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Session 7: China and India: Challenges to their Growth
The rapid economic development of China and India -- the world’s two most populous nations with a combined 2.4 billion people -- has put them on the path to dominance in the 21st century global economy. But with all of their promise and progress, there remain important challenges along this path. Two leading experts on India and China will address the particular national characteristics and difficulties that will be faced by economic policymakers as they seek to sustain rapid growth going forward.
Speaker Materials
Kulpana Kochar presentation
Wei Li presentation
Speakers
Stuart Mackintosh
Group of 30
Stuart P. M. Mackintosh is the Executive Director of the Group of Thirty (G30). The G30 is a nonprofit, an international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia. It aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers. Mr. Mackintosh oversees all aspects of the G30 annual work program, its development and fundraising.
Previously Mr. Mackintosh was a Washington-based economist and country risk manager for Mitsubishi International Corporation. In that role he initiated a weekly U.S. economic forecast and commentary for senior executives. Other responsibilities included conducting country risk analyses of Central Asian states and Russia. Before locating to the U.S., Mr. Mackintosh was Chief of Staff and principal speechwriter for leading politicians in the European Parliament.
Mr. Mackintosh is Chairman of the Board of the National Economists Club, a 500 member chapter of the National Association for Business Economics. He is a Director of International Roundtable of NABE. Mr. Mackintosh has as B.A. from University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh.
Kulpana Kochar
International Monetary Fund
Kalpana Kochhar is a Deputy Director in the Asia and Pacific Department since August 2008. Prior to taking this position, she spent time in the IMF’s Research Department, and seven years in the Asia and Pacific Department leading IMF consultation missions to India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia. She has also worked on China, Korea and the Philippines. During her Fund career, she has also worked in the Policy Development and Review department and in the Fiscal Affairs department.
Ms. Kochhar’s research interests and publications have mainly focused on studies of Asian economies, including India and China. Most recently, her research has focused on issues related to India’s growth, and fiscal policies. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from Brown University and an M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics in India. She has a B.A in Economics from Madras University in India.
Wei Li
Darden School of Business
University of Virginia
Wei Li teaches Global Economies and Markets in Darden’s MBA program. His research and publications focus on public finance, industrial organization, and international economics; the Chinese economy and economic reform in China; and emerging markets finance.
Before coming to Darden in 2000, Li was a research associate at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and taught at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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