Iako sam veæ ranije najavio u rubrici "Dogaðanja" istièem i na ovom mjestu da æe se ponedjeljak, 3. travnja 2006, u 18.00 sati na Kaptolu 27 odr¾ati javna tribina na kojoj æe govoriti:

stalni predstavnik Meðunarodnog monetarnog fonda u Republici Hrvatskoj.

Tema je: "Sve ¹to ste oduvijek ¾eljeli znati o MMF-u ali se niste usudili pitati".

Ovaj puta je rijeè silom prilika i usput i o malom eksperimentu, naime predavanje je na engleskom jeziku, i neæe biti prijevoda jer ga na¹a skromna udruga ne mo¾e platiti. Bilo bi to prilièno uobièajeno na specijalistièkom znanstvenom skupu gdje sudionici u pravilu vladaju svjetskim jezicima, meðutim ova tribina je potpuno javna i namijenjena generalnoj publici. Eksperiment se sastoji u tome da vidimo u kojoj mjeri je Zagreb zaista internacionalna metropola u kojoj to mo¾e proæi, i proæi uspje¹no. Molim za komentare connectovaca!

Ujedno je ovo i prilika da se na¹a javnost neposredno sretne sa predstavnikom MMF-a, koji su inaèe prilièno sekluzivni i obièno razgovaraju samo s predstavnicima dr¾avne i monetarne vlasti na zatvorenim sastancima. 

Tribina "Gornji grad" Tel. 462-3404 Fax 462-3405 Mob (098) 9277-011, (098) 463 056 e-mail gornjigrad@post.t-com.hr Web http://www.GornjiGrad.ORG

Ulaz je slobodan.

U oèekivanju Va¹eg dolaska s po¹tovanjem Vas pozdravljam,

Marko Melèiæ, dipl. ing.

voditelj tribine

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Athanasios Vamvakidis is the Resident Representative of the IMF in Croatia. His previous assignments included economist positions in the Research, Asian and Pacific and European Departments.

Email : avamvakidis@imf.org

Fluent In : French, Greek.

Education

1997: Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University.
1994: M.A. in Economics, Harvard University.
1992: B.A. in Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Professional Experience

2004-present: Resident Representative in Croatia, International Monetary Fund.
2000-2004: Economist, European Department, International Monetary Fund.
1998-2000: Economist, Asian Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund.
1997-1998: Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund.
1996-1997: Economist, Harvard Institute of International Development.
1996: Summer Intern, The World Bank.
1995-1996: Business Consultant, Monitor Company.
1994-1997: Teaching Assistant, graduate and undergraduate courses in Finance and International Economics, Harvard University.

Publications in Referred Journals-Economics

• "The Implications of South African Economic Growth for the Rest of Africa" (with Vivek Arora), South African Journal of Economics, v73, n2 (June), 2005
• "How much do Trading Partners Matter for Economic Growth?" (with Vivek Arora), IMF Staff Papers, v52, n1 (April), 2005.
• "Trade and Industrialization in Developing Economies" (with Sergei Dodzin), Journal of Development Economics, v75, n1 (October), 2004.
• "Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Transition Economies" (with Katerina Lyroudi and John Papanastasiou), South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, v2, n1 (Spring), 2004.
• "The Impact of US Economic Growth on Other Countries: How Much Does It Matter?" (with Vivek Arora), Journal of Economic Integration, v19, n1 (March), 2004.
• "Real Effective Exchange Rate and the Constant Elasticity of Substitution Assumption" (with Antonio Spilimbergo) Journal of International Economics, v60, n2 (August), 2003.
• "How Robust is the Growth-Openness Connection: Historical Evidence" Journal of Economic Growth, v7, n1 (March), 2002.
• "Regional Trade Agreements or Broad Liberalization: Which Path Leads to Faster Growth?" IMF Staff Papers, v46, n1 (March), 1999.
• "Regional Integration and Economic Growth" World Bank Economic Review, v12, n2 (May), 1998.

Publications in Referred Journals-Health Economics

• "Cost Benefit of an Oral Cancer Early Detection Program Using High Risk Screening and Tolonium Chloride" (with A. Zavras, N. Andreopoulos, D. Zavras, V. Cartsos and N. Katsikeris) Pharmacoekonomia, v15, 2003.
• "Oral Cancer Treatment Costs in Greece and the Effect of Advanced Disease" (with A. Zavras, N. Andreopoulos, N. Katsikeris, D. Zavras, and V. Cartsos), BMC Public Health, v2, n12, 2002.
• "Healthcare Savings from Microbiological Caries Risk Screening of Toddlers: A Cost Estimation Model" (with A. Zavras and B. Edelstein), Journal of Public Health Dentistry, v60, n3 (Summer), 2000.

