DESA/DPAD, in collaboration with the Project LINK Research Center of the University of Toronto, held its annual Expert Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK conference) from October 21 to 23 in New York.

The conference was attended by some 80 experts from about 60 countries and several international agencies, including the IMF, World Bank, ILO and OECD, as well as representatives from the UN regional commissions and the UNCTAD. The conference covered three major themes: (1) the economic outlook for the world and regions; (2) international economic and policy issues; and (3) econometric modeling techniques.

Agenda Presentations

Monday, October 21, 2013

World Economic Outlook
Chair: Peter Pauly

• DESA ??s Outlook ?? Pingfan Hong, UN-DESA
• IMF ??s Outlook ?? Rupa Duttagupta, IMF
• World Bank ??s Outlook ?? Andrew Burns, World Bank

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World Economic Outlook and Commodity Markets
Chair: Byron Gangnes

• Agricultural Comoodities ?? Willy Meyers, FAPRI, University of Missouri
• The World Oil Market ?? Robert Kaufmann, Boston University

[more presentations]

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Regional Outlook: Developed Regions
Chair: Delia Niles

• United States ?? Hung-Yi Li, UN/DESA
• Japan ?? Kanemi Ban, Osaka University

[more presentations]