Prof. Gallagher Launches Report in Washington DC
Prof. Kevin Gallagher of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, along with his co-authors, launched the new GEGI report “Capital Account Liberalization: The Need for a Balanced Approach” in Washington DC at the School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
A new report from the Boston Univeristy Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) on “Capital Account Liberalization in China” had earlier been released on October 3, 2014 at a seminar held at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and organized jointly by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and the Center for Finance, Law & Policy. The Washington DC launch panel included three of the four co-editors of the report: José Antonio Ocampo, professor and director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Ming Zhang, senior research fellow and the director of the Department of International Investment at the Institute of World Economics and Politics; and Kevin Gallagher, visiting scholar in the International Development Program at SAIS and associate professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Peter Bottelier from Johns Hopkins University.
The event began with an overview of the report and the process that led to it presented by Prof. Gallagher. This was followed by Prof. José Antonio Ocampo who spoke about the experience with financial globalization and its impacts in Latin America and also Europe and the lessons that can be drawn from this for China. Finally, Dr. Ming Zhang spoke about the topic in light of experience from China as well as Japan. This was followed by a session of questions and comments from the audience.
A video recording of the event is available here. Professors Ocampo and Gallagher had also recently written an OpEd on the subject, which can be read here.