Prof. Barry Eichengreen to deliver Exim Bank’s 32nd Commencement Day Annual Lecture on “Capital Flows: What Do We Know?”

•Mr. S. S. Mundra (Dy. Governor, Reserve Bank of India), to preside over the lecture to be held on Monday, March 27, 2017.

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Mumbai, March 23, 2017 (GPN) : Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank), will present the 32ndCommencement Annual Lecture on Monday, March 27, 2017, on the topic – “Capital Flows: What Do We Know?” by Prof. Barry Eichengreen, the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987, and Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, University of Cambridge, 2014-15.

In his lecture – “Capital Flows: What Do We Know?”Prof. Eichengreen will focus on the management of international capital flows; to and from emerging markets in particular; tracking capital flows from the 1990s. The lecture will further take into account the capital account liberalization at the turn of the century.  The speech will further delve on how international capital movements responded to volatility, composition and regulation.  Finally, the lecture draws out the policy implications for emerging markets in general and India in particular today.

Mr. S. S. Mundra (Dy. Governor, Reserve Bank of India)- Photo By Sachin Murdeshwar GPN NETWORK.

Mr. S. S. Mundra (Dy. Governor, Reserve Bank of India)- Photo By Sachin Murdeshwar GPN NETWORK.

Mr. S. S. Mundra (Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India) will preside over the lecture hosted by Mr. David Rasquinha (Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India) and Mr. Debasish Mallick (Deputy Managing DirectorExport-Import Bank of India).

Mr. David Rasquinha, Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India, said, “Exim Bank of India is presently in the 35th year of its operations. We have been organizing the Commencement Day Annual Lecture every year to mark the setting up of Exim Bank. The Lecture series was started in 1986, and  now in its 32nd edition, we can proudly say that the Lecture has earned recognition as an important milestone in contributing to the debate and discussions on contemporary trade and development issues impacting global economy” .

 

To register online, please visit. www.eximbankindia.in/cdal 

 

The Exim Bank’s Commencement Day Annual Lecture Series (CDAL) is the flagship event of the Bank that brings some of the world’s sharpest minds in economics and international trade to India to share their insights on pertinent issues of economic interest. Some of the high profile speakers in recent past included Dr. John Lipsky, former First Deputy Managing Director of IMF; Mr. Supachai Panichpakdi, Secretary General of UNCTAD; Prof. Nicholas Stern, Chief Economist & Vice President of the World Bank; Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor of London School of Economics; Rt. Hon. James Bolger, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Dr. Kemal Dervis, former Administrator of UNDP; Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University; Prof. Yu Yongding, President of the China Society of World Economics; Prof. Pranab Bardhan, Professor of Graduate School at the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, etc. The former president of the African Development Bank, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, delivered the 2015-16 Lecture on the topic “Promoting Africa-India Investment in the New Global Landscape”. The Lecture is attended, by invitation, by a select audience comprising bankers, economists, academicians, businesspeople, professionals, and members of the media.

 

Biosketch: Prof. Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987, and Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, University of Cambridge, 2014-15. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England). In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997). Professor Eichengreen is the convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and economic officials and chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute of International Economics. He has held Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate. His most recent books are Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, The Great Recession, and the Uses–and Misuses–of History (January 2015), From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy with Dwight H. Perkins and Kwanho Shin (2012) and Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System (2011) (shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2011). Professor Eichengreen was awarded the Economic History Association’s Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004. He is the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris, and the 2010 recipient of the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society. He was named one of Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2011. He is a past president of the Economic History Association (2010-11 academic year). For detailed CV & hi-res photos, click the link: http://eml.berkeley.edu/~eichengr/photos.shtml

 

Established by the Government of India, Exim Bank commenced operations in 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981 as a purveyor of export credit, mirroring global Export Credit Agencies. With its rich pedigree, today the Bank serves as a growth engine for industries and SMEs through a wide range of products and services. This includes import of technology and export product development, export production, export marketing, pre-shipment and post-shipment and overseas investment. In a rapidly shifting financial landscape, it is a catalyst and key player in the promotion of cross border trade and investment. By instilling a powerful culture of innovation and foresight, it helps India maximize its potential and meet and exceed its vision. Its flagship programs include: Buyer’s Credit under NEIA, Corporate Banking, Line of Credit, Overseas Investment Finance and Project Finance.Ends.

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