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