New Delhi Roundtable on Democracy in Asia

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Introduction and Participants

The second Asia Roundtable took place in New Delhi, May 18-19, 2007 and focused solely on the theme of "Poverty, Development and Democracy in Asia." It was designed to complement CD's March 29-30 Bamako Seminar sponsored by the Community of Democracies on "Democracy and Development: Poverty as a Challenge to Democratic Governance." It was attended by 51 civil society activists, academics, journalists and development officials from national governments and international agencies from 17 countries: Japan, Nepal, India, Indonesia, Mali, Mongolia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Burma and the United States.

Participants

Prof. Noor Ahmed Baba, University of Kashmir (India)

Prof. B S Baviskar, Institute of Social Sciences (India)

Rashid Benmessaoud, The World Bank (India)

Dr. Dawipayan Bhattacharya, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (India)

Nirmala Buch, Mahila Chetana Munch (India)

Prof. Bidyut Chakraborty, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (India)

Chet Charya, STAR Kampuchea (Cambodia)

Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)

Chee Siok Chin, Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia (ARDA) (Singapore)

Dr. Jimmy Dadhi, Indian Social Institute (India)

Penelope Faulkner, Forum Asia Democracy (France)

B D Ghosh, State Institute of Rural Development (India)

Prof. Gopal Guru, Centre for Political Studies (India)

Russell Hsiao, World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA) (Taiwan)

Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Centre for Law and Governance (India)

Rajiv John, National Council of YMCAs of India (India)

Dr. Jacob John, Institute of Social Sciences (India)

Zanaa Jurmed, Centre for Citizens' Alliance (Mongolia)

Prajeena Karmachrya, Rural Reconstruction Nepal (Nepal)

Abdul Haseeb Khan, Resource Integration Center (RIC) (Bangladesh)

Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (India)

Prof. Radha Kummar, Delhi Policy Group (India)

Robert R. LaGamma, Council for a Community of Democracies (United States)

Raj Liberhan, India Habitat Centre (India)

Dr. Lee Shang-ren, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (Taiwan)

Dr. Lee Jung Ok, Korean House for International Solidarity (South Korea)

Oumar Makalou, Executive Secretariat of the Community of Democracies (Mali)

Dr. Babu Mathew, Action Aid (India)

Dr. George Mathew, Institute of Social Sciences (India)

Prof. Ajay Mehra, Centre for Public Affairs (India)

Ajay Mehty, National Foundation for India (India)

Augusto Miclat, Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) (Philippines)

C N S Nair, Institute of Social Sciences (India)

Dr. Deepa Narayan, The World Bank (India)

Dr. Maxine Olson, United Nations Development Programme (India)

Prof. M A Oommen, Institute of Social Services (India)

Dr. Ginu Zacharia Oommen, Institute of Social Services (India)

Prof. Sudha Pai, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (India)

K K Patnaik, Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Orissa (India)

Richard C. Rowson, Council for a Community of Democracies (United States)

Dr. Ash Narain Roy, Institute of Social Sciences (India)

Shah Abdus Salam, Development Wheel (Bangladesh)

Rita Sarin, The Hunger Project (India)

Debbie Stothard, Alternative Asean Network on Burma (Thailand)

Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram, National Institute of Advanced Studies (India)

Abdi Suryaningati, YAPPIKA (Indonesia)

Kiyotaka Takashi, Japan International Volunteer Corp (Japan)

William Tedards, World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA) (Taiwan)

Marc Traore, Executive Secretariat of the Community of Democracies (Mali)

Dr. Vo Van Ai, Que Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam (France)

Prof. Siddiq Wahid, Islamic University of Science and Technology (India)