Macoeconimist Training Program 3rd Session

JICA Tokyo, Japan

May 9-10, 2018

Seminar Content

Content: The lectures will provide an overview of how the IMF analyzes macroeconomic issues, including through the use of its financial programming tool.

 

Objective: Participants will gain an understanding of how to use financial programming and other tools to analyze real world macroeconomic problems and country cases.

 

Main Target: University students in their junior/senior year who are interested in going on to graduate school to study macroeconomics, international finance, or development economics and in working for international organizations in the future. Graduate students and others can also apply.

 

Language: Japanese (*Some presentation materials are written in English)

Lecturer

Shogo IshiiDr. Shogo Ishii currently teaches at International University of Japan. Previously, he was the Director for IMF Regional Office for Asia and the pacific.

Agenda

Day 1

9:00

Registration

9:25-9:45

Welcome and opening remarks

Mr. Chikahisa Sumi, Director, IMF OAP

Ms. Sachiko Imoto, Head, Office for Global Issues and Development Partnership, Operations Strategy Department, JICA

9:45-10:45

Overview of the IMF’s role (presented by OAP staff)

10:45-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

1. Introduction of the IMF’s macroeconomic framework

This session will provide an overview of the ways in which the IMF analyzes macroeconomic developments and policies. It will discuss the IMF's financial programming tool and how it is used to understand macroeconomic accounts and their linkages. Steps in making internally consistent and sensible projections will be also presented.

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

2. Macroeconomic goals and adjustment programs

This session will discuss macroeconomic goals and the choice of policies to achieve such goals. It will also present how to design adjustment programs.

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-17:00

3. The application of the IMF’s macroeconomic framework to Vietnam

This session will use a country case study to discuss how to use macroeconomic data to understand a country's economic developments, prospects, and risks. A recent IMF staff report on Vietnam will serve as the basis of this lecture.

 

17:00-18:00

Preparation for group presentation

Day 2

9:00-11:30

Group presentation and discussion

11:30-12:30

Lunch

12:30-14:00

4. IMF adjustment program: What happened and what learned during the Thai crisis in 1997.

This lecture will review developments leading up to the 1997 Thai crisis, major causes of the crisis, and key elements of the IMF adjustment program. It will also discuss developments under the IMF program and lessons learned from the crisis.

14:00-15:00

JICA Presentation (presented by JICA staff)

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

JBIC Presentation (presented by JBIC staff)

16:30-17:00

Awarding of Certificates to Participants, Photo session

17:00-

Reception