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For the year 2004, 60 industrialized and emerging economies were ranked. Results show that the Philippines’ overall competitiveness ranking is continuously slipping from no. 39 in 2001 to no. 52 this year. The AIM Policy Center will present an in-depth analysis of Philippine results to a large forum of business people, policymakers, government officials, diplomats, economists, development specialists and academics. Said conference will be held on 21 July 2004 at Shangri-La Hotel from 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Conference proceedings will be published in a book entitled “The State of Philippine Competitiveness 2004.” This conference is an annual project of the AIM Policy Center in partnership with the International Management Development (IMD) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

For inquiries, please contact the AIM Policy Center at 751-9182 or 83.

_TENTATIVE PROGRAM_

Morning

8:30 a.m.Registration

9: 00- 9:10Welcome Remarks,

Mr. Klaus Preschle,

Country Representative,

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

9:10- 9: 25Keynote Address,

Hon. Romulo Neri,

Director General- NEDA

8:25 – 9:45State of Philippine Competitiveness:

Results from the World

Competitiveness Yearbook,

Mr. Roberto F. De Ocampo,

President, AIM

9:45 – 10:00 Local Competitiveness in the Philippines,

Dr. Federico M. Macaranas,

Executive Director- AIM Policy Center

10:00- 10:20 Question and Answer

10:20- 10: 30 Morning Tea

10:30: – 10:45Implementing the Local Autonomy Act,

Hon. Hermilando Mandanas,Congressman- 5th District of Batangas

10:45- 11:00 Politics and Governance,

Dr. Carolina Hernandez,

Professor- UP Diliman

11:00- 11:15 Transformational Nation-Building,

Mr. Arthur Alvendia

11:15- 11:30 Business in Asia,

Mr. Ching Chong Bak,

President,

Chinese Chamber of Commerce

11:30- 11:50Open Forum

11:50-12:00Synthesis and Closing Remarks,

Dr. Federico M. Macaranas,

Executive Director- AIM Policy Center

12 p.m.Lunch