Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy and Income Inequality
February 9-10, 2017IMF Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
The Third Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy and Income Inequality in Developing Countries will be held at the IMF headquarters on February 9-10, 2017. The workshop will cover a number of macro-critical issues for developing countries such as the causes and consequences of resource misallocation across sectors, the links between international trade, public investment, commodity price cycles and income inequality, the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters, and the importance of energy investment for economic growth.
Agenda
Thursday, February 9 | |
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9:15 - 9:30 |
Welcome Remarks—Siddharth Tiwari (Director, SPR, IMF) |
9:30 - 10:45 |
Sandra V. Lizarazo Ruiz (IMF) |
10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
11:15 - 12:30 |
Rodrigo Adao (Princeton University) |
12:30 -13:30 |
Lunch Break |
13:30 - 14:45 |
Berthold Herrendorf (Arizona State University) |
14:45 - 16:00 |
Jacopo Ponticelli (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) |
16:00 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
16:15 - 17:30 |
Diego Restuccia (Toronto University) “Relative Prices and Sectoral Productivity” (with Margarida Duate) |
16:15 - 17:30 |
Cocktail (By Invitation Only) |
18:45 |
Dinner (By Invitation Only) |
Friday, February 10 | |
9:15 - 10:30 |
Javier Cravino (University of Michigan) |
10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45 - 12:00 |
Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch Break |
13:15 - 14:30 |
Lint Barrage (Brown University) |
14:30 - 15:45 |
Bin Grace Li (IMF) |
15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
16:15 - 17:30 pm |
Stephie Fried (Carleton College) |