Conference on

CRISIS, RESTRUCTURING THE WORLD ECONOMY AND TURKEY

2 October 2009
Kemal Kurdas Hall
Culture and Convention Center
METU / Ankara

(The conference is open to public and participation is free.)

Program

09:30-10:00 Opening speech

10:00-12:00 Session 1
Reforms in Global Finance and Developing Countries

Covenor: Kamil Yılmaz (Koç University)

The Future of Global Financial Regulation
Robert Wade (LSE)

Reform of the International Financial Architecture:
What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
Yılmaz Akyüz (UNCTAD)

Economic Policies in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis:
Why are They So Different in Some of the Emerging Market Economies?
Fatih Özatay (TOBB ETU)

12:00-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-15:30 Session 2
Theories of Crises and Development

Convenor: Fikret Şenses (METU)

Keynes and the Crisis
Lance Taylor (New School)

How to Overcome a Crisis of Underconsumption
Çağlar Keyder (Boğaziçi University)

Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark:
How Development has Disappeared from Today's "Development" Discourse
Ha Joon Chang (Cambridge University)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-18:00 Session 3
Comparative Analyses of Economic Crises in Turkey

Convenor: Yakup Kepenek (METU)

Economic Crises in Turkey in Retrospect and Prospect:
A Comparative Analysis of Failures in 1994, 2000-1 and 2008-9
Oktar Türel (METU)

A Comparison of Capital Movements during Two Crises: 2000-2001 and 2008-2009
Korkut Boratav (Ankara University)

Crisis Experience: Is it an Asset or Liability for Turkey?
Hasan Ersel (Sabancı University)

18:00-20:00 Reception

21:00-23:00 Yen Türkü Concert

(Invitations for Concert are available from Department of Economics and Asterya Tourism)

Sponsors

METU Economic Research Center


Turkey GarantiBank


The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Department of Economics
Middle East Technical University
Ankara 06531 Turkey
www.erc.metu.edu.tr
Phone: (90 312) 210 2003