Other Publications

• "The Convergence Experience of the Greek Economy in the EU: Lessons for EU Accession Countries" in Successes and Failures in Real Convergence, edited by the National Bank of Poland, forthcoming.
• "Book Review: Semiperipheral Developments and Foreign Policy: the Cases of Greece and Spain, by Fatih Tayfur" The Polish Diplomatic Review, v4, n4, 2004.
• "Regional Integration and Economic Growth, in Regional Trading Arrangements, edited by H.Singer, N.Hatti and R.Tandon, Delhi, B.R., 2003.
• "The Philippines: Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth" (with a team led by Marcus Rodlauer), IMF Occasional Paper/187, Washington DC, 2000.
• "The West African Economic and Monetary Union: Recent Developments and Policy Issues" (with a team led by Ernesto Hernandez-Cata), IMF Occasional Paper/170, Washington DC, 1998.

IMF Books and Working Papers:

• Inflation Targeting and Output Growth: Empirical Evidence for the European Union, Working Paper No. 05/89, May 1, 2005
• The Implications of South African Economic Growth for the Rest of Africa, Working Paper No. 05/58, March 1, 2005
• How Much Do Trading Partners Matter for Economic Growth?, Working Paper No. 04/26, February 1, 2004
• Forecasting Inflation in Indonesia, Working Paper No. 02/111, June 1, 2002
• The Impact of U.S. Economic Growth on the Rest of the World: How Much Does it Matter?, Working Paper No. 01/119, August 1, 2001
• Real Effective Exchange Rate and the Constant Elasticity of Substitution Assumption, Working Paper No. 00/128, July 1, 2000
• Trade and Industrialization in Developing Agricultural Economies, Working Paper No. 99/145, October 1, 1999
• Explaining Investment in the WAEMU, Working Paper No. 98/99, July 1, 1998
• Regional Trade Agreements Versus Board Liberalization: Which Path Leads to Faster Growth? Time-Series Evidence, Working Paper No. 98/40, March 1, 1998
• Developing Countries and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle, Working Paper No. 98/2, January 1, 1998

Komentari (clanova koji su komentirali: 5) Komentara po autoru:    3 2 1 1 1

#1: (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-03 09:00:52 IMHO, velika vecina gradjana koje zanima MMF ce biti sposobno pratiti predavanje na engleskom jeziku.

#2: (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-04 17:47:50 Iskreno me zanima kako je prosao eksperiment? Da li su hrvatski slusatelji prijemcljivi za predavanja i komunikaciju na engleskom?

#3: Rezultati eksperimenta (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-04 22:50:12 Na #2  Sad sam tek vratio sa puta i mogu izvijestiti o rezultatu koji je inkonkluzivan. Naime, kao ¹to svi znate za eksperiment su potrebni "controlled conditions" a juèer poslije podne 17-18 sati je u Zagrebu bio neuobièajeno jak prolom oblaka. Na taj naèin, ne znamo ¹to je bio glavni uzrok smanjenoj audijenciji, od nekih 35 umjesto uobièajenih stotinjak i vi¹e. Pretpostavljam da je ipak ki¹a bila glavni razlog. Naime, prisutni sudionici su bez problema odslu¹ali predavanje na engleskom kao i postavljali (kvalitetna) pitanja. Samo je pitanje jedne novinarke bilo na hrvatskom, pa sam ga ja preveo.

#4: (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-05 02:41:07 Jel ima negdje kratki opis predavanja? (O cem se tocno govorilo, koja su pitanja bila i tako..)

#5: na #4 (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-05 08:15:08 imamo snimku na tape ali je neæemo "skidati"  bilo u medijima: r 101, HRT jutro, a valjda su ne¹to objavili prisutni novinara iz Vjesnika i Novog l.    mogao bih zatra¾iti predavaèa njegove slajdove pa da ih stavim na Web site tribine jer su bili zaista upeèatljivi, posebno razne komparacije RH s drugim zemljama i financijski pokazatelji

#6: na #4 slajdovi (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-05 11:01:27 Evo ishodio sam MS PPT i objavio ga ovdje  http://www.gornjigrad.org/GornjiGrad.nsf/rasprava/8ED781E54B7B6FD1C1256FED00247128?opendocument

#7: (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-05 19:09:44 hvala na stavljanju prezentacije. Oni grafovi sa drzavnim dugom hrvatske izgledaju scarry.

#8: (Podaci o autoru dostupni clanovima CONNECT-a) 2006-04-05 19:18:18 #6: hvala za slajdove.    Narocito mi se svidio pregled hrvatske ekonomije