BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a7a9afe1d4b4 DTSTART:20210723T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210723T100000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:UNCTAD15 pre-event: South-South sharing of experiences in macro-fin ancial policies for structural transformation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Meeting the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs) is inextricably linked with the process of structural transformation . Macroeconomic and financial policies are a key area in which many develo ping countries face limitations in their capacity to effectively design\, manage\, coordinate\, implement\, and evaluate the policy levers of struct ural transformation. South-South sharing of experiences\, including by dra wing lessons from success stories such as China’s development strategy\, can help to address this shortcoming and assist national capacity-buildin g.\n\nChina’s successful development experience over the past 40 years h as been based on a pragmatic\, gradual and experimental approach to develo pment. Many other developing countries adopted policy strategies that emph asize reducing state influence over key macroeconomic policy levers such a s exchange rates and interest rates\, combined with broad-based liberaliza tion and privatization at the sectoral level. This latter approach did not result in structural transformation. As such\, China’s experience may a ct as a reference point from which other developing countries can assess a lternative economic policy options that are consistent with their own obje ctives for structural transformation and adapted to their own specific cir cumstances.\n\nThis webinar looks at macroeconomic and financial policies from a comparative cross-country perspective. It aims at fostering a bette r understanding of the key macroeconomic and financial policy challenges t hat developing countries face and the extent to which China’s developmen t strategy\, trajectory and dynamics can inform other countries’ macroec onomic and financial policy strategies.\n\nGuiding questions for panellist s:\n\n\nWhat key macroeconomic and financial policy challenges do developi ng countries face in their path towards catch-up growth and structural tra nsformation?\n \nTo what extent is China'\;s macroeconomic framework relevant for the current needs and challenges facing developing countries? What elements of this framework appear most pertinent? Can these be adapt ed\, or embedded\, in home-grown policies?\n \nWhat elements of China 9\;s financial sector reforms can prove useful for developing countries? W hat can be learned from China regarding the role of macro-prudential polic ies?\n\n\n \n\n \n<\;p>\;Meeting the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is inextricably linked with the process of struc tural transformation. Macroeconomic and financial policies are a key area in which many developing countries face limitations in their capacity to e ffectively design\, manage\, coordinate\, implement\, and evaluate the pol icy levers of structural transformation. South-South sharing of experience s\, including by drawing lessons from success stories such as China’s de velopment strategy\, can help to address this shortcoming and assist natio nal capacity-building.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;China’s successful deve lopment experience over the past 40 years has been based on a pragmatic\, gradual and experimental approach to development. Many other developing co untries adopted policy strategies that emphasize reducing state influence over key macroeconomic policy levers such as exchange rates and interest r ates\, combined with broad-based liberalization and privatization at the s ectoral level. This latter approach did not result in structural transform ation. As such\, China’s experience may act as a reference point from wh ich other developing countries can assess alternative economic policy opti ons that are consistent with their own objectives for structural transform ation and adapted to their own specific circumstances.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\ ;p>\;This webinar looks at macroeconomic and financial policies from a c omparative cross-country perspective. It aims at fostering a better unders tanding of the key macroeconomic and financial policy challenges that deve loping countries face and the extent to which China’s development strate gy\, trajectory and dynamics can inform other countries’ macroeconomic a nd financial policy strategies.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Guiding question s for panellists:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;What key macroe conomic and financial policy challenges do developing countries face in th eir path towards catch-up growth and structural transformation?<\;br /&g t\;\n&\;nbsp\;<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;To what extent is China'\; s macroeconomic framework relevant for the current needs and challenges fa cing developing countries? What elements of this framework appear most per tinent? Can these be adapted\, or embedded\, in home-grown policies?<\;b r />\;\n&\;nbsp\;<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;What elements of China� 39\;s financial sector reforms can prove useful for developing countries? What can be learned from China regarding the role of macro-prudential poli cies?<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n \n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhtt ps://unctad.org/meeting/unctad15-pre-event-south-south-sharing-experiences -macro-financial-policies-structural DTSTAMP:20260811T034606Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR