This seminar presents a multivariate filtering model estimated by the data-driven Maximum Likelihood technique in the state-space context to derive climate-neutral measures of potential output and output gaps.

With all the focus on President Xi Jinping’s removal of term limits in his constitutional change, the other forty-odd constitutional changes were ignored. This seminar will provide insights into Xi’s apparent new institutional turn.

International trade has been instrumental to rapid economic growth and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific, but its benefits are not always shared equitably amongst all segments of the economy. How can international trade promote inclusive growth and empowerment?

This presentation will examine the usefulness of purposive efforts of policymakers to promote women’s livelihood capabilities. Professor Naila Kabeer will show what we can learn about women’s economic empowerment from efforts that have proved to be effective – as well as those that have not.