A forum to foster dialogue across disciplines on issues related to culture and development.and their implications for public action. Based on the book:

Culture and Public Action, Vijayendra Rao and Michael Walton (editors), Stanford University Press, 2004. The South Asia Edition has been published by Permanent Black.

 

Contributors (In Order of Chapters in the Book):

Amartya Sen, Arjun Appadurai, Mary Douglas, Marco Verweij, Timur Kuran, Arjo Klamer, Lourdes Arizpe, Sabina Alkire, Anita Abraham, Jean-Phiippe Platteau, Monica Das Gupta, Carol Jenkins, Fernando Calderon, Alicia Szmuckler, Simon Harragin, Shelton Davis,Vijayendra Rao, Michael Walton

 
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Speaker papers and discussant comments are presented in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format.

The Conference Proceedings

Sunday, June 30th, 2002
9:30 - 9:45 Introduction and Overview
Chair:

Nicholas Stern
Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank.

Currently Second Permanent Secretary - Treasury of the United Kingdom.
Bio | Video (Tape 1 starting at 00:00:00)



Speakers:

Michael Walton

Lecturer, Kennedy School of Govt. - Harvard

Former Regional Adviser, World Bank
Bio | Paper | Video (Tape 1 starting at 00:06:07)


Vijayendra Rao
Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
Bio | Paper | Video
(Tape 1 starting at 00:15:17)



     
9:45 -10:15 How Culture Matters
Speaker:
Amartya Sen
Lamont University Professor, Harvard University
Bio |Video (Tape 1 starting at 00:17:08)
     
10:15 -11:00 The Capacity to Aspire
Speaker: Arjun Appadurai
Provost, and John Dewey Professor of the Social Sciences, New School University
Bio | Video (Tape 1 starting at 00:44:00)
  Brief Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 1 starting at 01:16:00)
 
   
11:15 -12:45 Commentary on Sen and Appadurai
Discussants:

Kaushik Basu
Professor of Economics, Cornell University
Bio | Video (Tape 2 starting at 00:00:30)



  Debraj Ray
Professor of Economics, New York University
Bio | Comments |
Video (Tape 2 starting at 00:17:15)



  Stephen Gudeman
Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
Bio | Comments | Video (Tape 2 starting at 00:32:00)

  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 2 starting at 00:46:00)
 
   
1:45 - 3:30 Interactions Between Public Action and Local Cultures
Chair: Mamphela Ramphele
Managing Director, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 3 starting at 00:00:00)



  Simon Harragin
Independent Consultant
Bio | Video (Tape 3 starting at 00:02:35)




  Jean-Philippe Platteau
Professor of Economics,
University of Namur
Bio |
Video (Tape 3 starting at 00:19:00)


Discussants: Keith Hart
Senior Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen
Bio | Comments | Video (Tape 3 starting at 00:42:00)


  Michael Kremer
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Bio |
Video (Tape 3 starting at 01:03:45)


  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 3 starting at 01:16:41)
 
   

 

3:50 - 6:00 Values and Goods
Chair: Tia Duer
New Business Development Leader, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 4 starting at 00:00:00)


Speakers: Lourdes Arizpe
Professor of Anthropology, National University of Mexico
Bio |
Video (Tape 4 starting at 00:02:12)


  Arjo Klamer
Professor in the Economics of Art and Culture, Erasmus University, the Netherlands
Bio | Video (Tape 4 starting at 00:16:50)




  Sabina Alkire
Research Associate,Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University
Bio | Video (Tape 4 starting at 00:36:40)




Discussants: Michael Cernea
World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 4 starting at 00:51:18)




  Yonas Admassu
Assistant Professor of Literature Addis Ababa University
Bio | Video (Tape 4 starting at 01:09:53)
  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 4 starting at 01:25:00)
 
     
6:00 - 6:10 Closing Remarks  
Speaker: Amartya Sen
Video (Tape 4 starting at 01:59:00)
 
