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1st RBV-ADB-APAEA Joint Workshop
Theme โBridging Knowledge and Practice: Fiscal, Monetary, and Climate Policies in Emerging Marketsโ
Warwick Hotels and Resorts, Port Vila, Vanuatu
May 22, 2025
(Hosted by the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV))
Schedule (Vanuatu Time)
Agenda
9.00am โ 9.20am
Registration at RBV
9.20am โ 9.35am
Welcome Remarks by Governor August Letlet (RBV)
and Prof. Paresh Narayan,
Monash University & APAEA
9.35am โ 9.40am
Opening Remarks by Dr. John Beirne, ADB
9:40am โ 10:00am
Keynote Address & Inauguration by Hon. Deputy Prime Minister & Minister
Responsible for Finance and Economic Management
1:00pm โ 2:30pm
Group Photograph and Refreshments
10:30am โ 11:30am
Session 1: ADB SPECIAL SESSION ON FISCAL RESILIENCE INITIATIVE โ Dr. Aminur
Rahman, Regional Lead Economist for the Pacific, ADB
11:30am โ 1:00pm
Session 2 (2 papers)
1:00pm โ 2:30pm
Workshop Break: Lunch
2:30pm โ 4:30pm
Session 3 (3 Papers + Q&A)
4:30pm โ 4:40pm
Closing remarks and publication details
Prof. Paresh Narayan (APAEA)
Dr. John Beirne (ADB)
WORKSHOP DETAILS
WORKSHOP SESSION 1
10:30am - 11:30am
ADB SPECIAL SESSION ON FISCAL RESILIENCE INITIATIVE โ Dr. Aminur Rahman, Regional
Lead Economist for the Pacific, ADB
WORKSHOP SESSION 2
Chair: Dr. John Beirne (ADB)
20 minutes for presentation, 7 minutes for discussion, and 3 minutes for Q&A.
11:30am - 12:00pm
Title: Commodity Prices and Impact on Inflation: Evidence from Vanuatu and the PICs
Authors: August Letlet (RBV), Aun Rizvi (Lahore University of Management Science) and Paresh
Narayan (Monash University)
Presenters: Aun Rizvi
Discussant: Dr. Rohit Kishore (APAEA) (online presentation)
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Title: Assessing the influence of fiscal and monetary policies on sustainable development
in the South Pacific Island Economies
Authors: Baljeet Singh (University of the South Pacific)
Presenter: Baljeet Singh (online presentation)
Discussant: Aun Rizvi (Lahore University of Management Science)
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Q & A
WORKSHOP SESSION 3
Chair: Governor Luke Forau (Central Bank of Solomon Islands)
20 minutes for presentation, 7 minutes for discussion, and 3 minutes for Q&A.
2:30pm โ 3:00pm
Title: Developed Country Economic Policy Uncertainty and its Effects of Fijiโs Macroeconomy:
Aun Rizvi Raza (APAEA), Nathan Lilo (Reserve Bank of Fiji)
Presenter: Aun Rizvi
Discussant: Dr. John Beirne (ADB)
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Title: Age Structure and Information Dynamics in Pacific Island Economies
Authors: August Letlet (RBV), Bhavesh Garg (IIT Ropar) and Paresh Narayan (Monash University)
Presenter: Bhavesh Garg
Discussant: Prabheesh KP (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad) online presentation
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Title: Measuring Monetary Surprises in an Emerging Market Economy During COVID-19:
Evidence from India
Authors: Bristi Bose (Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay)
Presenters: Bristi Bose (online presentation)
Discussant: Bhavesh Garg (IIT Ropar)
4:00pm โ 4:30pm
Q&A
4:30pm โ 4:40pm
CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. John Beirne
Prof. Paresh Narayan