BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4db78904287 DTSTART:20220202T130000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220202T143000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:Webinar on macroeconomic and debt policies facing the challenges of tapering CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:South-South Integration - Sharing of Policy Experiences\n\nMeet ing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is inextr icably linked with the process of structural transformation. Macroeconomic and financial policies are a key area in which many developing countries face limitations in their capacity to effectively design\, manage\, coordi nate\, implement\, and evaluate the policy levers of structural transforma tion. South-South sharing of policy experiences can help to address this s hortcoming and assist national capacity-building.\n\nThe recent increase i n inflation\, which in advanced economies has attained the highest rate in several decades\, has led to a debate on whether such elevated rates of i nflation should be checked by “tapering”\, i.e.\, a sooner and faster pace of scaling back asset purchases and hiking interest rates than policy makers first thought. Economic downturns in developing countries for the l ast decade have already been more persistent and recoveries weaker\, and t here is now a risk that\, in a repeat of the taper tantrum of 2013\, taper ing will cause foreign funding to dry up\, capital to flow out\, currencie s to depreciate\, and the ability to service existing debt burdens to beco me ever more limited. A combination of slower growth and increased vulnera bilities could create a trade-off between supporting a weak domestic econo my and safeguarding external sustainability\, hence undermining the possib le achievement of the SDGs.\n\nThis event is co-organized by Policy Studie s Institute (PSI) Ethiopia and UNCTAD. It launches the country-case studie s on macro-financial and debt-sustainability policies that were prepared f or Ethiopia under the UNCTAD-project “South-South Integration and The SD Gs: Enhancing Structural Transformation in Key Partner Countries of the Be lt and Road Initiative” and discusses their findings in the context of t he challenges of tapering for macroeconomic and debt policies in developin g countries. It brings together policy makers and researchers from various developing countries and addresses a wide audience.\n\nGuiding questions for panellists:\n\n\nWhat is the experience of Ethiopia regarding macroeco nomic and debt policies designed to foster industrialization and structura l transformation?\nWhat challenges does tapering pose for macroeconomic an d debt policies in developing countries?\nWhat lessons can other developin g countries learn from the experiences of Ethiopia\, Indonesia\, and Sri L anka?\n\n\nProgramme \n\n14:00–15:30 (Central European Time)\n\nModerato r: Ms. Penelope Hawkins\, Senior Economic Affairs Officer\, UNCTAD\n\n14:0 0–14:10       Introductory remarks\, Ms. Stephanie Blankenburg\, H ead\, Debt and Development Finance Branch\, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies\, UNCTAD\n\n14:10–14:20       Keynote addre ss: Professor Beyene Peteros\, Executive Director\, PSI\n\n14:20–15:05        Panel discussion\n\n\nFirew Bekele Woldeyes\, Lead Researcher\, PSI Ethiopia\nAndualem Telaye Mengistu\, Senior Researcher\, PSI Ethiopia \nAbdul Manap Pulugan\, Indonesia\nKenneth de Zilwa\, Sri Lanka\n\n\n \n\ n15:05–15:25       Open discussion\n\n15:25–15:30       Co ncluding remarks\, PSI\n\nThe event will take place through zoom. Online r egistration is required.\n\n \n\nWatch video recording\n\n \nhttps://you tu.be/TPGkl-Khdk8?t=1352"\; target="\;_blank"\; title="\;W atch video recording on YouTube\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/webinar-macroeconomic-and-debt-policies-facing-challenges- tapering DTSTAMP:20260708T023553Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR