Implications for Inequality and Global Economic Convergence
- October 22 (Tue), 2024
- 09:30-10:30
Registration & Coffee
- 09:30-10:00
Opening Session
- Welcoming Remarks Brahima Coulibaly, Vice President/Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings
- Opening RemarksDongchul Cho, President, KDI
- Keynote History and Geopolitics of Global Inequality Branko Milanovic, Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- 10:00-11:10
Session 1: New Technologies and Global Inequality: Trends and Outlook
- Moderator Brahima Coulibaly, Vice President/Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings
- OverviewGlobal Inequality Lucas Chancel, Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, Co-Director, World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics, and Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
- Presentation Reclaiming Progress in the Digital Age: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Poverty and Inequality Reduction Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank
- Discussants Josh Bivens, Chief Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Matias Busso, Principal Economist, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank
- 11:10-11:25
Coffee
- 11:25-13:00
Session 2: Impacts on Workers and Firms and Implications for Global Economic Convergence
- ModeratorZia Qureshi, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings
- PresentationLabor and Inequality Post-AGIAnton Korinek, Professor, University of Virginia, and Nonresident Fellow, Economic Studies, BrookingsAI, Work, Macroeconomic Impacts, and DistributionGiovanni Melina, Deputy Chief, Structural and Climate Policies Division, Research Department, IMFDigital Technologies and Global Economic ConvergenceMary Hallward-Driemeier, Professor of the Practice of International Economics, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
- DiscussantsFederica Saliola, Advisor and Lead Economist, Markets, Competition, and Technology, World Bank
Harry Holzer, Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings
Landry Signé, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings - Q&A
- 13:00-14:15
Lunch
- 14:15-15:50
Session 3: Findings from Regional/Country Case Studies
- ModeratorJungwook Kim, Executive Director, Center for International Development, KDI
- PresentationNew Technologies and Productivity and Inequality Dynamics in Latin AmericaSantiago Levy, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, BrookingsThe Labor Market Impacts of AI Technology: A Case Study of KoreaMinjung Kim, Chief, Division of Development Research, Center for International Development, KDIUnderstanding Digital Divide and its Policy ImplicationsHyeyoung Woo, Head, Evaluation Team, Center for International Development, KDI
- DiscussantsAna Corbacho, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Jongsoo Hong, Associate Fellow, Department of Macroeconomic and Financial Policies, KDI
Jongkyu Lee, Senior Fellow/Director, Office of Global and North Korean Economic Studies, KDI - Q&A
- 15:50-16:00
Closing Session
- Closing RemarksJungwook Kim, Executive Director, Center for International Development, KDI
Zia Qureshi , Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brooking
- Closing RemarksJungwook Kim, Executive Director, Center for International Development, KDI
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