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Professor Rehman Sobhan

•SAPRIN Forum, Brussels
Professor Rehman Sobhan participated in the SAPRIN (Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network) Forum in Brussels on April 15, 2002, where he delivered the keynote address on Correcting Injustice: Towards A More Relevant Agenda for Structural Adjustment Reforms in that forum.

•ADB Conference at Shanghai, China
The ADB organised a seminar titled Towards Asian Integration: The Role of Regional Cooperation on May 9,2002 in preparation for the 35th annual meeting of the ADB. Professor Rehman Sobhan presented a paper titled Harnessing the Private Sector in Regional Cooperation: The Experience in South Asia at that seminar.


•PRSP Conference, Berlin
The conference titled Beyond the Review: Sustainable Poverty Reduction and PRSP-Challenges for Developing Countries & Development Cooperation, organised by GTZ and German Ministry for Development and Cooperation, was held at Berlin during May 13-16, 2002. Professor Rehman Sobhan presented a keynote paper titled Mainstreaming Poverty Eradication: Moving from Micro to Macro Policy Agenda at the Conference.

•Oslo Open Forum
The Norwegian NGOs in collaboration with SAPRIN organised an Open Forum of the NGOs in Oslo on June 23, 2002 as a parallel event to the World Bank's ABCDE conference also scheduled to be held in Oslo during June 24-26,2002. Professor Rehman Sobhan presented a keynote paper on the theme of The Incapacity of the Structural Adjustment Reforms to Eradicating Poverty: An Agenda for Change at the Forum. Ms. Utide Johnsen, Minister for Development Cooperation of the Norwegian Government and one of the Vice Presidents of the World Bank commented on Professor Sobhan's paper.

Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya

•RCSS South Asian Dialogue in Sri Lanka
Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya attended as Resource Person a South Asian dialogue bannered Shaping the Future which was organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka during May 25-29, 2002.

•Oxfam Meeting on International Trade and Market
Strategy in Sri Lanka
The Oxfam International held a meeting on International Trade and Market Strategy for South Asia during May 28-30, 2002 in Colombo, Sri Lanka which was attended by Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya as a Resource Person.

•OECD Global Forum on Trade in Hong Kong
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organised a Global Forum on Trade during June 19-20, 2002 in Hong Kong. Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya was a discussant on the theme of Multilateral Investment Agreement at the forum.

•Conference on Globalisation in UK
The Ditchley Foundation of UK held a conference on Globalization: What to do about the losers? at London during June 21-23 where Dr. Bhattacharya was a panel discussant in the opening session.

Professor Mustafizur Rahman

•Public seminar in Beijing and Shanghai, China
Professor Mustafizur Rahman spoke on China's WTO Membership and Implications for Bangladesh at a Public Seminar on China Textiles Trade and WTO Implementation held on June 7, 2002 in Beijing. Professor Rahman also attended a seminar in Shanghai where he presented a paper on WTO Rules and Business Implication of the ATC.

Dr. M. Rahmatullah

•Asian Highway Expert Group Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand
The UN-ESCAP held an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Asian Highway during May 8-10, 2002 in Bangkok. CPD Programme Director (Transport and Communication) Dr. Rahmatullah attended the meeting as a panel discussant.

•Seminar on Trade and Investment in Tripura, India
The Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Tripura, India arranged a seminar on Promotion of Trade and Investment between Tripura and Bangladesh on May 31,2002. Dr. M. Rahmatullah presented a paper titled Strengthening Transport Linkages between Agartala and Bangladesh at the seminar.

Ms. Anisatul Fatema Yousuf
•Seminar on Social Protection in Asia in Bangkok
Ms. Anisatul Fatema Yousuf, Head of the CPD Dialogue and Communication Division attended a conference on Regional Collaboration Action Research Initiative on Social Protection in Asia held in Bangkok, Thailand during 28-29, 2002.