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Distr.: For participants only 9 December 2011 English only

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Development

Second session Bangkok, 7-9 December 2011

List of participants

MEMBERS

AFGHANISTAN Representative: Mr. Farid Popalzai, Director, Policy and Afghanistan National

Development Strategy (ANDS), Ministry of Economy, Kabul

AUSTRALIA Representative: Mr. Simon Farbenbloom, Deputy Head of Mission and Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Australian Embassy, Bangkok Alternate: Mr. Adam Warren, Policy Specialist and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Australian Embassy, Bangkok

BANGLADESH Representative: H.E. Mr. Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of ESCAP, Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Bangkok

Alternates: Mr. Moinul Islam, Joint Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of

Finance, Dhaka Mr. Md. Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury, Economic Counsellor and

Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Bangkok

BHUTAN

Representative: Ms. Tshering Wangmo, Planning Officer, Research and Evaluation

Division, Gross National Happiness Commission, Thimphu

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CAMBODIA Representative: H.E. Mr. Ros Seilava, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Economy

and Finance, Phnom Penh Alternate: Mr. Kim Phalla, Director, Economic and Public Financial Department,

Ministry of Economy and Finance, Phnom Penh

CHINA Representative: Mr. Diao Mingsheng, Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of

the People’s Republic of China, Bangkok Alternates: Ms. Xie Zhangwei, Assistant to the Permanent Representative to

ESCAP, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Bangkok Mr. Huang Han, Assistant to the Permanent Representative to ESCAP,

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Bangkok Ms. Yuan Jian, Senior Research Fellow (former Vice President of CIIS),

China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing Mr. Zhou Chang, Deputy Director and Assistant Researcher, Office of

International Exchange, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Beijing

INDIA

Representative: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Rakesh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural

Development, Government of India, New Delhi Alternates: H.E. Mr. Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok Mr. Budh Dass Virdi, Adviser, Planning Commission, Government of

India, New Delhi Mr. Prashant Agrawal, Counsellor and Alternate Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok

INDONESIA Representative: Mr. Bobby Hamzar Rafinus, Assistant to Deputy Minister for Macro

Policy Analysis, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Government of Indonesia, Jakarta

Alternates: Mr. R. Edi Prio Pambudi, Deputy Director on Analysis of Monetary

Policy, Department of Coordinating on Macroeconomic and Financial Affairs, The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Government of Indonesia, Jakarta

Ms. Nana Yuliana, First Secretary and Alternate Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok

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Mr. Wasana Adi Nugraha, Third Secretary and Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok

Ms. Anet Adila, Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia,

Bangkok

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Representative: Mr. Mohammad Ali Zarie Zare, First Counsellor and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bangkok

JAPAN

Representative: Mr. Masatoshi Sato, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative

to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan, Bangkok Alternate: Mr. Hiroaki Sakurai, First Secretary and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan, Bangkok

KAZAKHSTAN Representative: Mr. Alimzhan Tokhtassunov, Chargé ďAffaires and Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bangkok

Alternate: Ms. Altanay Dyussekova, First Secretary and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bangkok

MALAYSIA

Representative: Mr. Tajul Aman Mohammad, Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission and

Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Malaysia, Bangkok

MALDIVES Representative: Mr. Riyaz Mansoor, Assistant Director, Ministry of Economic

Development, Male

MONGOLIA Representative: Mr. Urgamal Byambasuren, State Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare

and Labor, Government of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar Alternates: Ms. Zambaga Zorigt, Economist, Financial and Economic Policy

Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Ms. Badarch Suvdaa, Counsellor, Embassy of Mongolia, Bangkok

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MYANMAR Representative: Ms. Zin Mar Htwe, Second Secretary and Alternate Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Bangkok

NEPAL

Representative: Mr. Rabi Shanker Sainju, Programme Director, National Planning

Commission Secretariat, Kathmandu

PAKISTAN Representative: H.E. Mr. Sohail Mahmood, Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Bangkok

Alternates: Mr. Ahmed Amjad Ali, Deputy Head of Mission and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Bangkok

Mr. Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Commercial Counselor and Alternate

Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Bangkok

PHILIPPINES

Representative: Ms. Cleofe S. Pastrana, Director III, Social Development Staff, National

Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Pasig City Alternate: Ms. Princess U. Tomas-Tayao, Third Secretary and Vice-Consul and

Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Bangkok

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Representative: Mr. Won-Sup Park, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to

ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Bangkok Alternates: Mr. Sung-Chul Shin, Counsellor and Alternate Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Bangkok Mr. Byoung-Ha Hwang, Counsellor (Financial Attaché) and Alternate

Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Bangkok

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Representative: Mr. Evgeny G. Bessonov, Senior Counsellor and Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok

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Alternates: Mr. V. Rahmatulin, Deputy Director, Department of Health and Labour Development Analysis and Prognosis, Ministry of Health and Social Development, Moscow

Ms. Valentina A. Nikiforova, ECOSOC and UN Regional Commissions

Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow

Mr. Ilya Andreev, Attaché and Assistant Permanent Representative to

ESCAP, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok

SAMOA

Representative: Mr. Oscar Malielegaoi, Assistant Chief Executive Officer for Budget,

Ministry of Finance, Government of Samoa, Apia

SOLOMON ISLANDS Representative: Mr. Selwyn Takana, Acting Director, Economic Reform Unit, Ministry

of Finance and Treasury, Honiara

SRI LANKA Representative: Ms. Chandra Wikramasinghe, Commissioner General of Samurdhi,

Ministry of Economic Development, Colombo Alternate: Mr. Neville de Silva, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy

Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Bangkok

THAILAND

Representative: Mr. Rit Syamananda, Senior Expert on International Financial and

Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Alternates: Ms. Kulaya Tantitemit, Senior Expert on Macroeconomic Policy,

Bureau of Macroeconomic Policy, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok

Ms. Sansucha Ratanadirek, Senior Economist, Fiscal Policy Office,

Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Ms. Kulkunya Prayarach, Senior Economist, International Economic

Policy Bureau, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Ms. Sakorn Daeng-Ngam, Director, Bureau of Macro Economic and

Trade Policy, Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok

Ms. Rutaichanok Jingjit, Trade Officer, Trade Policy and Strategy

Office, Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok

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Ms. Duangjai Charnbhumidol, Plan and Policy Analyst, International Industrial Economics Bureau, Office of Industrial Economics, Ministry of Industry, Bangkok

Ms. Budthree Tiamtiabrat, Plan and Policy Analyst, International

Industrial Economics Bureau, Office of Industrial Economics, Ministry of Industry, Bangkok

Ms. Sumitra Pooltong, Senior Professional, Policy and Plan Analyst,

Macroeconomic Strategy and Planning Office, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Ms. Nipha Kittiruengcharn, Plan and Policy Analyst, Senior

Professional Level, Social Database and Indicator Development National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Mr. Bhumisuk Khananurak, Plan and Policy Analyst, Professional

Level, Social Database and Indicator Development Office, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Ms. Orachat Sungkhamanee, Plan and Policy Analyst, Practitioner

Level, Macroeconomic Strategy and Planning Office, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Ms. Patima Chongcharoentanawat, Plan and Policy Analyst, Practitioner

Level, Social Database and Indicator Development Office, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Ms. Pattama Teanravisitsagool, Director of Social Database and

Indicator Development Office, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), Bangkok

Ms. Natta Akapaiboon, Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Bangkok Ms. Dounghatai Danvithana, Deputy Secretary-General, Office of

Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok

Ms. Aree Somwabee, Director Bureau, Agricultural Development

Policy and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok

Ms. Hirunya Srasom, Economist (Senior Professional Level), Ministry

of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok Ms. Sugritta Pongsaparn, Policy and Plan Analyst, Ministry of

Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok Mr. Wichai Fuengsirimongkol, Bureau of Trade and Economic Indices,

Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok Ms. Ratchanee Ratanachartchuchai, Bureau of Trade and Economic

Indices, Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok

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Ms. Juthamas Uttamote, Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA), Bangkok

Mr. Chaiyaporn Chutisilp, Office of Agricultural Economic, Ministry of

Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok

TIMOR-LESTE Representative: Mr. Cristino Gusmao, Director, Macro Economy of Timor-Leste,

Ministry of Finance, Dili Alternate: Mr. Helder Lopes, Macroeconomic Adviser, National Directorate of

Macro Economy (NDME), Ministry of Finance, Dili

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Representative: Ms. Sara Scarbro, Second Secretary and Alternate Deputy Permanent

Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the United States of America, Bangkok

Alternate: Ms. Kimberly Skoglund, Second Secretary and Alternate Deputy

Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the United States of America, Bangkok

VANUATU

Representative: Mr. Charlie Namaka, Senior Policy Analyst, Economic Sector,

Department of Strategic Policy Planning and Aid Coordination, Ministry of Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Port Vila

VIET NAM

Representative: Mr. Quyet Ngo Xuan, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Hanoi

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UNITED NATIONS BODIES

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)

Ms. Khushbu Mishra Consultant, Social Policy and Economic Analysis, Bangkok

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) Mr. Young-Woo Park Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the

