Da Nang
January 10-17, 2002
Schedule
Course
Outline
Faculty and Staff
Organizers,
Guests, and Participants
Lectures
ü
Globalization
and Asia
ü
Financial
Integration and International Capital Flows
ü
The
Global Economic Slowdown and Its Implications
Background Readings
ü
Summary
of Thomas L. Friedman, "Lexus and the Olive Tree".
ü
The
Economist, "Survey: Globalization and Its Critics", Sep 27th 2001.
ü
Asian
Development Bank, "Asian Development
Outlook 2001", Part III: Asia's Globalization Challenge.
ü
World
Bank, "Global Economic Prospects and the
Developing Countries, 2002
", Chapter 1 - Prospects for Developing
Countries: Coping with a Global Slowdown.
2. From Institutional Failures to
Effective Institutional Building
Friday, Jan 11, 2002
Lectures
ü
Insititional
Failures in Economic Development
ü
Legal
Institutions and Economic Development - A Comparative Study on Corporate Laws in Vietnam and Russia
Background Readings
ü
World
Bank, "World Development Report 2002",
Chapter 1: Building Institutions: Complement, Innovate, Connect, and Compete.
ü
Summary
of Hernando de Soto - "The Mystery of Capital".
ü World
Economic Forum, "Global Competitiveness Report 2001".
ü
Summary
of Prof. Reinier Kraakman's Papers.
3.
Economic Reform in China and Issues of Trade, Investment, and
Industrialization
Saturday, Jan 12, 2002
ü
Economic
Reform in China
ü
Trade,
Investment, and Industrialization in East and Southeast Asia
ü
Portfolio
Investment and Corporate Restructuring
Background Readings
ü
Dwight
H. Perkins, "Industrial and Financial Policy in China and Vietnam: A New
Model or a Replay of the East Asian Experience?". (In Stiglitz & Yusuf,
"Rethinking the East Asian Miracle", 2001.)
ü
Dwight
H. Perkins, "Industrial Policy versus the Rule of Law in East and Southeast
Asia". Paper prepared for the World Bank, Incomplete Draft, 2001.
Sunday, Jan 13, 2002
Lectures
ü Financial
System in East Asia
ü Development
Finance and Economic Growth
Background Readings
ü
World
Bank, "Global Development Finance 2001",
Chapter 2: Trends in Private Capital Flows.
ü
World
Bank, "Finance for Growth", Overview and Summary.
Lectures
ü
Interview
with Stan Shih, President and CEO of Acer Computers
ü
Vietnam's
IT Industry
ü
The
Coffee Story
ü
Supply
and Demand of Science
ü
Case
Study: Urea Fertilizer - Import or Produce?
Background Readings
ü
The
Economist, "Survey: Technology and Development", Nov 8th 2001.
ü
Fertilizer
Production: Strategic Pittfalls?
Lectures
ü
Guangdong
ü
From
Guangdong to Vietnam in the Context of Globalization
ü
Case
Study: Danang and Binh Duong
Background Readings
ü
Investment
Pattern and Private Sector Development in Danang.
Lectures
ü
Growth
scenarios for Vietnam
ü Group
Discussion
Background Readings
ü
David
Dapice, "Economic Policy for Vietnam in a Period of Economic Turbulence",
2001.
ü
David
Dapice, "Choices and Opportunities", 2000.
Lectures
ü The
Global Trading System
Background Readings
ü
World
Bank, "Global Economic Prospects and the
Developing Countries", Chapter 6:
Envisioning Alternative Futures: Reshaping Global Trade Architecture for
Development.
Review and Conclusion
Reviewing what had been learned and reaching a consensus
about what the class believes to be true. Objections to any evolving consensus
will be treated respectfully and examined. The bottom lines here are "What
is reality?" and, given reality, "What should Vietnam do?" If
successful, the urgency as well as the direction of better policies will be
clear and generally agreed to.
