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On Day 2, focus will be on the technical and practical aspects of countries’ tax reform experiences and lessons learnt related to the three key building blocks of the Tax Hub, followed by a discussion of problems encountered and the support ADB and its development partners can provide through focused interaction in breakout rooms.                                                                   

Day 2: Thursday, 25 November (2.5 hours estimated)
12:00 noon–12:05 p.m.Opening remarks

Marcello Estevão, Global Director, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment, WB
12:05 p.m.–12:45 p.m.Session 3: Country Presentations

Moderator: Chiara Bronchi, Practice Manager, Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit, Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, World Bank Group

  • Tax reform highlights – Antonette Tionko, Undersecretary, Revenue Operations Group; Corporate Affairs Group, Department of Finance, Philippines
  • Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) – Asad Aziz, Secretary (Revenue-Operations), Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan
  • Tax reform highlights – Ulziibat Molomjamts, Head of Tax Administration and International Tax Department, General Department of Taxation Mongolia
  • Medium Term Revenue Strategy – Andrew Oaeke, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury, Papua New Guinea
  • Tax reform highlights – Nilusha Abeysekara, Deputy Director, Department of Fiscal Policy of the Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka
  • Tax reform highlights – Yon Arsal, Assistant to The Minister for Tax Compliance Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia

This session will serve as a platform for sharing country experiences on tax system reforms and stimulate dialogues among and between ADB members and development partners for sustainable and equitable growth.

12:50 p.m.–1:35 p.m.Session 4: Breakout sessions: Subregional Group discussion on challenges and possible areas of engagement with the Tax Hub

Room 1: Central and West Asia (simultaneous translation will be available)
Chairperson: Yevgeniy Zhukov, Director General, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Room 2: East Asia
Chairperson: M. Teresa Kho, Director General, East Asia Department, ADB

Room 3: Pacific
Chairperson: Leah Gutierrez, Director General, Pacific Department, ADB

Room 4: South Asia
Chairperson: Manmohan Parkash, Deputy Director General, South Asia Department, ADB

Room 5: Southeast Asia
Chairperson: Ramesh Subramaniam, Director General, Southeast Asia Department, ADB

This session will take place in parallel breakout rooms. Three questions will be discussed in each room simultaneously. Each discussion summary for each breakout room will be presented by rapporteurs at Session 5. Simultaneous translation will be available.
1:35 p.m.–1:40 p.m.
Short Break
1:40 p.m.–2:05 p.m.Session 5: Plenary Session: Way forward – what support and practical approach should be provided?

Moderator: Shigeto Hiki, Deputy Commissioner (International Affairs), National Tax Agency, Japan

The findings for each breakout session will be presented by rapporteurs. The moderator will open the floor for discussion.
2:05 p.m.–2:15 p.m.Concluding Remarks and Closing the Conference

Speaker: Bambang Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB