Topics: - Monetary and financial policy to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and support the recovery; - Fiscal policies to support growth, reduce inequality, and address the public debt overhang; - Structural policies to restore confidence and mitigate the negative impact on employment and income...

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference will be held virtually. Extreme events pose enormous challenges to the global economy, as evidenced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the increased frequency of disasters due to climate change. During such...

The Program Committee welcomes empirical and theoretical work on topics including, but not limited to: - International spillovers and cooperation in a historical context; - Spillovers in the post-crisis world; - International monetary cooperation at the zero lower bound; - “Currency wars”; -...

This conference will examine the process of EU economic convergence in its various forms and consider its driving factors. How can we spot the crucial trends in convergence and how can they help us understand and stimulate the process? What roles do education, structural funds and regional...

The aim of the conference is to bring together policymakers and practitioners, international institutions, and leading academics to shed light on these issues from both practical and research perspectives, and draw robust and novel policy implications.

Financial systems play a vital role in boosting productivity growth by allocating resources efficiently and facilitating investment and innovation. But they are also prone to costly booms and busts, which can leave deep scars on the productive tissue of the economy. Indeed, in the aftermath of...

The International Monetary Fund in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, Indonesia will hold a high-level conference to engage policymakers on issues related to international tax reforms. Strengthening tax systems has emerged as a key development priority for the implementation of the 2030...

The Five Presidents’ Report of 2015 has called for a macroeconomic stabiliser at the EMU level that would be capable of dealing with asymmetric shocks. A European unemployment benefits scheme (EUBS) is one potential stabilisation mechanism, although other proposals for devising risk-sharing...

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

The summer school offers a thorough introduction on how the Economic and Financial Governance of EMU works in practice and how it impacts the economy. Participants will: - Improve their knowledge on the EU decision-making process, the rationales, the institutional design and the enforcement of...