APPP and the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific agreed to regularly host high level seminars on macroeconomic and financial issues for policymakers in the region. This initiative follows up on the successful seminar held in November 2011: "Challenges in Monetary Policy: An Executive Seminar for Macroeconomic Policymakers".

The seminar is typically a one-and-half day event on a current topic that is of policy significance for policymakers in the region. Attendance is by invitation only, and comprises high-level policy makers from emerging and developing Asia, including deputy-governors of central banks and vice-ministers of finance ministries. Senior officials from advanced economies, international institutions as well as academics and private sector researchers are invited as resource persons for the seminar.

Managing Capital Flows:What Worked and Why

March 14-15, 2013

The inaugural Hitotsubashi-IMF Seminar took up the topic of how countries should manage large and volatile capital inflows. The seminar discussed the drivers of capital flows and the challenges that these flows posed for emerging economies in Asia. The seminar discussed the IMF's 'institutional view' on capital flows that was published shortly before the seminar, and discussed country experiences of select Asian economies on how they managed capital inflows.

The agenda for the Seminar can be downloaded from here: HIT-OAP MCF 20130314.pdf

Unconventional Monetary Policies:Looking Ahead

January 23-24, 2014

The second Hitotsubashi-IMF Seminar looked at the impact of unconventional monetary policies (UMP) by key currency economies on the global economy and in particular emerging market economies. The Fed's announcement on prospective 'tapering' of its asset purchase program had significant repercussions on emerging markets, and the seminar addressed questions going forward, including how exit from UMP may impact global and emerging market economies, how emerging markets should respond, as well as what could be done by advanced economy central banks to minimize the negative spillovers.

The agenda for the Seminar can be downloaded from here: HIT-OAP UMP 20140123.pdf