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Commonwealth Secretariat		ISSI

MONDAY 23 APRIL

 Speakers and Panellists

1st Panel Session:
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY AND RESILIENCE

- Keynote Speech

Lawrence Schembri

- The Role of Fiscal Policy: Prospects and Problems for Small States

TK Jayaraman

- Can Money matter? Evidence from Small Island Economies

Jankee Chandan

- Regional Integration and Economic Growth

Claudius Preville

- Competitiveness and Resilience Building

R A Huggins

- Diplomatic Issues and International Trade Negotiations

Hans-Peter Werner

2nd Panel Session:
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE

- Keynote Speech

Cletus Springer

- Social Policy and Human Development in Small States

Naren Prasad

- Conflict and it's Relevance to Sustainable Development in a SIDS Context

Vijay Krishnarayan

- The Income Distribution and Economic Resilience Nexus

John Connell

- Strategic Flexibility and Economic Development in Small Island Jurisdictions

Geoff Bertram

- Measuring Social Development in Caribbean Societies

Godfrey St. Bernard

TUESDAY 24 APRIL

3rd Panel Session:
MARKET ADJUSTMENT AND RESILIENCE

- Keynote Speech

Gordon Cordina

- Government Intervention and Optimal Regulation

Indrajit Coomaraswamy

- Trade Mainstreaming and the LDC SIDS

Sabrina Varma

- International Labour Mobility for Resilience Building in Microstates

Satish Chand

- Bridling Market Dominance – A View from Jamaica

Barbara Lee

- Private Sector Development and SMEs

Stephanie Vella

4th Panel Session:
GOVERNANCE AND RESILIENCE IN SMALL STATES

- Keynote Speech

David Carment

- Good Governance and Resilience in Small States

Paul Sutton

- Small States and Economic Freedom

Matthew Brown

- Environmental Governance and Economic Resilience

John L. Roberts

- The Connection between Economic Performance and Corruption in SIDS

Philip Osei

WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL

5th Panel Session:
RESILIENCE INDEX: CONCEPTUAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES

- Weighting Procedures for Composite Indices

Giuseppe Munda

- Practical Issues in Constructing Composite Indices