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18 January, Thursday (1:45 pm–3:15 pm)


Session 3A: ERDI Database 1 (Innovation Hub) (Participants shall bring own laptops)

Moderator/Presenter: Elaine Tan (Advisor, ERDI and Head, SDIU)

Presentations:

1.     Asia Regional Integration Center (ARIC) databases
        Mara Tayag (Senior Economics Officer, ERDI)

2.     Key Indicators Database
        Stefan Schipper (Senior Statistician, ERDI)

3.     Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) database
        Shigehiro Shinozaki (Senior Economist, ERDI)


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Session 3B: Climate Change 1 (Auditorium 1) 

Moderator: David Raitzer (Economist, ERDI) 

Presentations:

1.     Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices and its impacts on farm income and yield: Evidence from Eastern India
        Raja Timilsina (Consultant, ADBI)
        Discussant: Manfred Kiefer

 2.    Examining the Nexus of Urbanization, Green Trade, and Ecological Footprint: A Panel Threshold Approach
        Dorothea M. Ramizo (Associate Economics Officer, EARD)
        Discussant: Raja Timilsina

 3.    Measuring the Economic Impacts of a Wind Power Project in Viet Nam
        Manfred Kiefer (Principal Economist, PSOD), Nguyen Tuan (Consultant)
        Discussant: Dorothea M. Ramizo


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Session 3C:  Digitalization 2 (Auditorium 2) 

Moderator: Pramila Crivelli (Economist, ERDI) 

Presentations:

1.     Effect of Digital Regulations on E-Commerce Trade
        Daniel Boller (Statistician, ERDI)
        Discussant: Peter Morgan

2.    Financial literacy and fintech use in family business: evidence from developing Asia
        Wataru Kodama (ADBI), Peter Morgan, Dina Azhgaliyeva, and Long Trinh
        Discussant: Daniel Boller

3.     Factors Affecting Fintech Payment Use in Bangladesh and Indonesia
        Peter Morgan (Senior Consulting Economist and Advisor to the Dean, ADBI);
        Panharoth Chhay (Research Associate, ADBI) 
        Discussant: Dina Azhgaliyeva

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Session 3D: Big Data Analysis 1 (Auditorium 3) 

Moderator: Yesim Elhan-Kayalar (Advisor, ERDI) 

Presentations:

1.     Development of a Computer Vision-Based Road Physical Feature Extraction towards Assessing Walkability, 
        Bikeability and Driveability of Urban Roads
        Macario Cordel II (Statistics Officer – Data Science, ERDI)
        Discussant: Renzo Tan

2.     Impact of Mobility Restriction on Port Activities Using High-frequency Indicators Based on the Automatic
        Identification System Data
        Kijin Kim (Senior Economist, ERDI)
        Discussant: Macario Cordel I

3.     Twitter-Derived Measures of Economy and Uncertainty for the Philippines
        Madhavi Pundit (Senior Economist, ERDI), Priscille Villanueva (Senior Economics Officer, ERDI),
        Renzo Tan (Consultant, ERDI)
        Discussant: Kijin Kim


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Session 3E: Macroeconomy and Finance 2 (Auditorium 4) 

Moderator: John Beirne (Principal Economist, ERDI) 

Presentations: 

1.     Remittances and Economic Growth: The Role of Financial Development in Nepal
        Pradeep Panthi (Research Associate, ADBI)
        Discussant: Lilia Aleksanyan

2.     Estimating the Elasticity of Substitution Between Capital and Labor in India
        Elisabetta Gentile (Senior Economist, SARD)
        Discussant: Pradeep Panth

3.     Debt stock and flow dynamics in the CCA region
        Lilia Aleksanyan (Economist, CWRD)
        Discussant: Elisabetta Gentile


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