CACI Forum: Caucasus and Central Asia: Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges

Juha Kähkönen, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Friday 14 December 2018 / 12:30 - 14:00 /

Washington D.C. Middle East Institute. 1319 18th Street NW, 20036 Washington D.C.. Click here for a map

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The growth momentum in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) is expected to stabilize in 2018-19 and the medium term. Still, it will take almost two decades to raise CCA living standards to the current levels of their peers. What does it take for countries in the region to move to a private-sector-led growth model? How can they build buffers, address weaknesses in the financial sector, and tackle high public debt? And how to make growth more inclusive—so that it benefits all through job creation, higher incomes, and more opportunities?