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"Asia and the IMF"
Friday, September 19, 1997
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| 9:00–9:25 a.m. | Opening Session Chaired by: Mr. Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Welcoming Remarks: Mr. CHEN Yuan, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China The Successful Soft Landing of the Chinese Economy and Its Impact on Asia |
| 9:30–10:45 a.m. |
Session 1: The IMF Approach to Macroeconomic Policy Chaired by: Mr. Toyoo Gyohten, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Tokyo Lead Speaker: Mr. Michael Mussa, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, IMF The IMF Approach to Macroeconomic Policy Discussants: Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Finance Secretary, India Mr. Andrew Sheng, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
| 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Session 2: The Changing Emphasis of the Fund, Implications for Stabilization and
Growth Policies Chaired by: Professor Ali Wardhana, Economic Advisor to the President, Indonesia Lead Speakers: Mr. Vito Tanzi, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF The Changing Role of Fiscal Policy in Fund Policy Advice Mr. Jack Boorman, Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF The Changing Emphasis of the Fund, Implications for Stabilization and Growth Policies Discussants: Ms. Hashbat Hulan, Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Policy, Mongolia Mr. J. Estanislao, President of the University of Asia and the Pacific (former Secretary of Finance), Philippines |
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| 12:45–2:00 p.m. |
Luncheon Speaker: (Lunch co-hosted with Hong Kong Monetary
Authority) Welcoming Remarks: Mr. Joseph Yam, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Speaker: Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Captial Account Liberalization and the Role of the IMF |
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| 2:15–3:30 p.m. |
Session 3: Current Perspectives on the Asian Economic Record Chaired by: Mr. Soedradjad Djiwandono, Governor, Bank Indonesia Lead Speaker: Professor Kazuo Ueda, University of Tokyo Discussants: Professor Ross Garnaut, Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Dr. NOORDIN Sopiee, Chairman, Institute of Strategic Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dr. Young-Ki Lee, Vice-President, Korea Development Institute |
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| 3:45–5:00 p.m. |
Session 4: Future Challenges for Sustaining Growth in the Asian Region Chaired by: Mr. Shigemitsu Sugisaki , Deputy Managing Director, IMF Lead Speaker: Mr. Peter Sutherland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International Discussants: Dr. PISIT Leeahtam, Executive Vice President, Bangkok Bank, Thailand Dr. TEH Kok Peng, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore |
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| 5:00–5:30 p.m. |
Closing Session Chaired by: Mr. Alassane D. Ouattara, Deputy Managing Director, IMF Closing Remarks: Mr. P.R. Narvekar, former Deputy Managing Director, IMF, Special Advisor to the President, Nikko Securities |