The Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) hosted a Flagship Seminar to mark the launch of Envisioning 2060: Opportunities and Risks for Emerging Markets, edited by Harinder Kohli, Rajat Nag and Ieva Vilkelyte. The book also features a chapter by CSEP Distinguished Fellow Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

Envisioning 2060: Opportunities and Risks for Emerging Markets takes a long-term perspective, covering the next 40 years through 2060, of the likely evolution of the economic and social landscape of emerging market economies. While the primary focus is on emerging markets and their main economic and social opportunities, as well as the primary challenges and policy issues facing them; the book does so in the context of prospects and likely evolution of the global economy as a whole.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7616599504103/WN_BrKW7k8hQxSlzMMNg9C4kQ

Harinder Kohli: Harinder S. Kohli is the Founding Director and Chief Executive of Emerging Markets Forum as well as the Founding Director, President, CEO and largest shareholder of Centennial Group International, both based in Washington DC. He is the Founding Editor of Global Journal of Emerging Markets Economies. He has written extensively on the emergence of Asia, Latin America, Africa and other emerging market economies; financial development; and infrastructure. He led Centennial Group teams that helped the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) develop their long-term corporate strategies. He is also an author or co-author of some fifteen books published by international publishing houses, the ADB, World Bank (WB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Rajat Nag: Rajat M. Nag is concurrently a Distinguished Fellow both at India’s National Council of Applied Economic Research, Delhi and at the Emerging Markets Forum, a think tank based in Washington DC. He was Visiting Professor at the Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management, Asian Institute of Management in Manila (2014-15) and currently serves as a Distinguished Professor at the Emerging Markets Institute at the Beijing Normal University, China. In addition, he serves as an Advisor and Board Member of several organisations. Mr. Nag was the Managing Director General of the Asian Development Bank during 2006-13.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Montek Singh Ahluwalia is a Distinguished Fellow at CSEP and has been a notable figure in Indian economic reforms from the early 1980s onwards. He has previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and as the first director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF. He has written extensively on various aspects of development economics and is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award for public service. He is the author of Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years (2020).

Amita Batra: Amita Batra is Professor of Economics and former Chairperson of the Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU. Professor Batra was Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney in October, 2018 and Visiting Professor (ICCR Professorial Chair in Contemporary Indian Studies) at the University of Edinburgh in 2013. She has been Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. Professor Batra is a member of the Advisory Group for G20 Finance Track Agenda, Ministry of Finance, Government of India: January 2022-December, 2023. She is also a member of the Economic Affairs Council (since 2020) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Rakesh Mohan: Rakesh Mohan is President and Distinguished Fellow at CSEP. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Previously, he was Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, Professor at Yale’s School of Management, and Distinguished Consulting Professor at Stanford University. Closely associated with the Indian economic reforms process since the late 1980s, he has served in senior roles including as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Secretary, Economic Affairs, Chief Economic Adviser of the Indian Ministry of Finance, and Economic Adviser in the Indian Ministry of Industry. He has authored books on urban economics, urban development, monetary policy, and economic reforms. 

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