CSES Seminars Series 2008

24 September 2008
TITLE: Economic Development in Indonesia and Vietnam: A Personal Experience
PRESENTER:  David Ray, SENADA Project (USAID), Jakarta Indonesia

Since 2000 David has worked on a number of development projects promoting economic reform in Indonesia and Vietnam. Over the 2000 to 2003 period he was an economic advisor at the Indonesian Ministry of Industry and Trade and worked on range of issues impacting the business enabling environment, including decentralisation, competition policy, trade policy, local government regulations and port sector reform. From late 2003 until the end of 2006, he was based in Hanoi and led The Asia Foundation component of the Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative, focusing on provincial economic governance reform. Currently he is the Deputy Director of the SENADA Competitiveness project in Jakarta, a project to enhance the competitiveness of key labour intensive manufacturing sectors. David holds a PhD in Economics from Victoria University (completed at CSES) and an honours degree in economics from Murdoch University.

25 Mayl 2008
TITLE: ASEAN+3 Free Trade Agreement and Its Impact on Australia–Vietnam Trade
PRESENTERS:  Vietnam Institute of Trade Delegation

A delegation from the Vietnam Institute of Trade (VIT)from the Ministry of Trade, Vietnam, visited the CSES and presented material on ASEAN+3 free trade agreements. The visitors were invited by Prof. Tran Van Hoa whom is carrying out joint research with VIT, funded by an ARC Linkage Grant.

9 April 2008
TITLE: Climate Change and Global Growth: Beyond the Current Impasse
PRESENTER:  Prof. Peter Sheehan, Director, CSES 

Peter Sheehan is Director of the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. He leads the Centre's work on climate change and is publishing actively in this area, especially in relation to the implications of continued rapid growth in China, India and other developing countries.

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2 April 2008
TITLE: Why has Longevity Increased More in some U.S. States Than Others? AND The Impact of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity: Two Econometric Studies
PRESENTER: Professor Frank Lichtenberg, Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business, Colombia University Graduate School of Business

Frank Lichtenberg is Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business at Columbia University and a Adjunct Professor at Victoria University. He is a leading world authority on the study of health outcomes, and especially on the impact of medical innovations on those outcomes.

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26 March 2008
TITLE: Stumbling through the Mist of the Australian Labor Market and Welfare System
PRESENTER: Prof. R.G. Gregory, Economics Program, RSSS, Australian National University

Bob Gregory is Professor in the Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. He has been a leading Australian researcher on economic and social issues, including the interaction of the welfare system and the labour market, for three decades.

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