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"Political Finance and Democracy in East Asia: The Use and Abuse of Money in Campaigns and Elections"
June 28-30, 2001
Seoul, Korea
Introduction

Session I: Political Finance in a Comparative Context

Session II: Political Finance in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and India

Session III: Political Finance in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan

Session IV: Regulating Campaign Contributions and Expenditures

Session V: Disclosure, Transparency, and Institutional Enforcement

Session VI: Making Political Finance More Democratic: Developing an Agenda for Reform

Agenda

Participants
Working Conference Participants


COLOMBIA
Eduardo Posada Carbó,Independent Researcher

GERMANY
Miklos Marschall,Executive Director, Transparency International

INDIA
E. Sridharan,Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India
S.K. Mendiratta,Consultant, Election Commission of India

INDONESIA
Hadar N. Gumay, Advocacy Director, Centre for Electoral Reform
Smita Notosusanto, Executive Director, Centre for Electoral Reform
Noviantika Nasution, Treasurer, PDI Struggle
Andi A. Mallarangeng, Chair of the Policy Committee and Senior Adviser, Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia
Taufikurrachman Saleh, Chairman of Kebangkitan Bangsa Fraction

JAPAN
Masaru Kohno, Associate Professor, School of International Politics, Economics, and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University
Taro Kono, Liberal Democratic Party
Rei Shiratori, President, Institute for Political Studies in Japan

KOREA
Jong-Chun Baek, President, Sejong Institute
Kie Pyung Oh, Chairman, Sejong Institute
Daljoong Chang, Professor, Seoul National University
Chun-bok Cho, General Secretary, FKTU
Jung-Bae Chun, Assemblyman, National Assembly
Hyun-ik Hong, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute
Soon-Doo Hong, Director General, Political Party and Political Funds Management, National Election Commission
Hyuk Baeg Im, Professor, Korea University
Won-Taek Kang, Professor, Songsil University
Doo Soo Kim, Director, Civic Watch Department, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
Eui-young Kim, Visiting Fellow, Sejong Institute
Hak Won Kim, Assemblyman, National Assembly
Won Wung Kim, Assemblyman, National Assembly
Yong-Hwan Kim, Director, Planning and Coordination Department, Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice
Dong-eung Lee, Executive Director, Policy Bureau, Korea Employers Federation
Hyung-Man Lee, Vice President, Center for Liberal Enterprise
Myonwoo Lee, Vice President, Sejong Institute
Won-Gu Yun, Director, Election Management, National Election Commission
Sook-Jong Lee, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute
Jongryn Mo, Associate Professor and Director, Center for International Studies, Yonsei University
Hoon Jaung, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Chung-Ang University
Miongsei Kang, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute
Jong Wan Kim, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute
Kie-Duck Park, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute

PHILIPPINES
Joel Rocamora, Executive Director, Institute for Popular Democracy
Jose Misael B. Moraleda, Project Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Luie Tito F. Guia, Lawyer
Jose Luis MC Gascon, Executive Director, National Institute for Policy Studies

POLAND
Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, Director, Institute of Public Affairs

SRI LANKA
Kingsley Rodrigo, Executive Director, People's Action for Free and Fair Elections

TAIWAN
David Wei-Fei Huang,Associate Research Fellow, IEAS, Academia Sinica

THAILAND
Borwornsak Uwanno, Secretary-general, King Prajadhipok's Institute
Pokkrong Soontharasudth, Deputy secretary-general, Office of the Election Commission of Thailand
Wichit Srisa-an, Member of the House of Representatives, Democrat Party

UNITED KINGDOM
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Senior Research Fellow in Politics, Brunel University

USA
Gautam Adhikari, Senior Consultant, National Endowment for Democracy
Robert Alan Dahl, Sullivan and Mitchell
Larry Diamond, Codirector, International Forum for Democratic Studies
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
Peter M. Manikas, Regional Director for Asia Programs, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Marc F. Plattner,, Codirector, International Forum for Democratic Studies
Thomas W. Skladony,, Senior Program Officer, International Forum for Democratic Studies
Laura L. Thornton, Senior Program Officer/Field Representative, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Gene Ward, Democracy Fellow, USAID Democracy Center
Clyde Wilcox, Department of Government, Georgetown University