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Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 16:30 – 18:00 (GMT) or convert time
Location: MC-13-121, World Bank Group HQ & Online

Emerging markets and the developing world are at the center of the current slowdown in global growth. How are low commodity prices and slowing trade affecting countries and the effort to reduce poverty? Join us as the World Bank’s chief economists describe current conditions and the outlook for each developing region.

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Featuring

Shanta Devarajan: Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank Group
Hans Timmer: Chief Economist, Europe & Central Asia, World Bank Group
Kaushik Basu: Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
Augusto de la Torre: Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group
Martin Rama: Chief Economist, South Asia, World Bank Group
Sudhir Shetty: Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank Group
Punam Chuhan-Pole: Acting Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Group
Melissa Johns: Advisor, Global Indicators Group, World Bank Group