Emerging Markets Forum

The Emerging Markets Forum (EMF) is an accredited non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing dialogue on economic, financial, and social issues facing emerging market economies. EMF advocates for increased dialogue between government and corporate leaders through its global forum events.[1] Its motto is "Bringing people together to accelerate growth and well-being in emerging markets."

The Emerging Markets Forum
AbbreviationEMF
HeadquartersWashington, DC
co-chair
Fidel Valdez Ramos
co-chair
Haruhiko Kuroda
co-chair
Michel Camdessus
Parent organization
Centennial Group Inc.

History

The Emerging Markets Forum was founded in 2005 by the leaders of Centennial Group International. The President and CEO of the Emerging Markets Forum is Harinder Kohli, the Forum Manager is Sylvie Naville, the Deputy Forum Manager is Charlotte Hess, the Manager of Information Analytics is Harpaul Alberto Kohli, Dana Sleeper handles social media and websites, Gautam Kaji is Chairman of the board, and P.R. Narvekar is Founding Director.[2] The co-Chairmen of the Forum are Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and now Honorary Governor of the Central Bank of France, Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank, and Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines.[3][4][5]

Global and Regional Forum Events

The EMF hosts one global meeting and several regional meetings every year. Each meeting is structured around issues that are common to emerging market economies. The EMF commissions policy experts to write background papers, which provide a starting point for forum discussions. Participants come from both the private and public sectors to engage in open dialogue and implement solutions that will benefit emerging market economies.[6][7][8][9][10]

Past events have taken place in Jakarta, Vietnam, Mumbai, Hanoi, Bogota, Montevideo, Oxford, Switzerland, Morocco, South Africa, and other locations.[11][12][13][14][15] Topics of interest at meetings include infrastructure, financial systems and the financial crisis, corruption and governance, climate change, global imbalances, public-private partnerships, and decoupling, among others.[16]

Participants

Sitting or former heads of state who have been participants include President Joseph Deiss (Switzerland), President Álvaro Uribe (Colombia), President Carlos Mesa (Bolivia), Prime Minister Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bangladesh), President José María Figueres (Costa Rica), President Horst Koehler (Germany), President Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), co-chair of the EMF President Fidel Valdez Ramos (Philippines), and Prime Minister Paul Martin (Canada).

Other participants include Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (former World Bank managing director, former foreign minister of Nigeria, and Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year), Arun Shourie (Indian Parliament and former minister of telecommunications, commerce and privatization),[17] Johannes F. Linn (Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; Senior Resident Fellow, Emerging Markets Forum; and former Vice President for Europe and Central Asia of the World Bank.),[18] Indian Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia,[19] former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, and the FT's Martin Wolf.

Key publications[20]
  • A New Vision for Mexico 2042: Achieving Prosperity for All (2012)
  • Asia 2050: Realizing the Asian Century (2011)
  • Central Asia and the Caucasus — At the Crossroads of Eurasia in the 21st Century (2011)
  • Reform of the International Monetary System — The Palais Royal Initiative (2011)
  • Latin America 2040: Breaking Away from Complacency — An Agenda for Resurgence (2010)
  • India 2039: An Affluent Society in One Generation (2010)

See also

References
  1. "Emerging Markets Forum". Guide Star. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. "Emerging Markets Forum Management and Administration". Emerging Markets Forum. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. Sinha, Gunjan. "India's high growth is not pre-ordained". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. Fidel, Ramos. "Trips are work, work, work: Empowering the Filipino People". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. Jishnu, Latha. "Latha Jishnu: It's a stink and a powerful one". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. "India's per capita income could cross Rs 10 lakh by 2039". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  7. Adam, Shamim. "Global Financial Assets Lost $50 Trillion Last Year, ADB Says". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. PELLEGRINO, GUILLERMO. "El manejo de la inflación en Argentina ES TERRIBLEMENTE PREOCUPANTE" (PDF). LA REGIÓN. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  9. "Infrastructure is key to success of govts: Montek". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  10. PELLEGRINO, GUILLERMO. "Asia es el mayor exportador DE CAPITAL EN EL MUNDO" (PDF). El Mundo. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  11. Wolf, Martin. "What India must do if it is to be an affluent country". The Financial Times. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  12. Sinha, Gunjan. "India's high growth is not pre-ordained". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  13. Castañeda, Jorge. "Between Hanoi And Havana" (PDF). Newsweek. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  14. Missoke, Bernard. "Tanzania: Mkapa to Chair Forum On Africa's Emerging Markets". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  15. "Middle-age spread: More mature relations with foreign creditors are benefiting emerging markets". The Economist. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  16. Dey, Shantanu. "Corruption may not impede economic development, but for how long?". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  17. "Shourie: smaller policy gestation time to help growth". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  18. "First Eurasia Emerging Markets Forum 'Connecting Central Asia with the World'". Sage Publishers. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  19. "Worst is over, we will now get back to more normal growth". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  20. "Publications". Emerging Markets Forum. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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