Pacific, Bangkok

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)

Ms. Kiran Bhatia Officer-in-Charge, Asia Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok

UNITED NATIONS OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR)

Ms. Heike Alefsen Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia, Bangkok

UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT

OF WOMEN Ms. Deepa Bharathi Programme Manager, Regional Programme on

Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia, Bangkok

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SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) Mr. Shogo Ishii Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Tokyo

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

Dr. Khalilur Rahman Coordinator, WHO with ESCAP and Interagency Coordination, Bangkok

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)

Mr. Shiladitya Chatterjee Regional Advisor on Millennium Development Goals,

Strategy and Policy Department, Manila

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OTHER ENTITY

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Mr. Mark Gellerson Program Economist, USAID Regional Development

Mission for Asia, Bangkok

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS/PANELISTS Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal Mr. Daw Tenzin Governor, Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan,

Thimphu, Bhutan Ms. Ma. Cyd N. Tuaño-Amador Assistant Governor, Office of the Assistant Governor,

Monetary Policy Sub-Sector, Central Bank of Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Mr. Yide Qiao Secretary-General, Shanghai Development Research

Foundation, Beijing, China Mr. Ashfaque H. Khan Director General and Dean, NUST Business School,

Islamabad, Pakistan Mr. Vo Tri Thanh Vice President, Central Institute for Economic

Management (CIEM), Hanoi, Viet Nam Mr. Biman C. Prasad Dean and Professor, Economics and Chair, The University

of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Ms. Sadeka Halim Information Commissioner, Information Commission

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh -------------------------------

OBSERVERS

Ms. Myrna Austria Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Research, Full

Professor, Economics Department, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Mr. Ramesh Chand Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and

Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi, India Ms. Tatiana M. Isachenko Economics, Moscow State Institute of International

Relations (University), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Mr. Saman Kelegama Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mr. S. Lankatilleke Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo,

Sri Lanka Mr. Tae Jeong Lee Professor, Department of Economics, Yonsei University at

Wonju, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea Mr. Piyasak Manason Vice President, Economic and Industrial Research

Department, Bangkok, Thailand Mr. Siwage Dharma Negara Researcher, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI),

Research Center for Economic, Jakarta, Indonesia ---------------------------

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SECRETARIAT

Ms. Noeleen Heyzer Executive Secretary Mr. Shun-ichi Murata Deputy Executive Secretary Ms. Laura López Chief of Staff Ms. Shamika Sirimanne Secretary of the Commission Ms. Michele Von Rautenkranz Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary Mr. Robert Spaull External Relations Officer Ms. Francyne Harrigan Chief, Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section

MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION (MPDD)

Mr. M. Aynul Hasan Officer-in-Charge, a.i., Macroeconomic Policy and

Development Division, Macroeconomic Policy and Analysis Section and Chief, Development Policy Section

Mr. Syed A.M. Nuruzzaman Chief, Countries Special Needs Section Mr. M. Hussain Malik Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section Mr. Alberto E. Isgut Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section Ms. Nobuko Kajiura Economic Affairs Officer, Countries Special Needs

Section Mr. Shuvojit Banerjee Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and

Analysis Section Mr. Marin Yari Economic Affairs Officer, Countries Special Needs

Section Mr. Clovis Freire Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section Mr. Naylin Oo Economic Affairs Officer, Countries Special Needs

Section Mr. Sudip Ranjan Basu Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Section Mr. Pisit Puapan Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and

Analysis Section Mr. Daniel Jeongdae Lee Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Development

Policy Section Mr. Seung Hun, Jung Project Expert, Countries Special Needs Section

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Ms. Margit Molnar Regional Advisor on Finance and Development

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT DIVISION (PMD) Mr. Marinus W. Sikkel Chief, a.i., Programme Management Division

SUBREGIONAL OFFICE

Mr. Nagesh Kumar Chief Economist, ESCAP and Director, ESCAP

Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia, New Delhi

Mr. Nikolay Pomoshchnikov Director, ESCAP Regional Office for North and Central

Asia, Almaty

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION (ASD) Ms. Frances Kamikamica Officer-in-Charge, a.i., Administrative Services Division Mr. Steve Odera Chief, Conference Services Section Mr. Han Xiaoxin Chief, Chinese Language Unit, CSS Mr. Edward Marie-Magdeleine Chief, French Language Unit, CSS Mr. Oleg Andrukh Chief, Russian Language Unit, CSS Mr. Syed-Rizwan Raza Rizvi Officer-in-Charge, a.i., Conference Management Unit

ESCAP REGIONAL INSTITUTION

Ms. Katinka Weinberger Head, Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through

Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), Bogor

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