Seminar "Belarus in a Slow Growth Trap:Get Out or Settle?"
June 30, 2017
DoubleTree by Hilton conference hall
Minsk, Belarus
Registration and coffee (8.30-9.00)
Opening speeches (9.00-9.15)
Andrea Wiktorin, Head of the European Delegation to Belarus
Fionna Gibb, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Belarus
Irina Tochitskaya, academic director of the IPM Research Center
"Slow Growth Trap" Manifestations (9.15-11.15)
One market focus consequences: change of the Belarus' position in global value chains
Irina Tochitskaya, academic director of the IPM Research Center
Social implications of the 2015-2016 recession: what sample household budget survey has to say (slides available in Russian)
Gleb Shymanovich, economist of the IPM Research Center
Economic situation in Belarus from the SME sector state of view: small and medium entreprises survey results (slides available in Russian)
Igor Pelipas, head of the Supervisory Board of the IPM Reseacrh Center
Coffee Break (11.15-11.45)
Short- and Medium-term Perspectives of the Belarusian Economy (11.45-13.15)
Macroeconomic forecast for Belarus: how sustainable is the recovery? (slides available in Russian)
Alexander Chubrik, director of the IPM Research Center
Regional policy transformation for the transition to sustainable growth: major directions (slides available in Russian)
Natalya Berchenko, deputy head of the Research Instittute of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus
(more materials of the KEF Regional consultations in Russian)
Break (13.15-13.30)
"Slow Growth Trap" Ways Out: Discussion (13.30-15.00)
Moderator: Dmitry Kolkin, deputy head of BEROC
Participants:
Maxim Ermolovich, first deputy minister of finance of the Republic of Belarus
Sergey Kalechits, deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Kirill Haiduk, PhD, country economist of the World Bank Representation in Belarus
