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As the IMF's window on the region, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) contributes to economic surveillance and research, takes the lead in the IMF's on-the-ground involvement in regional cooperation, manages regional capacity building programs, and promotes the understanding and two-way dialogue of the IMF in Asia and the Pacific.
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The JIMS is an annual one-week seminar for senior Asian officials, which serves as a forum for current policy discussions.
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The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies (JISP) is a two-year program intended to help Japanese nationals obtaining Ph.D. degrees in macroeconomics and preparing them to work as economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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in Asia and the Pacific
The IMF has a global network of capacity development centers that help implement its capacity development work in countries. The five TA and training centers have been in operation – 1) STI in Singapore; 2) SARTTAC in India; 3) CDOT in Thailand; 4) PFTAC in Fiji; 5) CICDC in China.
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Working Papers
- Japan’s Foreign Assets and Liabilities: Implications for the External Accounts
Author/Editor: Mariana Colacelli ; Deepali Gautam ; Cyril Rebillard - Role of Individual Characteristics and Policies in Driving Labor Informality in Vietnam
Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris ; Giovanni Ganelli ; Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen ; Mai Thi Thanh Nguyen ; Thuy Thi Thu Vu - Corporate Vulnerabilities in Vietnam and Implications of COVID-19
Author/Editor: Thilo Kroger ; Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen ; Yuanyan Sophia Zhang ; Pham Dinh Thuy ; Nguyen Huy Minh ; Duong Danh Tuan - Twenty Years of Unconventional Monetary Policies: Lessons and Way Forward for the Bank of Japan
Author/Editor: Niklas J Westelius - Structural Changes in Japanese Firms: Business Dynamism in an Aging Society
Author/Editor: Gee Hee Hong ; Arata Ito ; Yukiko Umeno Saito ; Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen - Japan’s Inbound Tourism Boom: Lessons for its Post-COVID-19 Revival
Author/Editor: Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen - Determinants of Inclusive Growth in ASEAN
Author/Editor: Victoriia Alekhina; Giovanni Ganelli
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Media Coverage
- The IMF’s latest world economic outlook and responses to the COVID-19 crisis launched during the IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting 2020 (April 14-17) were widely reported by the Japanese media.
- IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director Rhee held the press conference at FCCJ on February 12, 2020 and the video was posted on YouTube.
- IMF Managing Director Georgieva's press conference and interviews on November 25, 2019 were reported on various newspapers and TV programs.
- Article by IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department was published on Financial Affairs, May 13 2019 edition.
- Interview with IMF Economist was published on Nikkei ARIA, April 15 (first part) and April 26 (second part), 2019.
- Interview with IMF Managing Director Lagarde was published on Nikkei ARIA, March 29. 2019.
Multimedia
Opening Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF-The University of Tokyo Virtual Conference, November 23, 2020
IMF - The University of Tokyo Virtual Conference: Session 1 “Crisis Management Lessons” on November 23, 2020
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Regional Webinar on the IMF’s Outlook for Asia and the Pacific, November 5, 2020
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