Can Asia Be a Growth Pole in the Global Economy in the 21st Century

Changyong Rhee, Director of the Asia Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will talk about Asia’s response to near-term global headwinds such as escalating trade tension, monetary policy normalization of advanced economies and global financial market tightening as well as medium-term challenges arising from declining productivity growth and aging population.

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Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB): Speaker’s Committee, Department of Political Science, Department of International Politics and Economics, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Program in International and Global Studies: East Asia, Department of Economics, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs (RCGA), Chinese Society, Project Pengyou, International Students Organization (ISO), Asian Students in Action (ASIA), Korean American Students Association (KASA), Southeast Asian Society (SEAS), Middlebury Debate Society, Model United Nations (MUN), College Republicans, College Democrats