BRICS I – Economic Think Tank Forum
Beijing, China
November 6, 2014
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Overview
Meeting participants discussed current macroeconomic challenges, the prevention of secular stagnation in advanced countries and how to avoid middle-income trap for emerging economies. As part of the conversation participants explored how to make the rise of BRICS countries beneficial despite transition compel shifts in relative prices as well as dramatic changes in economic structure in both advanced and emerging economies. Participants also attempted to outline how BRICS countries should adequately prepare to deal with monetary policies in the USA. Do we have the right collective provision of international liquidity? Where do regional financial safety nets sit in relation to the global financial safety nets and what are their respective comparative advantages? How do lending instruments differ? What are the modalities of cooperation?
Agenda
Speakers
- Alessandro GIRAUDO: World Group Chief Economics, Tradition International Group, Paris
- Alfred SCHIPKE: Senior Resident Representative for China, IMF
- Chen FENGYING: Director of the Institute of World Economy, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
- Chen YUAN: Vice Chairman, the CPPCC National Committee, executive Vice Director of CCIEE
- Cheng SIWEI: Former Vice Chairman, NPC Standing Committee Economist
- Cliff SHENG: Partner, Olivier Wyman’s Financial Services
- David DAOKUI LI: Tsinghua University
- Denis ERSHOV: Head of International Relations, Analytical center for the Government of Russian Federation
- Evandro MENEZES DE CARVALHO: Senior Researcher, FGV Brazil
- Feng WEIJIANG: Director of International Political Economy Office, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Feng XINGKE: Deputy Secretary General of BRICS Economic Think Tank
- Gao PEIYONG: President, National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS
- Gethanjali NATARAJ: Senior Fellow/Professor, Observer Research Foundation
- Jeremy STEVENS: South Africa’s Standard Bank Economist
- Jin ZHONGWXIA: President, Institute of Finance, The People’s Bank of China
- Klaus ROHLAND: Country Director, World Bank China
- Li RUOGU: Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of China
- Li YANG: Deputy Head of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Liu ZHI: Director of the Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Peking University-Lincoln Institute, Former Infrastructure Specialist of the East Asian and Pacific Region in World Bank
- Manoj JOSHI: Senior Policy Analyst, Observer Research Foundation
- Marc UZAN: Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
- Martin GILMAN: Director, Centre for Advanced Studies of Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russian Federation
- Nicola GIAMMARIOLI: ESM Head of Strategy and Institutional Relations
- Ousmene MANDENG: Managing Director, Pramerica Investment Management
- Pei CHANGHONG: President of Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Qiao YIDE: Secretary General of Shanghai Development Research Foundation
- Qu XING: China Institute of International Studies
- Ren ZHIQIANG: Deputy Director of Research Department, China Foundation for Peace and Development
- Xiangzhi ZHANG: Group Head of Budget, Human Resources and Support Services of AMRO
- Yao YANG: Chairman, National School of Development, Peking University
- Yi GANG: Deputy President of the People’s Bank of China
- Zhu QINGDONG: Chief Representative of China Development Bank
- Zong LIANG: Deputy Director of Department of Strategy and Development, Bank of China