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Growth and Globalization: Living with Volatile Capital Flows

Seminar sponsored by the Institute of International Finance (IIF)

5 May 2007 (12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

Private capital flows have played a key role in fostering economic development across Asia, but the past year has witnessed renewed global financial market volatility. The seminar will look at the factors that have given rise to the change in market conditions, assess their impact on the affected economies, and the challenges for the public and private sectors. The presentations will also look at the near-term prospects for global financial markets and their implications for capital flows to Asia.

PROGRAM/SPEAKERS
Time SpeakerTopic
12:00 p.m.
Registration
12:15 p.m. Charles Dallara
Managing Director, IIF
Opening remarks
12:35 p.m. Jacob Frenkel
vice Chairman, AIG
Chairman, Group of Thirty
 
12:55 p.m. Atsushi Nakajima
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Economist, Mizuho Research Institute
1:15 p.m. Yusuke Horiguchi
First Deputy Managing Director and Chief Economist, IFF
The outlook for the global economy
1:30 p.m. Gregory Fager
Director, Asia/Pacific Department, IFF
Recent developments in Asia

Contact Us

For further information, contact Mr. Greg Fager, tel: (202) 857-3628/775-1430, email: gfager@iif.com



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