Monday, July 1st, 2002
9:00 - 9:20 Traditional Culture, Let's Hear No More About It
Chair:

Ian Goldin
Vice-President, External Relations, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 5 starting at 00:00:00)





Speaker:

Mary Douglas

University of London, retired

Bio |

Marco Verweij (pictured, presenting for Mary Douglas)

Associate Professor, Political Science, Singapore Management University

Bio | Video (Tape 5 starting at 01:01:20)



 
9:20 - 11:10 Managing Difference
Speakers: Shelton Davis
Sector Manager for social development in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 5 starting at 00:22:55)




 

Fernando Calderon
UNDP, Bolivia and Professor of Sociology, University Oberta of Catalunya
Bio | Paper: Spanish
| Video

(Tape 5 starting at 00:51:25)



Discussants: Glenn Loury
Professor of Economics, Boston University
Bio | Comments | Video (Tape 5 starting at 01:02:38)




 

Andreas Eshete
President, Addis Ababa University
Bio | Video (Tape 5 starting at 01:24:40)



  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 5 starting at 01:44:25)
 
 
11:25 - 1:15 Exclusionary Health & Demographic Change
Chair: Mieko Nishimizu
Former Regional Vice-President for South Asia, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 6 starting at 00:06:50)




Speakers: Monica Das Gupta
Senior Social Scientist, World Bank
Bio |Video (Tape 6 starting at 00:10:24)




  Hnin Hnin Pyne
Public Health Specialist, South Asia Region, World Bank
(presenting for Carol Jenkins, USAID, Cambodia)
Bio |Video (Tape 6 starting at 00:28:00)




Discussants Jeffrey Hammer
Lead Economist, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 6 starting at 00:46:34)




  Kamala Chandrakirana
Secretary General of the Indonesian National Commission on Violence Against Women
Bio | Paper | Video (Tape 6 starting at 01:09:50)



  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 6 starting at 01:29:00)
 
 
2:15 - 2:45 Equality of Agency and Development Practice
Chair: Jozef Ritzen
President - University of Maastricht and Former Vice President of the Human Development Network, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 7 starting at 00:00:00)




Speakers: Vijayendra Rao
World Bank
Paper | Video Tape 7 starting at 00:01:35)

Michael Walton
World Bank
Paper | Video (Tape 7 starting at 00:01:35)




Discussant: Alexandre Marc
Sector Manager for Social Development in the Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 7 starting at 00:07:25)

     
2:45 - 4:15 Implications for Bank Policy
Speakers: Isabel Guerrero
Country Director for Mexico and Columbia, World Bank
Bio | Presentation | Video (Tape 7 starting at 00:33:00)




  Deepa Narayan
Senior Adviser in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network,World Bank
Bio | Comments | Video (Tape 7 starting at 00:49:13)



  Andrew Steer
Country Director for Indonesia, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 7 starting at 01:12:00)


  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 7 starting at 01:24:25)
 
 
4:30 - 6:00 Implications for Policy Research
Chair: David Dollar
Country Director for China and former Director-Development Policy, World Bank
Bio | Video (Tape 8 starting at 00:03:45)




Speakers:

Karla Hoff
Senior Research Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
Bio | Presentation | Article
| Video (Tape 8 starting at 00:05:00)



  Michael Woolcock
Senior Social Scientist, World Bank
Bio | Presentation | Video (Tape 8 starting at 00:24:20)




  Peter Lanjouw
Lead Economist, World Bank
Bio | Paper | Video (Tape 8 starting at 00:42:42)

  Open-Group Discussion
Video (Tape 8 starting at 01:03:55)
 
     
6:00 - 6:10 Closing Comments
Speaker: Arjun Appadurai
Video (Tape 8 starting at 01:27:53)
   
 

Conclusion: Culture and Public Action

From the forthcoming book by Vijayendra Rao and Michael Walton (PDF format)

 
     
 
 

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