State of the Global Economy and its Implication for Emerging Market Economies

October 10, 2023

Chair                          

- Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

Discussants

- Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

- Roberto de Ocampo, Chairman and CEO, Philippine Veterans Bank

- Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil

- Jean Daniel Gerber, Chairman of the Board, Swiss Investment Fund Emerging Markets (SIFEM)

- Indermit Gill, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank Group

- Nialé Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development of Cote d’Ivoire

- Haruhiko Kuroda, Former Governor, Bank of Japan (BoJ) - Online

- Mustapha Nabli, CEO, North Africa Bureau of Economic Studies (NABES)

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