## REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: FISCAL RISKS, FISCAL SPACE, AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS — IMF-JICA CONFERENCE (FEBRUARY 1–2, 2017)

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### Conference overview
- Event: IMF-JICA Conference on Regional Development: Fiscal Risks, Fiscal Space, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Dates: FEBRUARY 1–2, 2017.
- Venue: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HALL, JICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TOKYO, JAPAN.
- Opening speakers (Keynote Speech session): Masatsugu Asakawa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan; Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Shinichi Kitaoka, President, JICA.
- Photo Session scheduled immediately after the Keynote Speech.
- Closing remarks delivered by Chikahisa Sumi, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), IMF, and Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, JICA.
- Press Conference: 17:30–18:00 with Changyong Rhee, Director, APD, IMF and Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, JICA.

### Opening and social program
- Wednesday, February 1
  - 19:30-21:30 Welcome Dinner (Venue: Edo Room, The Main, 1F, Hotel New Otani).
  - Welcome Dinner speakers: Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Chikahisa Sumi, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Thursday, February 2
  - 8:30–9:00 Registration.

### SESSION I: Fiscal Risks and Fiscal Management — Assessing Domestic and Exogenous Risks, and Coping with Fiscal Risks by Establishing Resilient Fiscal Management (10:00–12:00)
- 10:00–11:00 A. Fiscal Risks and the Fiscal Risk Management
  - Moderator: Alex Mourmouras, Division Chief, ASEAN 1 Division, APD, IMF.
  - Presenter: Brian Olden, Deputy Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD), IMF.
  - Discussants:
    - Ahmed Mazin, Chief Funds Executive, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Maldives.
    - Nara Bahadur Thapa, Executive Director, Nepal Rastra Bank.
    - Kenichiro Kashiwase, Senior Economist, OAP, IMF.
  - 11:00–11:15 Coffee Break.
- 11:15–12:00 B. Public Financial Management in Resource Rich Countries
  - Moderator: Koki Hirota, Chief Economist, JICA.
  - Presenter: Noriharu Masugi, Director, Governance Group, Industrial Development and Public Policy Department, JICA.
  - Discussants:
    - Tsue Ing Yap, Acting Executive Director, Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam.
    - Gombojav Zandanshatar, Member of Parliament of Mongolia.
    - San San Oo, Director, Budget Department, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar.

### SESSION II: Fiscal Space Towards SDGs — How to Create Fiscal Space for Future Investment Towards SDGs and Real Income Convergence (13:45–15:30)
- 13:45–14:45 A. Fiscal Space
  - Moderator: Brian Olden, Deputy Division Chief, FAD, IMF.
  - Presentation 1: Fiscal Space
    - Presenter: Marialuz Moreno Badia, Deputy Division Chief, FAD, IMF.
  - Presentation 2: Fiscal Space on Financing Universal Health Coverage
    - Presenters:
      - Teguh Dartanto, Visiting Scholar, JICA Research Institute, and Head of Poverty and Social Protection Research Group Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM), University of Indonesia.
      - Syed Ehtisham Ahmad, Pao Yu-Kong Professor at Zhejiang University and Senior Fellow at the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonne and at the LSE.
    - Discussants:
      - Leonard Victor Hasudungan Tampubolon, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs, National Department Planning Agency, Indonesia.
      - Bounleua Sinxayvoravong, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Lao P.D.R.
- 14:45–15:30 B. Convergence in ASEAN and SDGs
  - Moderator: Masaaki Kaizuka, Executive Director for Japan, IMF.
  - Presenter: Alex Mourmouras, Division Chief, ASEAN 1 Division, APD, IMF.
  - Discussants:
    - Angsoka Yorintha Paundralingga, Economist, Economic and Monetary Policy Department, Bank Indonesia.
    - Soraphol Tulayasathien, Senior Expert, Local Public Finance Policy Dept., Ministry of Finance, Thailand.
    - Truong, Ba Tuan, Vice President, National institute for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Vietnam.
- 15:30–16:00 Coffee Break.

### SESSION III: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS (16:00–17:00)
- Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Director, APD, IMF.
- Panelists by country:
  - Bhutan — Nim Dorji, Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
  - Cambodia — Seilava Ros, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance.
  - Maldives — Azeema Adam, Governor, Maldives Monetary Authority.
  - Mongolia — Gombojav Zandanshatar, Member of Parliament of Mongolia.
  - Nepal — Bishnu Prasad Nepal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance.

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