「Participation in the Workshop Project of The World Bank, United Nations Headquarter, George Washington University Elliot School 」

	Professor：Yoshiaki Abe , Yukio Kawamura , Kazuo Kuroda
	Purpose and result Schedule of Visit Participant
	Purpose and result Schedule of Visit Program for US Mission on March 15- 21 March 15 at GWU Elliot School AM: Free time 13:30-16:00 ・Welcome Speech by Prof. David Alan Grier, Associate Dean for Academic Programs ・Presentation of the Tsunami Monitoring Project by Mr. David Fabrycky, Elliott School student ・Presentation of the United Nations reform effort by Ambassador Karl Inderfurth March 16 at the World Bank 8:30-9:00 Breakfast 9:00-9:10 Video “One World, One Goal” 9:10-9:50 Presentation of the World Bank Overview by Ms. Maya Brahmam, Head, Speakers Bureau 9:50-10:30 Presentation of MIGA Overview by Ms. Yukiko Omura, Executive Vice President 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Presentation of Conflict & Development by Mr. Kaz Kuroda, Sr. Social Development Specialist 11:30-11:45 Visit to the Infoshop 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:45-15:15 Presentation of the current issues of the East Asian economy by Mr. Homi Kharas by EAP Chief Economist 15:15-15:45 Break 15:45-17:15 Presentation of East Asian Infrastructure by Mr. Christian Delvoie, EAP Infrastructure March 17 at the World Bank 9:30-10:30 Introduction of Scholarships, Internship Program and YPP 10:40-12:00 Meeting with Bank staff from Asian countries 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:15 Discussion on “Youth and Development” with 2007 WDR staff, Director Mr. Emanuel Himenez and his staff 14:30-15:30 Discussion with Alternate Japanese ED Mr. Toshio Oya on the role of Japan in the World Bank March 18-19 Free time March 20 at the United Nations 10:00 - UN Pass 11:00-12:00 Guided Tour 12:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:30 Presentation of Peacekeeping Operations by Mr. Hernan Vales, Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea 15:30-16:30 Presentation of Political Affairs by Mr. Yasuhiro Ueki, Information Officer, Department of Public Information, Former Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad March 21 at the United Nation 10:00-11:00 Presentation of Economic Affairs by Mr. Keiji Inoue, Economic Monitoring and Assessments Unit, Development Policy and Planning Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs 11:00-12:00 Presentation of Social Affairs by Ms. Peggy Celly and Mr. Fred Doulton, Division of Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs 12:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:30 Presentation of International Civil Service by Ms. Kumiko Katayama, Statistician, Cost-of-Living Division, International Civil Service Commission 15:30-16:30 Presentation of UN budget by Mr. Xiaohai Shi, Executive Office, Office of Undersecretary General, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Participant Report on the activity ■Group A members Name (Last/Middle/Family) Country Report ABEYSINGHE MUDIYANSELAGE NIROS CHAMINDA Shri Lankan Question: “Do you think the World Bank was established as a permanent organization?” Keisuke Konishi Japan MORALES TRISTAN/OSWALDO Peruvian Makiko Hayashi Japan Atsushi Kondo Japan Takeshi Tomino Japan MOHDTAMIL/BAHRIA BINTI Malaysian Tomoe MEGA Japan ■Group B members Name (Last/Middle/Family) Country Report KIKALA/STEPHEN Papua New Guinean Question: What should be the balance in World Bank works between policy advices and lending as a bank? Chieko Inoue Japan Haruka Ishida Japan Natsuki Edogawa Japan JARUSARN/PANJAI Thai NYAMDAVAA ANANDSAIKHAN Mongolian YAHAYA/AMINUDIN BIN Malaysian Tetsuya Masuda Japan ■Group C members Name (Last/Middle/Family) Country Report KWON/YOUNG CHAN Korean(ROK) Question: “How Should borrowing countries of The World Bank funds balance between bilateral and multilateral ODA?” Mayuko Hori Japan MOHDARIF/MOHD DAUD BIN Malaysian JUNG/SOOJIN Korean(ROK) Wakako Kobayashi Japan PAPANASTASIOU THOMAS NEKTAR Hellenic SUKHBAATAR/GANSUKH Mongolian