Live Q&A: East Asia and Pacific Update

Japan’s real GDP growth will slow, but the slowdown will likely be temporary, as a result of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Growth should start picking up after mid-2011 as reconstruction efforts get underway, says the World Bank in its latest East Asia and Pacific Economic Update.

On April 5, 2011, Vikram Nehru, Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific region, and Ivailo Izvorski, Lead Economist for the region, discussed the latest economic update via webcast.