Joint G-24/CGD Roundtable on the Implications of Basel III Reforms in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

G-24 Special Workshop on Growth and Reducing Inequality

Agenda Highlights Summary Notes Session 1: Economic Growth and the Pursuit of Inequality Reduction in Africa Growth and Inequality-Trends and Policy Approachesmic Growth Poverty reduction and shared prosperity: Findings and policy approaches Growth, poverty reduction, and inequality in developing Asia Structural transformation, growth and jobs in developing countries Session 2 Part 1: TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK: IMPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH Trade and Technology: Recent Developments and Distributional Effects in Developing Countries Gottschalk – Catching up and structural transformation What does it take in today’s world Trade, technology and jobs Harnessing Technology for More & Better Jobs: Opportunities & Risks Session 2 Part 2: Trade, informality and employment in a low-income country: The case of Vietnam Exporting, importing and jobs Evidence from Africa Inclusive Growth through SME Competitiveness Labor share of income in Asia: findings, drivers, and policy implications Session 3: Financial globalization, monetary policy and inequality Financialization, inequality and fiscal tightening: not so ambiguous in the data Monetary and Exchange Rate policies for Economic Development Monetary and macroprudential policy and inequality National development banks and inclusive growth HOW DOES FINANCIAL INCLUSION AFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY? Session 4: Tax changes and inequality in Latin America over the last decades The Distributional Effects of Government Spending Shocks on Inequality Tobacco Taxation for Health and Development Raising tax revenues without harming equity and employment Special Session: IMF’s policy and operational work on inequality

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Seminar on Capital Account Regulations and the Trading System

Session 1: Global Economy Capital Flow Management Measures and Trade and Investment TreatiesSarah Anderson Capital Flow Management and the Trading SystemAnnamaria Viterbo Policy Space for Capital Flow Management MeasuresWorld Bank Capital Flows: The Need for a Consistent ApproachVivek Arora, Katharine Christopherson Background: Global Financial Reform and Trade Rules – The Need for RegulationKevin P. Gallagher, Leonardo E. Stanley Background: Pardee Center Task Force on Capital Account Regulations and the Trading System

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High Level Seminar on New Challenges to Growth and Productivity

Agenda Summary Session 1: Global Economy Emerging Nations: Growth in the “Post” Post-CrisisA. Velasco Emerging Market Growth: A Post-Crisis AssessmentA. Subramanian Session 2: Growth and Productivity Post-Crisis Structural Refrom and Growth: The Case of the PhilippinesR.B. Tan Structural Reforms and Growth: G-20 FrameworkZ. Qureshi Session 3: Development of Local Currency Bond Markets Rethinking the Role of Government and Fiscal PolicyO. Canuto Session 4: Infrastructure Development and Long-Term Financing Economic Inequality and Economic Growth: A PrimerF. Ferreira Declining Inequality in Latin America: Labor Markets and Redistributive PoliciesN. Lustig Brazil: Another Revolution of Rising ExpectationsNancy Birdsall

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The Group of 24 (G-24) is composed of Developing Countries and Emerging Markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The G-24 advocates for the interests of its membership within global financial and economic discussions, particularly in relation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank

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