Oct 2

Past Event

The Global Economic Crisis: What Next?

Summary

The annual meetings of the IMF and the World bank are being held at a particularly critical juncture this year. Questions abound over the adequacy of current programs to stabilize the growing list of economic troublespots in Russia , Asia, and in some Latin American markets. What can world finance ministers do to resolve the current crisis? Are the IMF and the Bank still adequate to the task? Do we need a new global system? A group of leading experts answered these are other key issues at a Brookings/ Harvard forum.

 

Details

October 2, 1998

9:30 AM - 12:00 AM EDT

The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

Falk Auditorium

1127 Connecticut Ave., NW

Map

For More Information

Brookings Office of Communications

(202) 797-6105

Event Agenda

  • Panelists include

    • Bob Hormats

      Goldman Sachs

    • Jeffrey Sachs

      Director, Harvard Institute for International Development

    • Kwesi Botchway

      Harvard Institute for International Development

    • Mike Mussa

      Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund

    • Robert E. Litan

      Senior Fellow

      Economic Studies

  • Welcome

    • Jeffrey Sachs

      Director, Harvard Institute for International Development

    • Michael H. Armacost

      President, The Brookings Institution

    • Robert E. Litan

      Senior Fellow

      Economic Studies