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Abstract

Amid shifting global trade dynamics and tightening financial conditions, Asia-Pacific faces both challenges and opportunities to sustain growth. As global trade fragmentation intensifies, deeper intra-Asia integration could unlock significant gains through reduced trade barriers and greater openness to investment. At the same time, improving financial intermediation and capital allocation is crucial to support innovation, productivity, and inclusive growth. Join us to discuss how Asia-Pacific economies can strengthen trade resilience, optimize financial systems, and ensure that growth remains broad-based and sustainable in a rapidly evolving global environment. This webinar explores key insights from the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook, focusing on two pivotal themes: reshaping regional value chains and enhancing investment efficiency.

About the Speakers

Ravindra H. Dholakia

Professor Dholakia was the Economics Area faculty at IIM Ahmedabad from 1985 to April 2018 when he superannuated. He received the Most Distinguished Faculty Award for the year 2017-18 at IIMA. He has about 41 years of experience of teaching Economics to different groups like students, executives, policy makers and senior government officers. He was a regular visiting faculty to teach at the European Management Institute (ESCP-EAP), Paris from 2002 to 2005. He has collaborated on a series of research projects with the Earth Institute of Columbia University from 2004-05 to 2012-13. He has considerable practical experience working in high powered policy making and evaluation bodies in both the Central and State Governments in India. He was on the Monetary Policy Committee of India (2016-21). He was a member of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (2006-08) deciding revision of the pay and pension of more than 10 million employees in India. He was also a Member of the High Level Committees on Leveraging Postal Network in India (2014), HR Issues in the Merger of Air India and Indian Airlines (May 2011- Jan.2012), Public Expenditure Management (2009-10), and on Savings and Investment Estimation (2008-09) appointed by the Government of India; a Member of the Expert Committee on Restructuring of the State Public Sector Units (2004-08), the Public Debt Management Committee (2005-06), and the State Public Finance Reform Committee (1998 – 2000) appointed by the Government of Gujarat. He has recently chaired a Committee on Financial Sector Statistics (2016-18) and is currently chairing a Committee on Sub-National Accounts appointed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India (2018 onwards) and had chaired a Committee on Cost Saving and Resource Use Optimization in Air India, appointed by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India (2013).

Rahul Giri

Rahul Giri is a senior economist in the Regional Studies Division of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department. He has contributed to the Regional Economic Outlook and other regional analysis. Previously, he has worked in the African Department and the Strategy, Policy and Review Department, focusing on issues such as monetary policy and exchange rate market reforms in low-income country context, trade integration in Africa, Sustainable Development Goals, and diversification and industrial policies. Before joining the IMF, Mr. Giri was an Assistant Professor of Economics as Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California.