Join us next Thursday: “Private-Sector Assets in the International Investment Position”

[Center for Economic and Policy Research]

Join us for a panel on IMF External Sector Assessment and private-sector foreign assets. ---

Trouble reading this email? View it on your web browser. Private-Sector Assets in the IIP: A Blind Spot in Surveillance and an Opportunity for Cooperation Hosted by The Center for Economic and Policy Research, Tax Justice Network, Latindadd, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa, Bretton Woods Project, and MenaFem Movement for Economic and Ecological Justice   Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST   Online participants can join here. In-person participants must already be registered for the CSPF & the session will take place at IMF HQ1 – 3 – 476.    This is a hybrid event as a part of the IMF Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF).   This panel — a part of the Civil Society Policy Forum of the IMF’s Spring Meetings — will examine how IMF surveillance overlooks private-sector foreign asset accumulation and capital flight in its External Sector Assessment framework. While current accounts, reserve adequacy, and net international investment positions receive significant attention, resident capital outflows are often treated as residuals rather than analyzed as objects of policy. This has real consequences for assessing external vulnerability and designing adjustment policies. Panelists will explore the implications for developing countries, discuss ways to improve data integration, and highlight opportunities for multilateral cooperation and more coherent policy responses. Moderator: Andrés Arauz | Senior Research Fellow, CEPR Panelists: Andrés Knobel | Lead Researcher, Tax Justice Network Getachew Teklemariam | Senior Program Officer, Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) / African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows Secretariat Ivana Vasic-Lalovic | Senior Research Associate, CEPR IMF Staff Member (External Sector Assessment expert), TBD Co-Sponsors: Tax Justice Network; Latindadd; Coalition for Dialogue on Africa; Bretton Woods Project; MenaFem Movement for Economic and Ecological Justice   The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that was established to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot in 1999. CEPR's Advisory Board includes Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz; Janet Gornick, Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study; and Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University. If this email was forwarded to you, subscribe to CEPR's email lists here. 1611 Connecticut Ave., NW | Ste. 400 | Washington DC Ph: (202) 293-5380 | in...@cepr.net If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe.