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Conference Inquiries
Akihiro Takagi (Mr.)
Office for Global Issues and Development Partnership,
Operations Strategy Department, JICA
Email: Takagi.Akihiro@jica.go.jp
Division Coordinator, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Email: FrontierAsia@imf.org
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IMF-JICA Seminar 2011 "Sustaining Development in Low-Income Asia: Infrastructure Investment and Financial Sector Development"
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IMF-JICA Seminar 2013 "Frontier Asia: Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth" Press Release: IMF-JICA High-Level Conference Discusses Supporting Rapid and Inclusive Growth in Frontier and Developing Asia Speech: Third Joint IMF-JICA Conference on Frontier and Developing Asia: Supporting Rapid and Inclusive Growth
Frontier and Developing Asia:
Supporting Rapid and Inclusive Growth
A Conference Jointly Organized by the IMF and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
International Conference Hall, JICA Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
February 17–18, 2015
The conference " Frontier and Developing Asia: Supporting Rapid and Inclusive Growth" will bring together ministers, central bank governors, academics, as well as IMF and JICA senior officials and staff, to discuss policies for promoting inclusive growth, and small and medium enterprise development, along with fiscal sustainability; and how finance, including the issues associated with dollarization, can be used to deliver macroeconomic stability and meet infrastructure needs for sustained development. The event will conclude with a high-level Roundtable Discussion.
Among the participants are Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director, and Changyong Rhee, Asia and Pacific Department Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF); and Akihiko Tanaka, President, and Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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19:30-21:30 |
Welcome Dinner (Venue: Kensington Terrace, 12F, South Wing, Hotel Okura) Speakers: Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department (APD), International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
8:30–9:00 |
Registration |
9:00–9:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Akihiko Tanaka, President, JICA Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director, IMFWelcome RemarksMasatsugu Asakawa, Director-General, Ministry of Finance, Japan |
9:30–9:45 |
Photo Session |
SESSION I |
INCLUSIVE GROWTH |
9:45–10:45 |
A. Promoting Inclusive Growth and Fiscal Sustainability Moderator: Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, JICA Presenter: David Coady, Lead Social Spending Expert, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF Presentation Discussants: Nguyen Lan Huong, Director General, Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs, Vietnam Presentation Govind Raj Pokharel, Vice Chairman, Ministry of National Planning Commission, Nepal Discussion |
10:45-11:15 |
Coffee Break |
11:15-12:00 |
B. Promoting Small and Medium Enterprise Development Moderator: Markus Rodlauer, Deputy Director, APD, IMF Presenters: Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBIPresentation Discussants: Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank Bounthavy Sisouphanthong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao P.D.R. Discussion |
12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
SESSION II |
STRENGTHENING CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL MARKETS |
13:30–14:30 |
A. Dollarization or Dedollarization? Moderator: John Nelmes, Division Chief, APD, IMF Presenters: Ken Odajima, Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute, and Khou Vouthy, Director of the Economic Research and International Cooperation (ERIC), National Bank of CambodiaPresentation Discussants: Vathana Dalaloy, Deputy Governor, Bank of the Lao P.D.R.Presentation Boldbaatar Dagva, Director General, Bank of MongoliaPresentation Discussion |
14:30–15:30 |
B. How can Finance Help Frontier Asia Meet Infrastructure Needs and Address Demographic Challenges? Moderator: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, ADBI Presenter: Ding Ding, Senior Economist, APD, IMFPresentation Discussants: CJP Siriwardana, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Cambodia Presentation Discussion |
15:30–16:00 |
Coffee Break |
SESSION III |
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS |
16:00–17:00 |
Moderator: Odd Per Brekk, Director, Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific, IMF Panelists: Bhutan―Lam Dorji, Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance Mongolia―Naidansuren Zoljargal, Governor, Bank of Mongolia Maldives―Azeema Adam, Governor, Maldives Monetary Authority Papua New Guinea―Patrick Pruaitch, Minister, Ministry of Finance |
17:00–17:15 |
Closing remarks Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, JICA Changyong Rhee, APD Director, IMF |
17:30–18:00 |
Press ConferencePress Release Changyong Rhee, APD Director, IMF Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, JICA |
