19 January, Friday (8:30 am–10:30 am)
Session 4A: Energy Economics (Auditorium 1)
Moderator: Tetsushi Sonobe (Dean, ADBI)
Presentations:
1. Measuring Energy Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Kazakhstan
Sandugash Juatova, Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADBI), Aiymgul Kerimray, Zhanna Kapsalyamova
Discussant: Altynay Arapova, Economist, CWRD, ADB
2. Perceptions and adoption of clean fuels in Central Asian household
Wataru Kodama, Dina Azhgaliyeva (ADBI)
Discussant: Martin Sommerseth Jaer, Finance Specialist (Energy), Energy Division,
Central and West Asia Department, ADB
3. Energy-Ethnicity Nexus: Econometric Analysis of Cooking Fuel Choices Across Social Groups in India
(2004– 2018)
Dil B. Rahut (ADBI), Jeetendra P Aryal, Tetsushi Sonobe (ADBI), Navneet Manchanda
Discussant: Manisha Pradhananga, Economist, ERDI, ADB
4. A Divine Coincidence? Do Renewables Shield Inflation from Fossil Fuel-price Fluctuations?
Laurent Millischer, Chenxu Fu, Ulrich Volz, John Beirne (ADBI)
Discussant: Asif Razzaq, Senior Research Specialist, CAREC Institute
Session 4B: Ecosystem Services Valuation (Auditorium 2)
Moderator: Lei Lei Song (Director, EREA/ERDI)
Presentations:
1. Mongolian Grassland and the Tragedy of the Commons
Avralt-Od Purevjav (University of Bern), Martino Pelli (ADB), Jeanne Tschopp (University of Bern)
Yazhen Gong (Renmin University)
Discussant: Jindra Samson
2. ADB Ecosystem Services Value Tool (AESVT)
Sayed Iftekhar (Griffith University), Jindra Samson (ADB), Le Lan (ADB), Martino Pelli (ADB),
Dayani Gunathilaka (Griffith University), Jianjun Jin (University of Normal Beijing)
Discussant: Le Lan
3. Integrating non-market values into economic analysis of an environmental protection project in China:
A multi-bounded discrete choice contingent valuation approach
Le Lan (ADB), Jianjun Jin (University of Normal Beijing), Jindra Samson (ADB),
Xueliang Cai (ADB)
Discussant: Sayed Iftekhar
4. Using Choice Experiment to inform price of non-market ecosystem services for natural capital accounting
Le Lan (ADB), Johannes Sauer (University of Munich), Philipp Mennig (University of Munich),
Shingo Kimura (ADB), Jindra Samson (ADB)
Discussant: Martino Pelli
Session 4C: Fiscal Policy for Inclusive Growth (Auditorium 3)
Moderator: Jaqueson Galimberti (Economist, ERDI)
Presentations:
1. Health spending efficiency in developing Asia
Donna Faye Bajaro (Consultant, ERDI), Yothin Jinjarak (Senior Economist, PRCM),
Yuho Myoda (Economist, ERDI), Donghyun Park (Advisor, ERDI), Pilipinas Quising
(Senior Economics Officer, ERDI)
Discussant: David Keith De Padua
2. The resource project lifecycle and macroeconomic stability
Marcel Schroeder (Country Economist, PARD), Marting Davies, Camillo Alvarez
Discussant: Yuho Myoda3. Growth-enhancing taxes
Mae Hyacinth Kiocho (Consultant, SERD), David Keith De Padua (Economics Officer, ERDI),
and Donghyun Park (Advisor, ERDI)
Discussant: Marcel Schroeder
Session 4D: ERDI Database 2 (Innovation Hub)
Moderator: Mara Tayag (Senior Economics Officer, ERDI)
Presentations:
1. AsianBondsOnline platform:
a. AsianBondsOnline database
Mai Lin Villaruel (Senior Economics Officer, ERDI)
b. Green Bonds webpage
Kosintr Puongsophol (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, ERDI)
Richard D Supangan (Senior Economics Officer)
c. Macroeconomic Tracker
Arief Ramayandi
2. Multiregional Input-Output for the Asia and the Pacific database
Mahinthan J. Mariasingham (Senior Statistician, ERDI)
Session 4E:
Infrastructure Project
Evaluations with Big Data (Auditorium 4)
Moderator: Takashi Yamano (Principal Economist, ERDI)
Presentations:
1. Long-Term Impacts of Greater Mekong Subregion Program Using Innovative Data
Based on Spatial General Equilibrium Framework
Konstantin Kucheryavyy (University of Tokyo), Manabu Nose (IMF),
Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo/ADBI), and Ruo Shangguan (Jinan University)
Discussant: Kiyoshi Taniguchi
2. From Battlefield to Marketplace: Connectivity, Industrialization, and Spatial Convergence in Northern Vietnam.
Manabu Nose (IMF), Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo/ADBI), and Nguyen Thanh Tung
(National Economics University)
Discussant: Yating Ru (Economist, ERDI)
3. Unleashing Development Potential by River Crossings: Evidence Based on Satellite Imagery from Shanghai
Myoung-Jae Lee (Korea University), Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo), and
Akiko Terada Hagiwara (ADB)
Discussant: Kiyoshi Taniguchi
4. On the Use of Satellite-Based Vehicle Flows Data to Assess Local Economic Activity:
The Case of Mactan-Cebu International Airport
Eugenia C. Go (World Bank), Kentaro Nakajima (Hitotsubashi University), Yasuyuki Sawada
(University of Tokyo/ADBI), and Kiyoshi Taniguchi (ADB)
Discussant: Takashi Yamano