Increase in Food and Fuel Prices—Seminar on Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses
IMF staff will present a broad assessment of the impact of the surge in food and fuel prices on the balance of payments, budgets, prices, and poverty in a large sample of countries. The assessment is the work of a staff taskforce that also examined macroeconomic policy responses and the role of the IMF in helping countries to manages these shocks.
Opening Remarks by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Moderator:
Mark Plant, Deputy Director, IMF's Policy Development and Review Department
Panelists:
Thomas Helbling, Advisor, IMF's Research Department
Sanjeev Gupta Senior Advisor, IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department
Patricia Alonso-Gamo, Assistant Director, IMF's Policy Development and Review Department
Benedicte Christensen, Acting Director, IMF's African Department
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Venue: IMF HQ1 Building, Meeting Hall A 700 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20431 Please note that due to enhanced security arrangements an RSVP is required by June 30, 2008 to EventsRSVP@imf.org or (202) 623-7001 Guests should present a photo identification at the Visitors Entrance on the corner of 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (white tent). |