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Programme and Resources
Day I: Monday 4th May
8:30–9:00 Registration
9:00–10:30 Inauguration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Address: Joachim Schluetter, Resident Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
9:15 – 9:35 Introduction to the Conference: Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
9:35 – 10:00 Address by the Guest of Honour: Farooq Sobhan, President,
& Launch of South Asia Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Bangladesh
Commission on Migration
10:00 – 10:30 Address by the Chief Guest: Hon. Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Export Development & International Trade
10:30 – 11:00 TEA/COFFEE
11:00–13:00 SESSION I: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN PAKISTAN
Chairperson: Muhammad Junaid, Regional Technical Advisor,
UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo
11:00 – 11:40 Speaker I: Remittances and Poverty in Pakistan: Does It Matter
Who Sends these Remittances, Who Receives them and
How they are sent?
Rizwana Siddiqui, Senior Research Economist,
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
11:40 – 12:20 Speaker II: Maqsood Ahmad Jan, Project Coordinator, Gender & Globalization Unit, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan
12:20 – 12:35 Discussant: Aliya H. Khan, Professor & Chairperson,
Department of Economics, Quaid –i –Azam University, Islamabad
12:35 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:15 SESSION II: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN INDIA
Chairperson: Piyasiri Wickremasekera, Senior Migration Specialist,
International Migration Programme, ILO, Switzerland
14:00 – 14:45 Speaker: Migration and Development: The Indian (Kerala) Experience
S. Irudaya Rajan, Professor, Research Unit on International Migration,
Centre for Development Studies (CDS), India
14:45 – 15:00 Discussant: Ravi S. Srivastava, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
15:00 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15–16:15 SESSION III: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN MALDIVES
Chairperson: Sridhar Khatri, Executive Director,
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Nepal
15:15– 15:45 Speakers: Deshal De Mel, Research Economist,
Suwendrani Jayaratne, Research Assistant,
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
15:45 – 16:00 Discussant: Hussain Niyaaz, Director General,
Economic & Development Cooperation Dept.,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives
16:00 – 16:15 Discussion
16:15 – 16:30 TEA/COFFEE
16:30–17:30 SESSION IV: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN BHUTAN
Chairperson: Ravi S. Srivastava, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
16:30 – 17:00 Speaker: Sonam Tobgay, Principal Consultant,
Thimphu Consultants International, Bhutan
17:00 – 17:15 Discussant: Bishwambher Pyakuryal, Professor of Economics,
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
17:15 – 17:30 Discussion
Day II: Tuesday 5th May
9:00–10:15 SESSION V: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN SRI LANKA
Chairperson: Athula Ranasinghe, Department of Economics, University of Colombo
9:00 – 9:45 Speakers: Impacts of Migration and Remittances on the Sri Lankan Economy
Nisha Arunatilake, Research Fellow,
Priyanka Jayawardena, Research Officer,
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
9:45 – 10:00 Discussant: Raja B.M. Korale, Former Director General,
Department of Census & Statistics
10:00 – 10:15 Discussion
10:15 – 10:45 TEA/COFFEE
10:45–12:00 SESSION VI: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN NEPAL
Chairperson: Sridhar Khatri, Executive Director,
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Nepal
10:45 – 11:30 Speaker: Foreign Labor Migration, Remittance and Development: A Case of Nepal
Jagannath Adhikari, Programme Coordinator (Development Studies),
Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI)
11:30 – 11:45 Discussant: Bishwambher Pyakuryal, Professor of Economics,
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion
12:00–13:00 SESSION VII: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN AFGHANISTAN
Chairperson: Dushni Weerakoon, Deputy Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
12:00 – 12:30 Speakers: Tilani Jayawardhana, Research Economist,
Roshini Jayaweera, Research Officer,
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
12:30 – 12:45 Discussant: Aliya H. Khan, Professor & Chairperson,
Department of Economics, Quaid –i –Azam University, Islamabad
12:45 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00–15:15 SESSION VIII: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN BANGLADESH
Chairperson: Aliya H. Khan, Professor & Chairperson,
Department of Economics, Quaid –i –Azam University, Islamabad
14:00 – 14:45 Speaker: Migration, Remittance and Development: The Bangladesh Context
