South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth
Conference and Book Launch Event
January 6, 2023, New Delhi, India
* Time in below agenda is in local time *
January 6, 2023
The conference, coinciding with the book launch, will provide an opportunity to discuss how South Asia can build on its development success in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions to achieve its potential. The conference will focus on areas that are viewed as key to sustaining high-quality growth over the medium term. It will include a discussion on ways to accelerate the income convergence process in the region, leveraging on the still large potential demographic dividend in most countries, reform priorities, including climate-friendly policies for sustainable growth, and ways to cope with heightened vulnerabilities through macro-financial management. The conference will bring together high-level participants from the South Asia region.
*** The opening and the final sessions will be streamed live here. ***
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Friday, January 6, 2023 |
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10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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10:30 – 11:15 a.m. |
Opening Remarks, Book Launch, and Keynote Address
Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Krishna Srinivasan, Director, Asia and Pacific Department (APD), IMF
Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (keynote speaker) |
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11:15 – 11:35 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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11:35 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. |
Session 1: Enhancing Macro Financial Management
This session first sets the stage by reviewing South Asia’s experience during the pandemic, its economic impact and the post-pandemic recovery marked by both challenges and setbacks, including the adverse impact from the war in Ukraine. In light of the heightened vulnerabilities, this session then focuses on the role of macro-financial management through improved quality of infrastructure investment, sound monetary policy frameworks, and financial development to boost sustainable growth in the region.
Background A brief presentation on the key messages from the book and laying out key questions for the panel to discuss in the session.
Moderator: Ranil Salgado, Assistant Director, APD, IMF Panelists:
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12:50 – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 – 3:15 p.m. |
Session 2: Unlocking Structural Transformation
Trade liberalization and the resulting diversification has helped South Asia narrow the income gap with other regions. This session focuses on the large potential for further income gains from a renewed reform momentum and a better integration into Asian and global value chains.
Background A brief presentation on the key messages from the book and laying out key questions for the panel to discuss in the session.
Moderator: Rahul Anand, Division Chief, APD, IMF Panelists:
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3:15 – 4:30 p.m. |
Session 3: Determinants of Sustainable, Inclusive and Climate-Friendly Growth
This session focuses on understanding the climate-friendly engines of long-run growth and determinants of inequality and to identify policies that could help South Asia achieve its development potential. Background A brief presentation on the key messages from the book and laying out key questions for the panel to discuss in the session.
Moderator: Jarkko Turunen, Deputy Division Chief, APD, IMF Panelists:
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4:30 – 4:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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4:45 – 6:00 p.m. |
High Level Policy Panel Discussion: Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Growth in the post-COVID World Moderator: Krishna Srinivasan, Director, APD. IMF Panelists:
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