Global Economy in 2019: What Policymakers Need to Know

Dawn Holland, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, participated in a panel discussion on Global Economy in 2019: What Policymakers Need to Know, organized by the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C. The discussion was hosted by Mr. Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development and panelists included Ayhan Kose, Director, Prospects Group, World Bank; Anne-Marie Gulde, Deputy Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund; Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative, Center for Global Development; and Sudhir Shetty, Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank. The meeting was well attended, with the audience mostly composed of economists from the private sector and international organizations. The contributions of the United Nations to the discussion were well received, in particular around the messaging on climate risks and the global economy and the risks posed by waning support for multilateral approaches.