Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia
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Dr. Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist for the Asian Development Bank, will unveil the ADB’s annual flagship publication, Asian Development Outlook 2012, at The Korea Society, on Thursday, April 19, at 8:15 AM. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in Asia, with growth projections and analyses of 45 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific, including the People’s Republic of China and India.
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Governor Kim Choongsoo: Emerging Asia & Global Economic Recovery
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Co-hosted by the Bank of Korea, the Korea Society and Asia Society
This event is at Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)
Program: 6:30-8:00 PM
Reception: 8:00-9:00 PM
Asian economies have been driving global growth since the 1980s, and their role is expected to be even greater in the future. However, global financial resources have in the past four years overflowed into heavily indebted Euro area countries, such as Greece. In achieving global economic recovery and sustainable growth, the role of the Asian economy is growing larger, and global financial resources need to be supplied to such emerging economies, which have relatively high productivity and demand much capital for their infrastructure investment.
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Direct Investment in Korea: How to Land Softly and Successfully
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Executive Business Luncheon
Hong-Chul “Hank” Ahn, Commissioner of Invest KOREA, visits The Korea Society to outline the unique opportunities for foreign direct investment in Korea. Mr. Ahn will review the current investment climate, location benefits, promising industries, and high-quality human resources available to the foreign direct investor in Korea, and explain the services Invest KOREA offers to help foreign companies “land softly and successfully” in Korea.
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Global Economic Crisis and Fault lines in the Korean Economy
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Dr. Jong-Wha Lee, Senior Advisor to President Lee Myung Bak, and G-20 Sherpa in Korea discusses the challenges facing the Korean economy as a result of the global economic crisis. An anemic recovery in the US economy, slower growth in China, unresolved fiscal and financial issues in the Euro Zone, coupled with increased financial and trade linkages, have exposed fault lines in the Korean economy. Dr. Lee will discuss efforts to mitigate Korea’s economic risks and the important policy challenges that lie ahead in creating a foundation for stable growth.
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Japan & Korea: Domestic Reform & Geopolitical Shifts
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Japan and South Korea have followed contrasting paths since the crises of the 1990s, with opposite geopolitical consequences. Despite calls for a reinvigoration of the U.S.-Japan relationship in 2000, U.S.-China partnership on many key issues led instead to widespread talk about a G-2 partnership with China. South Korea, once dismissed by Pentagon aides as selling out to China, has steadily risen in U.S. priorities and has cooled toward China since the sinking of the South Korean Cheonan.
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