IMF Seminar: Reviving Growth and Shaping Transformations in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 12, 2023
DAY: Thursday
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
LOCATION: AA02 Al Karaouine
Overview
Emerging market and developing economies are grappling with economic scarring and limited policy flexibility in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Decisive policy measures are urgently required to revive growth and address crucial transitions such as the green shift, digitalization, and technological advancements. However, surging public debt and persistent inflation impose constraints and present challenging policy trade-offs. The seminar explores the renewed need for well-designed and sequenced structural reforms—those aimed at improving the fundamentals of an economy—as a pivotal tool in accelerating growth and fostering sustainable structural transformations while mitigating immediate macro-policy trade-offs.Join the conversation via #RevivingGrowth
IMF Seminar: Reviving Growth and Shaping Transformations in Emerging Market and Developing Economies
Panelists
Panelist: Antoinette Monsio Sayeh
Antoinette M. Sayeh assumed office as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on March 16, 2020.
Ms. Sayeh has been a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD) since November 2016 and was Co-Chair for the recently concluded 19th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA19), the World Bank’s Fund for the poorest. She previously oversaw and significantly enhanced the International Monetary Fund’s engagement with its sub-Saharan African members as Director of the African Department between July 2008 and August 2016. Full bio
Panelist: Nizar Baraka
Panelist: Amer Bisat
Amer Bisat, PhD., Global Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at BlackRock, is a member of the Fundamental Fixed Income Executive Committee. At BlackRock, he leads the team managing approximately US$ 35 billion in EM assets. Prior to joining BlackRock, he held portfolio management responsibilities at Morgan Stanley and UBS. Between 1991 and 1998, he was a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund where he helped negotiate programs with Russia, Ukraine, and Egypt.
Amer taught Economics at Columbia University, co-authored a book on globalization, and published research on growth and financial sector development. He sits on the Advisory Council of the Carnegie Middle East Center, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned his PhD from Columbia University.
Panelist: Magdalena Rzeczkowska
Moderator: Lubna Bouza
Ms. Lubna Bouza is the Editor in Chief – Business News and Presenter at Sky News Arabia TV based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She has led the coverage of International and GCC stock markets, trading trends, global and regional financial stories for nearly ten years. She presents and produces “Alam Al Taqa” show: A weekly program that reviews the most important energy issues worldwide while discussing them with industry decision makers and analysts.
During her years in financial journalism, Lubna interviewed a wide range of regional and international leaders, CEOs and Ministers including ECB President Christine Lagarde, Microsoft Co- founder Bill Gates, President of the World Bank David Malpass, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva, The Minister of Finance in KSA HE Mohammed Al Jadaan, and CEO of Aramco Amin Al Naser among others. She has also covered and reported from major international events and conferences, including the IMF and WB meetings, the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos and the FII in KSA.
Lubna joined Sky News Arabia from CNBC Arabia. She holds a Master’s in applied Finance and Banking and master’s in international business administration (with emphasis on Economics) from the University of Wollongong- Australia