{ "title": "Asia Pacific Regional Seminar 0616", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2022/asia-pacific-regional-seminar-0616", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2022/asia-pacific-regional-seminar-0616", "overlayPath": "/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2022/asia-pacific-regional-seminar-0616/index.md", "summary": "2) and Global Trade and Value Chains (ch.", "profileBlocks": [ { "type": "office", "heading": "Contact", "lines": [ { "text": "For event inquiries:" }, { "text": "International Monetary Fund" }, { "text": "Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific" }, { "text": "Tel. 81-(0)3-3597-6700" }, { "text": "Email: OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org", "href": "mailto:OAPEconomicSeminar@imf.org", "linkText": "OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org", "links": [ { "href": "mailto:OAPEconomicSeminar@imf.org", "linkText": "OAPEconomicSeminar@IMF.org" } ] } ] } ], "sections": [ { "heading": "Seminar overview", "content": "- The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) hosted a virtual regional seminar on two analytical chapters of the World Economic Outlook: Private Sector Debt (ch. 2) and Global Trade and Value Chains (ch. 4).\n- About 80 people attended the seminar from the region and beyond.\n- Guest speakers from the IMF’s Research Department:\n - Christoffer Koch — discussed the surge in consumer and business indebtedness during the pandemic and how it affects the recovery.\n - Adil Mohommad — presented analytical work on international trade flows during the pandemic and policy implications." }, { "heading": "Key findings and analytical topics", "content": "- Private Sector Debt (World Economic Outlook, ch. 2)\n - Surge in consumer and business indebtedness during the pandemic.\n - Implications of elevated private sector debt for the post-pandemic recovery.\n- Global Trade and Value Chains (World Economic Outlook, ch. 4)\n - Analytical work on international trade flows during the pandemic.\n - Policy implications arising from changes in global trade and value chains amid the pandemic." }, { "heading": "Speakers and expertise", "content": "- Christoffer Koch\n - Economist in the World Economic Studies Division, IMF Research Department.\n - Prior experience: a decade at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.\n - Education: undergraduate degree from the University of St Andrews; master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar).\n - Joined the IMF in 2021.\n- Adil Mohommad\n - Economist, IMF Research Department (with the Research Department since 2018).\n - Research areas: trade, intergenerational mobility, climate policy impacts on labor markets, sequencing and diffusion of climate policies, and the impact of the pandemic on climate policy preferences.\n - Prior work in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department covering Australia, Bhutan, India, Nepal, New Zealand, and Tuvalu.\n - Education: MA in Economics from Delhi School of Economics (Delhi University); PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland." }, { "heading": "Agenda and timing (local seminar schedule)", "content": "- 11:00-11:05 am — Introduction\n- 11:05-11:25 am — Presentation on Private Sector Debt and the Global Recovery (Ch. 2); Christoffer Koch, Economist, Research Department, IMF; Presentation\n- 11:25-11:45 am — Presentation on Global Trade and Value Chains in the Pandemic (Ch. 4); Adil Mohommad, Economist, Research Department, IMF; Presentation\n- 11:45-12:10 pm — Q&A session\n- 12:10-12:15 pm — Closing & post-event survey" }, { "heading": "Contact for press inquiries", "content": "- Press Officer: Yuko Maeda\n- Tel: 81-(0)3-3597-6719\n- Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org" } ], "bullets": [ "The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) hosted a virtual regional seminar on two analytical chapters of the World Economic Outlook: Private Sector Debt (ch. 2) and Global Trade and Value Chains (ch. 4).", "About 80 people attended the seminar from the region and beyond.", "Guest speakers from the IMF’s Research Department:", "Private Sector Debt (World Economic Outlook, ch. 2)", "Global Trade and Value Chains (World Economic Outlook, ch. 4)", "Christoffer Koch", "Adil Mohommad", "11:00-11:05 am — Introduction", "11:05-11:25 am — Presentation on Private Sector Debt and the Global Recovery (Ch. 2); Christoffer Koch, Economist, Research Department, IMF; Presentation", "11:25-11:45 am — Presentation on Global Trade and Value Chains in the Pandemic (Ch. 4); 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