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IMF WEO/GFSR Seminar
Japanese presentation by Shogo Ishii, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
English presentation by Chad Steinberg, Senior Economist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2012
Global Financial Stability Report, April 2012
Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2012
IMF Seminar: Balancing Fiscal Policy Risk
Martine Guerguil
Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
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April 27, 2012
Tokyo, Japan
IMF seminar on “Countercyclical Fiscal Policy in Asia”
Seminar Program
April 26-27, 2012
Tokyo, Japan
Lecture at Japan Center for Economic Research
Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 2012
Thinking of Home: Japanese staff at the IMF
Japanese staff members at the IMF reflect on last year’s devastating tsunami and on the ensuing recovery.
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"The Global Economic Outlook and Its Implications for Asia"
Presentation by Steven Barnett
Assistant Director, OAP
Japan-IMF Macroeconomic Seminar for Asia
February 20, 2012
GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan
IMF seminar on "Vietnamese Economy"
Presentation (Japanese) by Mr. Masato Miyazaki, Divisopn Chief, Asia and Pacific Department
Tokyo, Japan, November 4, 2011
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA)
The IMF, in cooperation with the Governments of Japan, has been administering the Japan-IMF Scholarship for Asia since the 1990s with the aim to enhance the financial and economic policy making capacity of Governments in Asia and the Pacific through training government officials.
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Japan-IMF Macroeconomic Seminar for Asia (JIMS)
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies(JISP)
A two-year scholarship for Japanese students to pursue a Ph.D. in Macroeconomics abroad
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“Assessing the Risks to the Japanese Government Bond (JGB) Market”
Author: W. Raphael Lam, Kiichi Tokuoka
“Bank of Japan’s Monetary Easing Measures: Are they powerful and comprehensive?”
Author: W. Raphael Lam
"Raising the Consumption Tax in Japan: Why, When, How?"
Staff Discussion Note No. 2011/13
"To Fire or to Hoard? Explaining Japan’s Labor Market Response in the Great Recession"
Author: Chad Steinberg; Masato Nakane
"The Impact of Fiscal Consolidation and Structural Reforms on Growth in Japan"
Author: S. Pelin Berkmen
"Rebalancing in Japan: The Role of Private Consumption"
Author: Kiichi Tokuoka
"Japan’s Quest for Growth: Exploring the Role of Capital and Innovation"
Author: Murtaza Syed and Jinsook Lee
"The Outlook for Financing Japan’s Public Debt"
Author: Kiichi Tokuoka
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