A majority of the world’s poor live in middle income countries. What is, and should be, the role for development cooperation in this country category?
Watch the seminar:
On the 27th of May, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), the Knowledge for Change Program of the Development Economics Vice Presidency at the World Bank, The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Expert group for Aid Studies (EBA) hosted a public knowledge event entitled “Global Development and the Middle-Income Trap”.
The growth in middle-income economies is notably slowing down. The event will explore where these economies are headed and the pathways to avoid what has been known and feared as the “middle-income trap”. How can they balance the forces of creation, preservation, and destruction to achieve total economic, social, and ecological efficiency?
Keynote: Indermit Gill, Senior Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group
Panelists: Norman Loayza, Director of the Global Indicators Group, the World; Elina Scheja, Chief economist, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); Haishan Fu, Chief Statistician and Director for the Development Data Group of the World Bank
Introduction: Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economies and Chair of the Expert Group for Aid Studies.
Moderator: Mats Hårsmar, Deputy Managing Director, the Expert Group for Aid Studies