{ "title": "Regional Development: Fiscal Risks, Fiscal Space, and the Sustainable Development Goals", "publication": "IMF News", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/events/regional-development-fiscal-risks-fiscal-space-and-the-sustainable-development-goals", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/events/regional-development-fiscal-risks-fiscal-space-and-the-sustainable-development-goals", "overlayPath": "/en/news/events/regional-development-fiscal-risks-fiscal-space-and-the-sustainable-development-goals/index.md", "summary": "A Conference Jointly Organized by the IMF and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).", "sections": [ { "heading": "Event overview", "content": "- A Conference Jointly Organized by the IMF and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).\n- Venue: International Conference Hall, JICA Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.\n- Dates: February 1–2, 2017.\n- Conference Sponsors: International Monetary Fund (IMF); Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)." }, { "heading": "Program structure and schedule highlights", "content": "- Opening social event:\n - 19:30 - 21:30; Welcome Dinner (Venue: Edo Room, The Main, 1F, Hotel New Otani).\n - Speakers: Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Chikahisa Sumi, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), International Monetary Fund (IMF).\n- February 2 principal agenda:\n - 8:30 - 9:00; Registration.\n - 9:00 - 9:45; Keynote Speech.\n - Speakers: Masatsugu Asakawa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan; Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Shinichi Kitaoka, President, JICA.\n - 9:45 - 10:00; Photo Session.\n - 10:00 - 12:00; SESSION I: Fiscal Risks and Fiscal Management – Assessing Domestic and Exogenous Risks, and Coping with Fiscal Risks by Establishing Resilient Fiscal Management.\n - 10:00 - 11:00; A. Fiscal Risks and the Fiscal Risk Management.\n - Moderator: Alex Mourmouras, Division Chief, ASEAN 1 Division, APD, IMF.\n - Presenter: Brian Olden, Deputy Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD), IMF.\n - Discussants: Ahmed Mazin, Chief Funds Executive, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Maldives; Nara Bahadur Thapa, Executive Director, Nepal Rastra Bank; Kenichiro Kashiwase, Senior Economist, OAP, IMF.\n - 10:45 - 11:15; Coffee Break.\n - 11:15 - 12:00; B. Public Financial Management in Resource Rich Countries.\n - Moderator: Koki Hirota, Chief Economist, JICA.\n - Presenter: Noriharu Masugi, Director, Governance Group, Industrial Development and Public Policy Department, JICA.\n - Discussants: Tsue Ing Yap, Acting Executive Director, Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam; Gombojav Zandanshatar, Member of Parliament of Mongolia; San San Oo, Director, Budget Department, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar.\n - 12:15 - 13:45; Lunch.\n - 13:45 - 15:30; SESSION II: Fiscal Space Towards SDGs – How to Create Fiscal Space for Future Investment Towards SDGs and Real Income Convergence.\n - 13:45 - 14:45; A. Fiscal Space.\n - Moderator: Brian Olden, Deputy Division Chief, FAD, IMF.\n - Presentation 1: Fiscal Space.\n - Presenter: Marialuz, Moreno Badia, Deputy Division Chief, FAD, IMF.\n - Presentation 2: Fiscal Space on Financing Universal Health Coverage.\n - Presenters: Teguh Dartanto, Visiting Scholar, JICA Research Institute, and Head of Poverty and Social Protection Research Group Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM), University of Indonesia; Syed Ehtisham Ahmad, Pao Yu-Kong Professor at Zhejiang University and Senior Fellow at the Center for Development Research at the Univerisity of Bonne and at the LSE.\n - Discussants: Leonard Victor Hasudungan Tampubolon, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs, National Department Planning Agency, Indonesia; Bounleua Sinxayvoravong, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Lao P.D.R.\n - 14:45 - 15:30; B. Convergence in ASEAN and SDGs.\n - Moderator: Masaaki Kaizuka, Executive Director for Japan, IMF.\n - Presenter: Alex Mourmouras, Division Chief, ASEAN 1 Division, ADP, IMF.\n - Discussants: Angsoka Yorintha Paundralingga, Economist, Economic and Monetary Policy Department, Bank Indonesia; Soraphol Tulayasathien, Senior Expert, Local Public Finance Policy Dept., Ministry of Finance, Thailand; Tuan Ba Truong, Vice President, National Institute for Finance, ministry of Finance, Vietnam.\n - 15:30 - 16:00; Coffee Break.\n - 16:00 - 17:00; SESSION III: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS.\n - Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Director, APD, IMF.\n - Panelists by country:\n - Bhutan: Nim Dorji, Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Yangchen Tshogyel, Deputy Governor II, Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan.\n - Cambodia: Seilava Ros, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance.\n - Maldives: Azeema Adam, Governor, Maldives Monetary Authority.\n - Mongolia: Gombojav Zandanshatar, Parliament of Mongolia.\n - Nepal: Bishnu prasad Krishna, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance.\n - 17:00 - 17:15; Closing Remarks.\n - Speakers: Chikahisa Sumi, Director, OAP, IMF; Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, JICA.\n - 17:30 - 18:00; Press Conference.\n - Participants: Chagyong Rhee, Director, APD, IMF; Yasushi Kanzaki, Senior Vice President, JICA." }, { "heading": "Major thematic focuses", "content": "- Fiscal risks and fiscal management:\n - Assessing domestic and exogenous risks.\n - Coping with fiscal risks through resilient fiscal management and fiscal risk management frameworks.\n- Public financial management in resource-rich countries:\n - Governance and public policy perspectives for resource-dependent fiscal management.\n- Fiscal space towards SDGs:\n - Strategies to create fiscal space for future investment towards SDGs and real income convergence.\n - Financing Universal Health Coverage as a specific fiscal space challenge.\n- Regional convergence in ASEAN:\n - Policy discussions on convergence dynamics and implications for SDG financing across ASEAN countries.\n- Peer country roundtable exchange:\n - 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