Policy Conferences
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IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP)
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Purpose and Scope
- The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) organizes high-level policy conferences for senior policymakers to exchange views and find solutions for macroeconomic policy challenges in the region.
- Conferences focus on current policy issues, including climate finance, inflation, and financial crisis management.
- Conferences are often organized jointly with internal and external partners, including central banks, finance ministries, and thinktanks in the region.
- Conferences serve as peer-to-peer learning opportunities for invited officials from Asia.
Recent and Notable Conferences (chronological highlights)
- March 5, 2025 — Asia and the IMF: Resilience through Cooperation; Hosted by the IMF | Tokyo, Japan
- February 13, 2025 — Navigating for a Better Future in Emerging and Frontier Asia under Uncertainty: Economic and Fiscal Policy Challenges and Prospects; Co-hosted by the IMF and JICA | Tokyo, Japan
- April 15, 2024 — BOJ-IMF Conference: Gender Diversity in the Workplace as a Key to Economic Growth; Co-hosted by the IMF and BOJ | Tokyo, Japan
- February 14, 2023 — Recovery From The Pandemic In Developing Asia: Achieving Inclusive And Sustainable Growth With Sound Fiscal Management
- November 17, 2022 — Managing Financial Risks in a Shock Prone World - Lessons from the past and challenges ahead; Co-hosted by the IMF and The University of Tokyo CARF | Hybrid
- Closed-door sessions held on November 18, 2022
- July 20, 2022 — 25 Years On: Strengthening Regional Economic Cooperation
- June 1, 2022 — Policy Dialogue on Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance in Asia and the Pacific; Hosted by the IMF | Virtual
- November 23-25, 2020 — Securing Financial Stability: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis in the Age of COVID-19; Co-hosted by the IMF and The University of Tokyo | Virtual
- February 13, 2020 — Developing Asia: Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth with Sound Fiscal Management
- August 28-29, 2019 — Inflation Targeting - Prospects and Challenges; Co-hosted by the IMF and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Wellington, New Zealand
- April 16, 2018 — IMF-JFSA-BOJ Conference on FinTech; Co-hosted by the IMF, Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan | Tokyo, Japan
- Closed-door workshops held on April 17, 2018
- March 8-9, 2017 — The Future of International Monetary System for Asia; Co-hosted by the IMF and Hitotsubashi University | Tokyo, Japan
- December 1-2, 2016 — Meeting Asia's Rebalancing and Growth Challenge: The Role of Regional Capital Market Development and Infrastructure Investment; Co-hosted by the IMF and Australian Government | Sydney, Australia
- November 7-8, 2016 — Coping with Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities and Spillovers; Co-hosted by the IMF and The University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan
- March 3-4, 2016 — Advances and Challenges in Regional Integration; Co-hosted by the IMF and Hitostubashi University | Tokyo, Japan
- 2015 — International Capital Markets Conference 2015: Building Regional Capital Markets: Global Experiences; GMS Aspirations; Co-hosted by the IMF and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) | Bangkok, Thailand
- November 20-21, 2014 — Macroeconomic Rebalancing for Sustainable Growth; Co-hosted by the IMF and the Bank of Korea | Seoul, Korea
Themes and Policy Focuses Emergent from Conferences
- Climate-related financial risks and green finance as a regional policy dialogue focus.
- Financial stability and lessons from the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 era.
- Gender diversity in the workplace positioned as a driver of economic growth.
- Macroeconomic rebalancing, regional capital market development, and infrastructure investment as tools for sustainable growth.
- Inflation targeting and monetary policy prospects and challenges.
- Strengthening regional economic cooperation and managing macroeconomic vulnerabilities and spillovers.
References
- Regional Office Website
- Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar Series
- Peer-to-Peer Learning
- Macroeconomist Training Program
- Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
- here.
- Asia and the IMF: Resilience through Cooperation
- Navigating for a Better Future in Emerging and Frontier Asia under Uncertainty: Economic and Fiscal Policy Challenges and Prospects
- BOJ-IMF Conference: Gender Diversity in the Workplace as a Key to Economic Growth
- Recovery From The Pandemic In Developing Asia: Achieving Inclusive And Sustainable Growth With Sound Fiscal Management
- Managing Financial Risks in a Shock Prone World - Lessons from the past and challenges ahead
- 25 Years On: Strengthening Regional Economic Cooperation
- Policy Dialogue on Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance in Asia and the Pacific
- Securing Financial Stability: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis in the Age of COVID-19
- Developing Asia: Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth with Sound Fiscal Management
- Inflation Targeting - Prospects and Challenges
- IMF-JFSA-BOJ Conference on FinTech
- The Future of International Monetary System for Asia