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The Centre co-organised the first ever
South-Asia meeting of
THE MONT PELERIN SOCIETY
Goa, January 27-30, 2002
Freedom and Development: Making Democracy Work
PROGRAM
| Welcome and inaugural addresses |
| Greg Lindsay: (Welcome address) |
| Christian Watrin: (Presidential address) |
| Gurcharan Das: "Our Liberating Nineties" |
| Session I - Constitutional Government and Institutions of Freedom |
| Stephen Macedo: "Constitutional Liberty, Citizenship, and Diversity" |
| Suri Ratnapala: "The Constitution of Liberty at the Dawn of this Century" |
| Jayprakash Narayan: "Liberty and State: Constitutional Values vs Colonial Instruments" |
| Chair: Ashok Desai |
| Session II - Freedom, Development and Prosperity |
| Chandran Kukathas: "Rights of Culture, Rights of Conscience" |
| Madhu Kishwar: "Deliberations on Laws, Liberty, and Livelihood: Towards a Bottom up, Woman Friendly Agenda of Economic Reforms in India" |
| Jacob Levy: "Culture, Cultural Pluralism, and Freedom |
Session III - Threats to Freedom in a Global Age' |
| Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation
Surjit Bhalla: "Who is Losing Out on Globalisation"
Ian Vasquez: "Globalisation and the Poor"
Bibek Debroy: "Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation - An Indian Perspective"
Nadeem Ul Haque
Chair: Greg Lindsay |
| Global Terrorism and the Liberal Order
William Maley: "Terrorism, Freedom, and Institutions: Reconstructing the State in Afghanistan"
Pramit Pal Choudhuri: "One or Many: Democratic Foreign Policy Responses to Terrorism"
Hadi Soesastro: "Global Terrorism: Implications on State Security and Human Security"
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| Session IV - Solving Environmental Dilemmas - the Development Balance
Michael DeAlessi: "Wildlife Conservation and Development: The Property Rights Approach"
Shreekant Gupta: "An Economic Approach to Environmental Policy in India: Beyond Gloom and Doom"
Santhakumar V.: "Will Public Interest Litigations and Citizens' Actions Lead to Sustainable Development?" |
| Session V - The Extended Social Agenda in the Developing World
Peter Saunders: "What Future for Welfare? "
James Tooley: "Private Education: The Poor's Best Chance?"
Chair: Leonard Liggio |
Featured Speakers
- Swaminathan A. Aiyar, consulting editor The Economic Times, India
- Surjit Bhalla, Oxus Fund, an investment fund management organisation.
- Pramit Pal Choudhuri, foreign editor The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India
- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India
- Michael DeAlessi, writes on environment and wildlife issues, and former Director of the Centre for Private Conservation, USA
- Bibek Debroy, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, Delhi, India
- Ashok V. Desai, Consulting Editor, Business Standard, New Delhi
- Shreekant Gupta, Fulbright Fellow, Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Nadeem Ul Haque, IMF Resident Representative at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Sharad Joshi, founder of Shetkari Sanghatana, one of the largest farmers organisation in the country
- Madhu Kishwar, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, and Editor of Manushi, a bimonthly journal on women and development issues
- Chandran Kukathas, Associate Professor, School of Politics at University College, University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
- Jacob Levy, Assistant Professor, Political Science, university of Chicago, USA
- Leonard Liggio, Executive Vice-President, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, USA
- Greg Lindsay, Executive Director, The Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, Australia
- Stephen Macedo, Professor at the University Center for Human Values, Louis Marx Hall, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
- William Maley, Associate Professor of Politics, University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
- Jayprakash Narayan, Campaign Coordinator of Lok Satta, a grassroots initiative to promote accountability and transparency in government based in Hyderabad, India
- Suri Ratnapala, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for the Legal and Economic Study of Institutions (CLESI), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- V. Santhakumar, Associate Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India
- Peter Saunders, Director of Social Policy Research Programmes at the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, Australia
- Hadi Soesastro, Indonesia
- James Tooley, Professor of Education Policy, Centre for Market Solutions in Education,
- University of Newcastle, England
- Ian Vasquez, Director, Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute, Washington DC, USA
- Christian Watrin, President, The Mont Pelerin Society
- Rajiva Wijesinha, President of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
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Participants of THE MONT PELERIN SOCIETY, Special Asian Regional Meeting,Goa, India
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