Developing and Strengthening System of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Fiscal Decentralization
A Joint Conference of World Bank and Korea Development Institute

July 21~23, 2003
KDI Conference Hall, Seoul

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

July 21, 2003 (Monday)

10:00~10:45

Opening Ceremony

Welcoming remarks
Choongsoo Kim, President, Korea Development Institute

10:45~12:00

Session I. Decentralization in the Modern Economy

Discussants: Jin Park, Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Bambang Brodjonegoro, Professor, University of Indonesia
Gee-Eu Lee, Staff, Presidential Committee on Government Innovation
and Decentralization / Professor, Inha University

13:30~15:15

Session II. Decentralization and Governance

Discussants: Alex Brillantes, Professor, University of the Philippines
Hee-Jung Park, Staff, Presidential Committee on Government
 Innovation and Decentralization / Assistant Mayor,
Korea Research Institute for Local Administration
Yunhi Won, staff, Presidential Committee on Government Innovation
and Decentralization / Professor, University of
 Seoul

15:30~17:30

Panel Discussion. "Fiscal Decentralization in the 21 Century: Globalization and Localization"

Discussants: Jangsik Bahn, Director General for Social Public Finance, Ministry
of Planning and Budget, Republic of Korea
Richard Hemming, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department,
 International Monetary Fund
Bert Hofman, Lead Economist, World Bank
Junghun Kim, staff, Presidential Committee on Government
Innovationand Decentralization/ Fellow, Korea
Institute of Public Finance
Anwar M. Shah, Lead Public Sector Specialist, World Bank

July 22, 2003 (Tuesday)

09:00~10:45

Session III. Devolution of Fiscal Functions

Discussants: Richard M. Bird, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Dong Yeon Kim, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank

11:00~12:45

Session IV. Regional Disparities and Data Issues

Discussants: Chong Bum An, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
Serdar Yilmaz, Public Sector Specialist, World Bank

14:00~15:45

Session V. Tax Design for Fiscal Decentralization

Discussants: Kook-Hwan Bae, Director General, Presidential Committee on
Government Innovation and Decentralization
Richard Hemming, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department,
 International Monetary Fund
Jhungsoo Park, Professor, University of Seoul

16:00~17:45

Panel Discussion. "Lessons from Asian Experiences on Fiscal Decentralization"

Discussants: Alex Brillantes, Professor, University of the Philippines
Bambang Brodjonegoro, Professor, University of Indonesia
Bert Hofman, Lead Economist, World Bank
Sukkiu Jin, Director, Social Public Finance Division I, Ministry of
Planning and Budget, Republic of Korea
Hyungpyo Moon, Senior Fellow, Korea Development Institute / staff,
Presidential Committee on Government Innovation
and Decentralization
 Charas Suwanmala, Professor and Dean, Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand
Dushni Weerakoon, Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies
of Sri Lanka

July 23, 2003 (Wednesday)

09:00~11:00

Session VI. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer

Discussants: Sangdae Choi, Director, Fiscal Cooperation Division, Ministry of
Planning and Budget, Republic of Korea
Hee-Bong Lee, Director, Presidential Committee on Government
Innovation and Decentralization
Anwar M. Shah, Lead Public Sector Specialist, World Bank

11:15~12:00

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Robert D. Ebel, Lead Economist, World Bank

Hyungpyo Moon, Senior Fellow, Korea Development Institute