Capital for the Future: Saving and Investment in an Interdependent World
The Program on America and the Global Economy and The World Bank Present:
Global Development Horizons
Capital for the Future: Saving and Investment in an Interdependent World
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Joseph and Claire Flom Auditorium, 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
Presenters:
Hans Timmer, Director, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank
Maurizio Bussolo, Lead Author, Global Development Horizons report
Discussants:
Shihoko Goto, Associate, Asia Program, Wilson Center
Christopher Wilson, Associate, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center
Moderator:
Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Wilson Center
The speakers will present the main findings of the Global Development Horizons report, which explores patterns of investment, saving and capital flows as they are likely to evolve over the course of the next two decades. Experts from the Wilson Center will discuss how these economic patterns will affect various developing countries and regions.
Speakers
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
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