International Monetary Fund
World Bank GroupStructural Reforms, Inequality, and Growth
imf seminars event
DATE: October 9, 2015
DAY: Friday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Lima Time
LOCATION: National Museum - Auditorio Los Incas
Overview
There is concern about the global growth environment: there is fear of secular stagnation in advanced economies and worry about slowing potential in key emerging markets. Countries recognize that structural reforms are needed to raise medium-run growth prospects. Yet they sometimes hold back because there are winners and losers from reforms in the short run, making reforms difficult to sell politically. What does the cross-country experience tell us about the impact of structural reforms on income distribution and growth in the short run and medium run? What are the lessons? Are countries justified in their optimism about the positive growth impacts of structural reforms and their fears about the negative distributional impact? Are there better ways to design structural reforms than in the past? This session will examine the reforms needed across the spectrum—product market regulation, labor market reforms, education, public sector efficiency—to boost global growth prospects. It will also explore past experiences to draw lessons for reform design in terms of its impact on both growth and equity.Media Partners
Structural Reforms, Inequality, and Growth
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Panelists
Moderator: Michelle Fleury
Michelle Fleury is the BBC's New York Business Correspondent and one of the leading reporters in North America for BBC World News. She has covered American business and economics for more than 10 years, and has extensive experience covering the Federal Reserve, the IMF, World Bank and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Before moving to New York, she worked as a producer at the BBC's headquarters in London. She graduated from Warwick University.
