PROGRAMME

CITD International Conference 2012

Trade, Growth and Development: Two Decades of Reforms in India and After

April 3-4, 2012

Venue: JNU Convention Centre

Organized by Centre for International Trade and

Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru University and

Indian Council of Social Science Research

11:00am-1:00pm Session IV: Trade, Growth and Product Development

Chair: Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar (CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Rajat Acharyya and Anwesha Aditya (Jadavpur University) “Reciprocatory Trade Liberalization, Product Development and Balanced Growth”

Meeta K. Mehra and Sujata Basu (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)“Optimal Public Policy in a Schumpeterian Model of Endogenous Growth with Environmental Pollution”

Sangeeta Bansal (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University) "Market Provision of Quality: Impact of Economic Growth”

Discussants: Rudrani Bhattacharya (National Institute of Public Finance & Policy)Mausumi Das (Delhi School of Economics)Sujoy Chakravarty (CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

2:00-4:00pm Session V: FDI, Manufacturing and Carbon Leakage

Chair: K.L. Krishna (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

B. N. Goldar (Institute of Economic Growth) “Direction of Outward FDI of Indian Manufacturing Firms: The Effect of Firm Productivity”

Chiranjib Sen (Azim Premji University)“Globalization and the Developmental State”

Manoj Pant and Sanghita Mondal (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University) “Competition, Efficiency and Foreign Investment: A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing”

Discussants: Aditya Bhattacharjea (Delhi School of Economics)Basudeb Chaudhuri (Centre de Sciences Humaines)Saon Ray (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations)

4:00-4:15pm Tea/ Coffee

4:15-4:45pm Closing

Vote of Thanks: Meeta K. Mehra

Day 1: Tuesday April 3, 2012

9:30-10:00am Inaugural (Lecture Hall)

Welcome: Aparna Sawhney, Convenor

Chair: Christopher Raj, Dean, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Inaugural Note: Sudha Pai, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University

10:00-10:45am Plenary Session 1 (Lecture Hall)

Chair: Ashok Guha (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)Kaushik Basu (Cornell University and Chief Economic Advisor, GOI)“Social and Normative Foundations of Economic Development”

10:45-11am Tea/Coffee

11:00am-1:00pm Session I: Trade, Growth and Inequality (Committee Room)

Chair: T.N. Srinivasan (Yale University and National University of Singapore)

Sugata Marjit and Saibal Kar (Centre for Studies in Social Science) “International Capital Flow, Vanishing Industries and Two-sided Wage Inequality”

Partha Sen (South Asian University and Delhi School of Economics)“Trade and Convergence”

Alokesh Barua and Aparna Sawhney (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)“Trade, Growth and Inequality: The Role of Development Expenditure in India”

Discussants: Manoj Pant (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)Debasis Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)Arup Mitra (Institute of Economic Growth)

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

2:00-2:45pm Plenary Session 2 (Lecture Hall)

Chair: Anjan Mukherji (International Growth Centre and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Why aren't children learning?”

2:45-4:05pm Session II: Development and Institution (Committee Room)

Chair: Ramprasad Sengupta (CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Rohini Somanathan (Delhi School of Economics) “Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry”

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay (Shiv Nadar University and India Development Foundation)

“Conversion of land for developmental purposes”

Discussant: Rajat Kathuria (International Management Institute)

4:05-4:20pm Tea/Coffee

4:20-5:40pm Session III: Credit, Health and Development (Committee Room)

Chair: Amitabh Kundu (CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Mandira Sarma (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University) “Credit availability for small enterprises in India”

Amit Shovan Ray and Debosree Banerjee (CITD, Jawaharlal Nehru University) “Do Society and Politics Matter in Shaping India’s Health: Econometric Estimation of the Health Production Function”

Discussant: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi)

7:00-9:00pm Conference Dinner

Day 2: Wednesday April 4, 2012

10:00-10:45am Plenary Session 3 (Lecture Hall)

Chair: Satya P. Das (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi)

T. N. Srinivasan (Yale University and National University of Singapore)“Real and Financial Integration with the Global Economy since India’s reforms: Impacts and Future Challenges”

10:45-11:00am Tea/Coffee