IMF Conference
Managing Volatility in Low-Income Countries
Tuesday April 27, 2010
The IMF and the International Growth Centre (with hubs in LSE and Oxford University) conference will examine policy options to mitigate and manage risks associated with economic volatility and crises in low-income countries.
It will focus on three themes: (i) identifying shocks and their costs (9:30-10:30 am); (ii) building policy, institutional and reserve buffers (10:45 am -12:30 pm); and (iii) macroeconomic insurance (2-3:45pm), with a panel discussion concluding the event (4:00-5.30 pm).
Useful Information
- When: Tuesday April 27, 2010
- Where: International Monetary Fund
- Address: 700 19th St., NW
Washington DC, 20431 - Room: HQ1-Events Hall (next to the Visitor's Centre)
See the Webcasts of the Conference
Webcast of Session 1 | Webcast of Session 2 |
Webcast of Session 3 |
Webcast of Session 4
See a Photo slideshow of the Conference
Photo Slideshow| Managing Volatility in Low-Income Countries | |
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Tuesday, April 27 | |
| 8:45–9:15 am |
***Breakfast*** |
| 9:15–9:30 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks John Lipsky (First Deputy Managing Director, IMF) |
| 9:30–11:00 am |
Session 1 Nature and Cost of Shocks |
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Chair Hugh Bredenkamp (Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy, & Review Department, IMF) Speaker 1 Norman Loayza (World Bank) Speaker 2 Valerie Cerra (IMF) Speakers 3 Nicola Spatafora/ Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) | |
| 11:00–11:15 am |
***Coffee Break*** |
| 11:15–12:30 pm | Session 2 Self Insurance: Building Policy, Institutional, and Reserve Buffers |
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Chair Antoinette M. Sayeh (Director, African Department, IMF) Speaker 1 Paul Collier (Oxford) Speaker 2 Rafael Portillo (IMF) Speaker 3 Romain Ranciere (IMF/Paris School) | |
| 12:30–2:00 pm |
***Lunch*** (By invitation, IMF PDR 1&2) |
| 2:00–3:45 pm |
Session 3 Macroeconomic Insurance and Hedging |
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Chair Chris Towe (Deputy Director, Monetary & Capital Markets Department, IMF) Speaker 1 Patrick Guillaumont (CERDI/ Université d'Auvergne) Speaker 2 Eduardo Borensztein (IDB) Speaker 3 Guillermo Perry (Centre for Global Development) Discussant Alan Gelb (Centre for Global Development) | |
| 3:45–4:00 pm | *** Coffee break*** |
| 4:00–5:30 pm |
Panel Discussion Moderator Reza Moghadam (Director, Strategy Policy & Review Department, IMF) |
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Panelists Paul Collier (Oxford) Francois Bourguignon (Paris School) Benno Ndulu (Governor, Central Bank of Tanzania) Louis Kasekende (Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Uganda) Arvind Subramanian (Peterson/Centre for Global Development) | |
