Dr. Jong-Wha Lee, Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic of Korea, discussed what policymakers hope to achieve at the G-20 Cannes Summit in November 2011 as part of the ADBI Distinguished Speaker Seminar series.
Professor Cai Fang delivered a lecture on "Sources of Growth after the People's Republic of China runs out of Demographic Dividend" as part of the ADBI Distinguished Speaker Seminar series. In his presentation, he suggests a potential nexus between "aging before affluence" and the "middle income trap."
Yu Yongding delivered a lecture on "Internationalization of the Renminbi" at the ADBI Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series on 17 June 2011. Professor Yu is currently a professor with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, president of the China Society of World Economy, editor-in-chief of China and World Economy, member of the Advisory Committee of National Planning for National Development and Reform of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy.
Hyun Song Shin is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University, and currently serves as an international adviser to president of Korea, delivered a lecture on "Procyclicality in Advanced and Emerging Economies" at the ADBI Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, delivered a lecture on "The Secret Formula of Asian Regional Cooperation" at the ADBI Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series on 12 April 2010.
Barry Eichengreen, Professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, discussed the findings of his paper, "From Great Depression to Global Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons" at an ADBI distinguished speaker seminar.