Selim Raihan, Executive Director,
South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Bangladesh
14:45 – 15:00 Discussant: Farooq Sobhan, President,
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Bangladesh
15:00 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15 – 15:30 TEA/COFFEE
15:30–16:50 SESSION IX: MIGRATION, REMITTANCES & DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN SOUTH ASIA
Chairperson: Saman Kelegama, Executive Director,
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
15:30 – 15:45 Speaker I: Remittance and growth in South Asia: Some Quantitative Assessments
Selim Raihan, Executive Director,
South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Bangladesh
15:45 – 16:20 Speaker II: Labour Migration Policies and Practice in South Asia
Piyasiri Wickremasekera, Senior Migration Specialist, International Migration Programme, ILO, Switzerland
16:20 – 16:35 Discussant: Farooq Sobhan, President,
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Bangladesh
16:35 – 16:50 Discussion
Media Highlights
Sunday Island, 10 May, 2009—  “ Migration, Remittances, and Development Nexus in South Asia”
Sunday Times, 10 May, 2009— “Worker exodus hurting Sri Lanka”
The Bottom Line, 6 May, 2009— “Continued emigration of workers detrimental to Lanka’s growth”
The Bottom Line, 6 May, 2009— “South Asia’s remittances to face sharp decline in 2009”
The Island, 6 May, 2009— “Sri Lanka Labour Migration Policy needs to look inward
Domestic labour force shrinks, migration increases –IPS study”
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| Inauguration ceremony |
Joachim Schluetter, Resident Director,
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, making the welcome address |
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| Executive Director making the introductory remarks |
The Chief Guest, Hon. Prof, G.L. Peiris, Minister of Export Development and International Trade addressing the conference |
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Session I: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Pakistan |
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| Guest of Honour, Prof. Farooq Sobhan, President,
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Bangladesh, making his address |
L to R: Rizwana Siddiqui (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Maqsood Ahmad Jan (Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan), Muhammad Junaid (UNDP Regional Centre, Colombo), and Aliya H. Khan (Quaid –i –Azam University, Islamabad) |
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| Session II: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in India |
Session III: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Maldives |
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| L to R: Ravi S. Srivastava (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), Piyasiri Wickremasekera (ILO, Switzerland), and S. Irudaya Rajan (Centre for Development Studies (CDS), India ) |
L to R : Hussain Niyaaz (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Maldives), Sridhar Khatri (South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS), Nepal), Suwendrani Jayaratne and Deshal De Mel (IPS) |
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| Session IV: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Bhutan |
Session V: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Sri Lanka
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| L to R: Bishwambher Pyakuryal (Tribhuvan University, Nepal), Ravi S. Srivastava, Sonam Tobgay (Thimphu Consultants International, Bhutan) |
L to R: Raja B.M. Korale (Formery Department of Census & Statistics), Athula Ranasinghe (University of Colombo), and Nisha Arunatilake (IPS) |
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| Session VI: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Nepal
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Session VII: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Afghanistan
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| L to R: Bishwambher Pyakuryal (Tribhuvan University, Nepal), Sridhar Khatri, and Jagannath Adhikari (Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) |
L to R: Aliya H. Khan, Dushni Weerakoon,
Roshini Jayaweera and Tilani Jayawardhana (IPS). |
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| Session VIII: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in Bangladesh |
Session IX: Migration, Remittances & Development Nexus
in South Asia |
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| L to R: Farooq Sobhan (Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Bangladesh), Aliya H. Khan and Selim Raihan (South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Bangladesh) |
L to R: Farooq Sobhan, Executive Director, Piyasiri Wickremasekera and Selim Raihan |
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