Pardee Center to Hold Conference on “South-South Economic Relations” on September 24

poster-South-South-wThe Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold an all-day public conference on “The Future of South-South Economic Relations” to be held on Friday, September 24, 2010. The conference will focus on the emerging trends in economic interaction amongst developing countries. The conference will bring leading scholars from the USA, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe to Boston University to present papers on the subject which will be later turned into an edited book.

The all day conference is open to faculty and scholars but because of limited seating prior RSVP is required to reserve seating and lunch. Please RSVP pardee@bu.edu by end of day Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Seating is limited to 40 participants only. (IMPORTANT: Please indicate in your email which of the four sessions you will attend, and also whether you will be there for lunch). The conference will be held at the BU School of Management (Hariri Building, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University). Morning sessions will be held on the 4th floor and afternoon sessions on the 3rd floor.

The preliminary program is as follows:

8:30-9:00: Breakfast/Coffee

9:00-10:45: SESSION 1
Chair: Adil Najam (Boston University)

– Welcome and Introduction
Adil Najam and Rachel Thrasher (Pardee Center, Boston University)

– The Role of Key Emerging Economies
Alcides Costa Vaz (University of Brasilia)

– South-South Trade and Environment
Kathryn Hochstetler (University of Waterloo)

– South-South Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Wishful Thinking or Reality?
Mariana Rangel Padilla (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)

11:00-12:30: SESSION 2
Chair: Strom Thacker (Boston University)

– Asian Trade and Economic Integration
Nagesh Kumar (United Nations ESCAP)

– Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution: An Institutional Paradigm
Shaheen Rafi Khan (Sustainable Development Policy Institute)

– South-South Negotiation Cooperation Within the Multilateral Context
Rachel Thrasher (Pardee Center, Boston University)

12:30-1:30: LUNCH

1:30-3:00: SESSION 3
Chair: Ann Helwege (Boston University)

– Trade Cooperation in Latin America
Laura Gomez-Mera (University of Miami)

– African  Trade and Economic Integration: Trends, Patterns and Long-Range Prospects
Eric K Ogunleye (African Centre for Economic Transformation)

– Growing Economic Relations Between GCC and Chindia
Nader Habibi (Brandeis University)

3:15-4:45: SESSION 4
Chair: Stefania Garetto (Boston University)

– Latin America and China: Trading Short-term Growth for (China’s) Long-run Prosperity?
Kevin Gallagher (Boston University)

-The Role of China in Regional South-South Trade in Asia-Pacific; Prospects for Industrialization of the Low-Income Countries
Mehdi Shafaeddin (University of Neuchatel)

– China and “the South”: Material and “non-hard” Drivers of Chinese Policy
Shaun Breslin (Warwick University)

4:45-5:30 NEXT STEPS
(This session will be for panelists only)