Workshop:
"Towards an Equitable and Efficient Budget"
Riviera Hotel
November 19, 1999
Program
8:30 - 9:00: Registration of Participants
9:00 - 9:30: Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks
- Dr. Salim Nasr, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
- Mr. Olaf Kondgen, The Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Keynote Speech
- Minister of Finance, Dr. Georges Corm - Ministry of Finance
9:30 - 11:15: Panel One
Budget as Tool for Social Development
- New Approaches to Budget Studies, Preparation and Design; Samira Atallah, Executive Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
- Government Institutions and the Budget Procedure, Sami Atallah, Researcher, Economic Studies Program, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
- Social Spending Versus Social Investment, Joey Ghaleb, Principal Researcher, Economic Studies Program, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
11:15 - 11:30: Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00: Panel Two
A Review of the Financial and Developmental Policies in Lebanon
- The Prospects of Reforming the Structure of Public Finance, Ghaleb Abi-Mosleh, Senior Director, Head of the Training and Development Department, Central Bank of Lebanon
- Public Finance Policies and the Challenges Facing the Agriculture Sector and Rural Areas in Lebanon, Ahmad Baalbaki, Professor of Rural Development, Lebanese University
13:00 - 14:15: Lunch
14:15 - 15:45: Panel Three
Expenditure Allocations - A Sectoral Study
- A Case Study of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Najib Issa, Professor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, Lebanese University
- The Budget and the Health Sector, Roger Melki, Senior Economist, Center of Economic Studies and Consultations
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00: Panel Four
Roundtable Discussion
Chairperson: Salim Nasr, Director of Regional Studies, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
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