SEMINAR/PROGRAM

Session 1 (09:00 a.m. – 09:45 a.m).

Introductory Session

Chair : Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud

09:00 a.m. Background and Introduction 
Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy 
Dr. Bishakha Mukherjee, CWS         

09:15 a.m. Address by Chief Guest 
Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP

09:35 a.m. Concluding Remarks by Chair

Tea Break

Session 2 (10:00 a.m. – 01:30 p.m)

Working Session

Chair : Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh Bank

10:00 a.m. Study Findings
Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud

10:45 a.m. Panelists (in random order)

Mr. M. Syeduzzaman
Former Finance Minister

Mr. Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury
Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Dr. Mosihur Rahman
Former ERD Secretary

Dr. Akbar Ali Khan
Director, Centre for Governance, BRAC

Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman
Executive Chairman, PPRC

Dr. Christine I. Wallich
Country Director, World Bank

Dr. Hua Du
Country Director, ADB

Mr. David Wood
Country Representative, DFID Bangladesh

Professor Rehman Sobhan (to be confirmed)
Chairman, CPD

12:30 p.m. Floor Discussion and response from the Speaker

01:20 p.m. Concluding Remarks by Chair