Asia Pacific Regional Seminar 0831
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Contact
For event inquiries:
International Monetary Fund
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700
Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@imf.org
Seminar overview and context
- The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific hosted a country-based regional seminar titled "Indonesia – Economic Outlook and Policy Priorities."
- The seminar focused on Indonesia as South East Asia’s largest economy, most populous country, and a G20 member.
- The event noted that Indonesia "has responded with a comprehensive policy package to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is facing another wave of infections."
- The seminar objective: provide an overview of current economic developments and the outlook, and discuss longer-term policy priorities.
Speaker and expertise
- Speaker: James P. Walsh, IMF Senior Resident Representative in Indonesia.
- Professional background and roles attributed to the IMF assignment:
- Former advisor in the Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) department.
- Coordinated MCM’s surveillance, program monitoring, and technical assistance work in the Western Hemisphere.
- Led Financial Sector Stability Assessments for Azerbaijan and Algeria and was deputy chief for China.
- Led technical assistance missions on developing monetary policy frameworks and implementing macroprudential policy.
- Coordinated surveillance work in Asia and Latin America prior to current assignment.
- Responsibilities before MCM included surveillance and analytical work on emerging markets, most recently China and India.
- Analytical work topics: financial regulatory reform, macro-financial linkages, inflation, financing infrastructure investment, systemic financial risks.
- Co-editor of a book on Asian financial systems.
- Worked in the IMF’s policy design department, assessing the IMF’s surveillance of developing economies.
- Academic credentials: PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Agenda and timing
- Agenda (times given in 24-hour clock format):
- 16:00-16:05: Introduction
- 16:05-16:45: Presentation on Indonesia’s economic outlook and policy priorities; James Walsh, IMF Senior Resident Representative in Indonesia; Presentation
- 16:45-17:10: Q&A session
- 17:10-17:15: Closing & post-event survey
Communications and contacts
- For press inquiries:
- Institution: IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP)
- Press Officer: Yuko Maeda
- Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719
- Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org
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- Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar: Indonesia - Economic Outlook and Policy Priorities, August 31, 2021