TD
UNITED
NATIONS
United Nations
Conference
on Trade and
Development
Distr.
GENERAL
TD/B/COM.2/EM.18/INF.1
22 December 2005
ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH
ONLY
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Expert Meeting on Capacity Building in Area of FDI
Data Composition and Formulation in Developing Countries
Geneva, 12-14 December 2005
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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MEMBERS
AFGHANISTAN
Mr. Assad OMER, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Mr. Naseem AKBAR, Senior Investment Manager for Foreign Direct Investment,
National Investment Support Agency, Kabul
ALGERIE
M. Boumediene MAHI, Secrétaire diplomatique, Mission permanente, Genève
Mme Hafida MOUISSAT, Directrice d'études, Ministère des participations et de la
promotion des investissements, Alger
BOLIVIE
Sra. Maria de Lourdes CARVAJAL TORREZ, Funcionaria, Viceministerio de
Inversión Publica y Financiamiento Externo, La Paz
BRESIL
Mr. José Marcos NOGUEIRA VIANA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
CHINE
Ms. LIN Xuan, Officer, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Commerce, Beijing
Mr. WU Dezhong, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
COSTA RICA
Sr. Rafael Angel RAMIREZ GONZALEZ, Director de Inversiones e Cooperación,
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, San José
CROATIE
Mr. Alen SKUDAR, Analyst, Research and Statistic Area, National Bank, Zagreb
Ms. Maja ADAMIC, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
EGYPTE
Mr. Ayman Mohamed Ismail AHMED, Assistant Manager, Research, Development
and Publishing Sector, External Transaction, Balance of Payments Division, Central
Bank, Cairo
ESTONIE
Mrs. Piret ANTON, senior economist of Balance of Payments and Economic Statistics
Department, Central Bank, Tallinn
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ETATS UNIS
Ms. Melissa KEHOE, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Ralph KOZLOW, Associate Director, International Economics, Bureau of
Economic Analysis, Washington DC
FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Mr. N. DENISOV, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow
Mr. I. GORELIKOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. D. GODUNOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Dmitry KHLEBNIKOV, Chief Economist, Balance of Payments Department,
Central Bank, Moscow
HONGRIE
Ms. Béata MONTVAI, Statistics Department, Balance of Payments Division, Magyar
Nemzeti Bank, Budapest
INDONESIE
Mr. YULIOT, Director for Planning and Information Bureau, Investment Coordinating
Board, Jakarta
Ms. Darmawati DAUD PUAR, Deputy Director for Multilateral Investment
Cooperation, Investment Coordinating Board, Jakarta
Mr. Djadjat SUDRADJAT, Deputy Director for Planning and Information Bureau,
Investment Coordinating Board, Jakarta
Ms. Etty RETNO WULANDARI, Deputy Director for Accountability and Supervision,
Capital Market Supervisory Agency, Jakarta
Mrs. Siti ROMAYAH, Head Section for Planning and Information Bureau, Investment
Coordinating Board, Jakarta
IRAN (REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D')
H.E. Mr. Seyed Mohammad Kazem SAJJADPOUR, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent
Representative, Geneva
Mr. Massoud MIRZAEI, Deputy Director General for Foreign Investments, Ministry of
Economy, Tehran
Mr. Mohammad Ali ZARIE ZARE, Second Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Nassim FFARAHKHIZ, Expert, Office for Foreign Investments, Ministry of
Economy, Tehran
ITALIE
Mr. Luciano BARILLARO, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Azzurra CHIARINI, Stagiaire, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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MALAISIE
Ms.Wan Ramlah WAN ABD. RAOF, Director, Balance of Payments, Statistics
Division, Department of Statistics, Kuala Lumpur
Ms. Kang LAY KIM, Director, Information Management and Statistics Division,
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority, Kuala Lumpur
Mr. Azwa AFFENDI BAKHTIAR, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
PANAMA
Sr. Alejandro FERRER, Experto en Economía y Estadística, Ministerio de Comercio e
Industria, Panamá
Sr. Aristides HERNÁNDEZ, Analista económico y datos estadísticos, Despacho
Superior, Ministerio de Comercio e Industria, Panamá
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Miguel BAUTISTA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Ma. Victoria BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
POLOGNE
Mr. Sebastian MIKOSZ, Vice President, Information and Foreign Investment Agency,
Warsaw
Mr. Piotr T. CIECWIERZ, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Economic Policy,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
Mr. Riszard JAKOBY, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE
Mr. Abdelmonem ANNAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
Ms. Lidmila GREGOROVA, National Bank, Prague
Ms. Ludmila BUDIKOVA, National Bank, Prague
SRI LANKA
Mr. Nihal SAMARAPPULI, Executive Director, Board of Investment, Colombo
THAILANDE
Mrs. Vasana MUTUTANONT, Director, International Affairs Division, Board of
Investment, Bangkok
Mrs. Achara SOONTAWNKRUT, Senior Investment Promotion Officer, Board of
Investment, Bangkok
Ms. Supavadee CHOTIKAJAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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VIETNAM
Ms. LE Thi Hai Van, Statistics and Policy Division, Ministry of Planning and
Investment, Hanoi
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNAUTE DES CARAÏBES
Ms. Philomen HARRISON, Georgetown, Guyana
LIGUE DES ETATS ARABES
H.E. Mr. Saad ALFARAGI, Ambassador, Permanent Observer, Geneva
Mr. Youcef TILIOUANT, Attaché, Geneva
UNITED NATIONS
CENTRE DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
Mr. Jean- Michel PASTEELS, Quantitative Trade Analyst, Market Analysis Section,
Division of Product and Market Development, Geneva
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL
Mr. Mithat KULUR, Industrial Development Officer, Industrial Promotion and
Technology Branch, Vienna
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
General Category
BPW INTERNATIONAL
Ms. Elisabeth CLEMENT-ARNOLD, Geneva
OBSERVERS
Mr. Abdalla Yahia ADAM, Secretary General, Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization
(AARDO), New Delhi
Mr. Nileshwan PRASAD, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Fiji Islands
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PANELISTS
Quality of FDI data: how good are they?
