Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar: IMF’s Latest Global Economic Outlook & Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change
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For event inquiries:
International Monetary Fund
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700
Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@imf.org
Global economic outlook (findings)
- The IMF revised its projection of global economic growth for 2021 from 5.2% to 5.5%.
- Revision rationale:
- Expectations of a vaccine-driven strengthening of activity later in 2021.
- Additional policy support by governments.
- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) overview and policy priorities focused on securing the recovery.
Climate change mitigation (findings and strategy)
- Strategy presented: a combination of a green investment push combined with steadily rising carbon prices.
- Climate policy emphasizes blending investment-led measures with carbon pricing to mitigate climate change.
Event details
- Organizer: The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
- Format: Webinar with two speakers from the IMF Research Department.
- Date: February 24.
- Schedule (times in am):
- 11:00-11:05 am — Introduction
- 11:05-11:25 am — Presentation 1: Global outlook (January WEO) by Malhar Nabar
- 11:25–11:45 am — Presentation 2: Climate change mitigation (October WEO) by Florence Jaumotte
- 11:45–12:05 pm — Q&A session
Speakers (roles, backgrounds, and research interests)
- Malhar Nabar
- Heads the World Economic Studies Division in the IMF's Research Department, which produces the World Economic Outlook (WEO).
- Previous roles: covered China and Japan in the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department; mission chief for Hong Kong, SAR.
- Research interests: financial development, investment, and productivity growth.
- Career note: Joined the IMF in 2009; previously an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wellesley College.
- Education: Ph.D. from Brown University.
- Florence Jaumotte
- Deputy Division Chief in the IMF’s Research Department.
- Previous work: Multilateral Surveillance Division and the World Economic Studies Division of the Research Department; worked on a number of country teams; previously in the Economics Department of the OECD in Paris.
- Research interests: open-economy macroeconomics, economic growth, inequality, labor market institutions and climate.
- Education: Master in Economics from the University of Namur; Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
Press inquiries
- Press Officer: Yuko Maeda
- Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719
- Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org
Content in this bundle
- Mitigating Climate Change: Growth- and Distribution-Friendly Strategies
- January 2021 WEO Update — An Incomplete Recovery Amid Exceptional Uncertainty