edited several books.
Sam Maimbo
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank
Samuel Munzele Maimbo is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the
World Bank?s Africa Finance and Private Sector Unit. He has
expertise in a range of financial sector areas, having focused on
developing, emerging, and conflict-afflicted countries since the mid
1990s. Specific areas of focus have included banking and financial
sector, formal and informal remittance systems, financial sector
reforms in conflict affected countries, rural finance,
micro-finance, housing finance, and private sector development. A
Rhodes Scholar, Samuel obtained a PhD in Public Administration from
the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the
University of Manchester, England in 2001; a MBA (Finance) Degree
from the University of Nottingham, England in 1998; a Bachelor of
Accountancy Degree (with Distinction) from the Copperbelt
University, Zambia in 1994. He is also a Fellow of the Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom and a
Fellow of the Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants (ZICA).
Charles Schlumberger
Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank
Charles Schlumberger, a Swiss national, is the Principal Air
Transport Specialist of the World Bank in Washington DC. In this
function he is responsible for the Bank?s policy and development
priorities in the field of air transport. He supervises or
participates directly in several air transport projects globally,
which range from air transport infrastructure financing, air carrier
restructuring and/or privatization, air transport safety and
security projects, and air transport policy advice to governments.
Prior to his appointment to the World Bank in 1998, Mr. Schlumberger
has held the position of Vice-President at Union Bank of
Switzerland, responsible for international credit restructuring.
Prior to his activities in financial institutions, he was the CEO of
a Logistics and Transport Group in France, and worked as a lawyer on
aviation related matters in Switzerland. Mr. Schlumberger graduated
in 1986 with a Law Degree from Basel Law School, focusing on
Aviation Law and Bankruptcy Procedures, and he received in 1989 a
MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is also an active FAA and
JAR licensed pilot and certified flight instructor.
Discussant
Gary Hufbauer
Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Institute of International Economics
Gary Hufbauer Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Institute of
International Economics, was formerly the Marcus Wallenberg
Professor of International Finance Diplomacy at Georgetown
University (1985?92), Deputy Director of the International Law
Institute at Georgetown University (1979?81); Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International Trade and Investment Policy of the US
Treasury (1977?79); and Director of the International Tax Staff at
the Treasury (1974?76). He has written extensively on international
trade, investment, and tax issues.
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