From users' point of view
Mr. Robert LIPSEY, Director, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, United
States
Mr. Kaziah Cinti ABDUL KADIR, Deputy Director General, Malaysian Industrial
Development Authority, Kuala Lumpur
From compilers' point of view
M. Eric SIMARD, Economiste principal, Division de la balance des paiements, Statistique du
Canada, Ottawa
Mrs. Pusadee GANJARERNDEE, Director, Statistics Office, Bank of Thailand, Bangkok
Mr. Fernando Augusto FERREIRA LEMOS, Coordinator in the Balance of Payments
Division, Central Bank of Brazil, Brasilia
Mr. Vilayvong BOUDDAKHAM, Deputy Director General, Department for Domestic and
Foreign Investment, Committee for Planning and Investment, Vientiane, Lao PDR
New developments in FDI statistics: what is new?
Recommendations from Direct Investment Technical Expert Group
Mr. Neil PATTERSON, Assistant director, Balance of Payments and External Debt Division,
International Monetary Funds, Washington DC
Revision of OECD's Benchmark Definition of FDI
Mr. Ayse BERTRAND, Manager, International Investment Statistics, OECD, Paris
FDI data issues
Introduction to major issues: greenfield investment and cross-border M&As, round
tripping and special purpose enterprise (SPEs), valuation
M. Bruno TERRIEN, Banque de France, Paris
Mr. Eric RAMSTETTER, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Japan
M. Guy SCHULLER, Service Centrale de la Statistique et des études économiques,
Luxembourg
Mr. ZHANG Lulu, Officer, Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce of
China, Beijing
Data on Activities of TNCs: complementary FDI
How important are TNCs in the world and in national economies; the role of operations
data
Ms. Gita VERGINA, FDI Statistics, Eurostat, Brussels
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Sharing experiences of collecting activities data
Ms. Paula CASIMIRO, Head, Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Unit,
Central Bank of Portugal, Lisbon
M. André ANDRIAMIHARISOA, Directeur des études, Banque centrale du Madagascar,
Antananarivo
Improving measurement of FDI and activities of TNCs
Learning from country experiences; problems faced by countries and how did they
improve quality of measurement of FDI and activities of TNCs to overcome the
problems?
Mr. Siwook LEE, Associate Fellow, Korea Development Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Mr. Charles MACHINJILI, Commissioner of Statistics, National Statistical Office, Lilongwe,
Malawi
M. Mohamed SIMPARA, Conseiller technique, Ministère de la promotion des investissements
et des petites et moyennes entreprises, Bamako, Mali
Non-equity forms of investment: missing statistics
Policy implications: what can be done?
Wrong data, wrong policies
Mr. Pieter SWART, Economist, South African Reserve Bank, South Africa
Institutional framework
Mr. Hope Waira NANTAMU, Investment Executive, Uganda Investment Authority, Kampala
Collaborative efforts: regional approach to improve statistics in ASEAN
Ms. Fatimah binti HJ ABD HAMID, Department of Economic Planning and Development,
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Special situation for LDCs
Mr. Collins SIFAFULA, Manager, Research and Policy Analysis, Zambia Investment Centre,
Lusaka
SPECIALLY INVITEES
Mr. Nils BHINDA, Programme Manager, Development Finance International Ltd, London
Mr. CHOI, Yong-Seok, Associate Fellow, Department of Industrial and Corporate Affairs,
Ministry of Commercial, Industry and Energy, Seoul
Ms. MIN Kyong- mi, Foreign Investment Promotion Division, Ministry of Commercial,
Industry and Energy, Seoul
Mr. Bhupal SINGH, Assistant Adviser, Division of International Finance, Department of
Economic Analysis and Policy, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai