2nd GDUFE-ADB-ADBI-APAEA WORKSHOP
Theme “Climate Change, Debt Management, and Fiscal Policy Design”
June 27, 2025
The Westin GRANDE SUKHUMVIT, BANGKOK
259 Sukhumvit 19, Sukhumvit Road
Schedule
Agenda (BANGKOK TIME)
8:30am – 9:40am
Welcome by APAEA-GDUFE, Prof. Paresh Narayan (APAEA) and Weixing Cai (Dean, GDUFE)
8:40am – 8:45am
Welcome speech by Dr. Arief Ramayandi Senior Research Fellow (ADBI)–virtual
8:45am – 8:50am
Welcome speech by Dr. John Beirne, Principal Economist, ADB
8:50am – 10:30am
Workshop Session 1
10:30am – 10:50am
Tea Break
10:50am – 12:30pm
Workshop Session 2
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm – 3:40pm
Workshop Session 3
3:40pm – 3:50pm
Closing remarks
Prof. Susan Sunila Sharma & Prof. Aun Rizvi
3:50pm
Tea Break & Networking
WORKSHOP DETAILS
WORKSHOP SESSION 1| Chair: TBC (ADBI)
8:50am – 9:20am
Title: The impact of economic and climate resilience:
A cross-country analysis
Authors: Md. Bokhtiar Hasan (Islamic University, Kushtia-
7003, Bangladesh), Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University,
Sweden), Donghyun Park (ADB), Md. Sumon Ali (University of Texas at El Paso), John Beirne (ADB)
Presenter: Gazi Salah Uddin
Discussant: K P Prabheesh (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
9:20am – 9:50am
Title: Carbon policy and inclusive growth
Authors: Anh Le (Goethe University Frankfurt), John Beirne (ADB), Donghyun Park (ADB), Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University, Sweden)
Presenters: Anh Le
Discussant: Rohit Kishore (APAEA)
9:50am – 10:20am
Title: Timing the market: When to issue sovereign debt after disasters?
Authors: Alexander Raabe (ADB)
Presenter: Alexander Raabe (ADB)
Discussant: Bhavesh Garg (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar)
10:20am – 10:30am
Open-floor discussion
10:30am-10:50am TEA BREAK
WORKSHOP SESSION 2| Chair: Dr. Donghyun Park (ADB)
10:50am – 11:20am
Title: Real time local air quality monitoring and corporate tax avoidance
Authors: Xi Bai (GDUFE), Junming Li (GDUFE), Weixing Cai (GDUFE) and Youze Zhang (GDUFE)
Presenters: Youze Zhang
Discussant: Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University) Sweden)
11:20am – 11:50am
Title: Climate risk disclosure and collaborative innovation
Authors: Fan Hu (GDUFE), Bao Qi (GDUFE), Jingen Huang (GDUFE)
Presenter: Jingen Huang
Discussant: Anh Le (Goethe University Frankfurt)
11:50am – 12:20pm
Title: Not all costs are created equal: How climate policy uncertainty deepens expense stickiness
Authors: Yongyuan Chen (GDUFE), Lisi Shi (GDUFE), Chao Ma (GDUFE)
Presenter: Yongyuan Chen
Discussant: John Beirne (ADB)
12:20pm – 12:30pm
Open-floor discussion
12:30pm-2:00pm LUNCH BREAK
WORKSHOP SESSION 3| Chair: Dr. Rohit Kishore
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Title: Debt Sustainability and the effectiveness of fiscal
policy tools: The case of the Maldives
Authors: Paresh Narayan (Monash University), Aminath
Seema Ismail (Maldives Monetary Authority), Mohamed
Imthinan Saudulla (Maldives Monetary Authority) and Syed Aun Rizvi (Lahore University of Management Science)
Presenter: Imthinan Saudulla
Discussant: Yezhou Sha (CUEB, Beijing)
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Title: The role of climate risk in shaping corporate compliance: Evidence from China
Authors: Bin Li (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Xinxin Zhao (APAEA) & Yilan Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong University) & Shenghao Yang (Xi’an Jiaotong University)
Presenter: Xinxin Zhao/Yilan Liang
Discussant: Praveen Jangam (IIT Jodhpur)
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Title: The impact of climate change on financial stability:
Evidence from Maldives
Authors: KP Prabheesh (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad) and Shifneen Rasheed (Maldives Monetary Authority)
Presenter: KP Prabheesh
Discussant: Yaobo Shi (Xi’an University of Technology)
3:30pm – 3:40pm
Open-floor discussion
3:40pm
CLOSING REMARKS: Prof. Susan Sharma & Prof. Aun Rizvi
3:45pm – 4:15pm
NETWORKING— TEA/COFFEE
7:00pm – 9:00pm
CONFERENCE DINNER (Venue TBA later)