In the context of the military situation from Ukraine, today's MACRO 2022 Conference, February 24, is postponed!
We will return with details regarding the rescheduling of the event.
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Registration. Launch of the event on zoom.usKeynote address of the President of the Republic of Moldova
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Panel 1. Republic of Moldova: a 360 degrees’ analysis. Understanding global and regional trends and the domestic implications thereof
Natalia Gavrilița, Prime-Minister of the Republic of Moldova
Oliver Varhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School,Director, Harvard Growth Lab
Cass R. Sunstein, Professor at Harvard, Founder and Director of the Program on Behavioural Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School, legal scholar, former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration
Moderator: Valeriu Prohnițchi, Program director, Expert-Grup -
Key questions: -What is the state of the country, including key challenges and forecasts?
-What are the main global economic and social trends and forecasts? How do they affect Moldova?
-How to adapt to the main challenges and tap the opportunities derived from the global trends?
-Key issues to be discussed: global inflation, energy security, investment attractiveness of Moldova, country competitiveness. -
Coffee break
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Panel 2. Building domestic resiliency amid global turbulent times – possible lessons for the Republic of Moldova
Ivan Miklos, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Senior Non-Key Expert, European Union High Level Advisers’ Mission to the Office of the Prime Minister
Valeriu Prohnițchi, Program director, Expert-Grup
Adrian Lupușor, Executive director, Expert-Grup
Moderator: Stas Madan, Program director, Expert-Grup -
Key questions: - How do other open and vulnerable small economies address the problem of global inflation?
- What should be the fiscal responses amid high deficits and limited fiscal space?
- What should be the optimal fiscal-monetary policy mix, given high inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty?
- How could development partners help amid these turbulent times?
- How to protect the vulnerable groups during the economic and social shocks?