IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 5, 2016
DAY: Wednesday
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
LOCATION: George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Overview
The importance of addressing infrastructure gaps in developing countries is now conventional wisdom. But what is the state of play today? Has public investment in infrastructure increased significantly in recent years? What has helped in countries that have successfully scaled up? What are the challenges where infrastructure needs have not been met? How can policies—domestic and international—help?
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Suggested Readings:
Financing Our Future (Adeosun, Kemi, 2016)
Post-2015 Infrastructure Finance: The New Debt Threat? (Caliari, Aldo, 2014)
Unlocking Private Finance for African Infrastructure (Collier, Paul, and Colin Mayer, 2014)
Global Infrastructure Forum 2016 Chairman’s Statement (Global Infrastructure Forum, 2016)
Financing for Development: Revisiting the Monterrey Consensus (IMF, 2015)
The Return of Public Investment (Rodrik, Dani, 2016)
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Toward Better Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Toward Better Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Namrata Brar is a longtime reporter with New Delhi Television (NDTV) and is currently their U.S. Bureau Chief based in NYC. Ms. Brar studied business administration and economics and moderated the “Long-term Global Trends and Their Implications for the IMF” seminar during the 2013 Spring Meetings.
Aldo Caliari is the Director of the Rethinking Bretton Woods Project at the Center of Concern. He joined the Project in 2000 and has led it since 2002. Mr. Caliari has been a consultant with numerous UN agencies and as well as with national governments and CSOs. He received a Master of International Policy and Practice from George Washington University (2007), with a focus on economics and finance.
