Join us for the virtual outreach of the IMF Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and the Pacific. IMF researchers will present the most recent economic forecasts for the region and discuss the findings of the two analytical chapters of the REO: “COVID-19 Lockdowns and Exits in Asia: Some Lessons” and “COVID-19 and Inequality in Asia: Risks of Social Unrest?” This event is jointly organized by Asia School of Business (ASB) and the SEACEN Centre. There will be ample opportunities to ask questions.

About the Speakers

Alison Stuart - Division Chief for the Regional Studies Division, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund

Alison Stuart is the Division Chief for the Regional Studies Division in the Asia Pacific Department (APD) of the IMF. Ms. Alison has worked in a range of roles in the IMF, in the Strategy Policy and Review Department and in the Asia Pacific Department.

Prior to joining the IMF, she worked as a senior economist at the Bank of England and at HM Treasury and as an advisor to the UK Executive Director of the IMF and World Bank. She holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of London.
 

Anthony Tan Chia-Kiat - Senior Economist in the Regional Studies Division, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund

Anthony Tan Chia-Kiat is a Senior Economist in the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF, on secondment from the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).

Prior to joining the IMF, he was responsible for overseeing the regional surveillance of member economies and anchoring the conjunctural chapter of the flagship regional economic outlook of AMRO. Previously, he was attached with the Economics Department of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). Mr. Anthony holds a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Malaya.
 

Nour Tawk - Economist in the Regional Studies Division, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund

Nour Tawk is an economist in the Asia Pacific Department of the IMF, Regional Studies Division, where she contributes to the Regional Economic Outlook and is desk economist for Malaysia. Previously, she worked in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF and the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo, Japan. She has also done surveillance work for Fiji and was part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program teams for Italy and Japan.

Her research interests include emerging market economies’ policy responses to capital flows, spillovers from unconventional monetary policies, and systemic variations in bilateral exchange rates. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.