Name: Chief Economists Roundtable: Growth & Inclusion in Turbulent Times
Uploaded: 2016-04-13T16:30:00-0400
Description: Emerging markets and the developing world are at the center of the current slowdown in global growth. How are low commodity prices and slowing trade affecting countries and the effort to reduce poverty? Join us as the World Bank’s chief economists describe current conditions and the outlook for each developing region.

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Emerging markets and the developing world are at the center of the current slowdown in global growth. How are low commodity prices and slowing trade affecting countries and the effort to reduce poverty? Join us as the World Bank’s chief economists describe current conditions and the outlook for each developing region.

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Speakers

Melissa Johns

Advisor, Global Indicators Group, World Bank Group
Punam Chuhan-Pole

Acting Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Group
Sudhir Shetty

Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank Group
Shanta Devarajan

Acting World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Director for Development Economics, World Bank Group

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Hans Timmer

Chief Economist for the South Asia Region, World Bank
Martin Rama

Senior Economic Advisor, South Asia, World Bank
Kaushik Basu

Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University & former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank

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Augusto de la Torre

Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group