Presentations

Concluding Comments By William White

Seminar organised by Banque De France – Paris 4 March 2011

Keynote speech on the release of the OECD review of Slovenia, Bado pri Kranju – 18 February 2011

Event or Meeting:  Slovenia Bado Pri Kranju – OECD Economic review of Slovenia Date:  18 February 2011 File:  KeynoteSloveniaR.pdf

Keynote speech – OECD Economic Survey of Slovenia

Brdo pri Kranju

Date:  18 February 2011 File:  KeynoteSloveniaR.pdf

The Acceptance Problem:

At the analytical level, it first has to be accepted that there are good ways to run an economy – promoting sustainable growth, resilience and fairness – and bad ways. With respect to structural reforms, the OECD has carried out an immense amount of analytical work over decades into how to improve the functioning of labour markets, product markets, pension arrangements, social policies (particularly education and health) fiscal policy, environmental issues, and a host of other topics. In many areas, there is now a body of agreed principles (“evidence-based”) on what is helpful in what is not. Of course, this is not to deny the point made by Mr Hyun in his Opening Remarks that in many areas the jury is still out. In short, the analytical work on structural reforms sponsored by the OECD will have to continue, not least because the world itself is constantly changing. This, in turn, can call into question even principles once thought fully agreed. (con’t…)

Event or Meeting:  ???Making Reform Happen??? Conference organized by the OECD and the Korean Development Institute Date:  25 November 2010 File:  Nov26_2010_MRHChairmansComments.pdf

• Academic
• Korean Development Institute
• OECD

Paper presented at the Symposium ‘the Changing Role of Central Banks’ sponsored by the Bank of Korea, Seoul 31 May-1 June

Event or Meeting:  Symposium Bank of Korea Date:  31 May 2010 File:  310510_CommentsUhlig.pdf

Introductory address at the G20 Workshop on a “Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth”

Toronto, Ontario, May 7-9

7-9_05_2010-G20Toronto.pdf

Event or Meeting:  EABH Conference Date:  1 May 2010 File:  0805_Questions and Answers for Lars Johnung_AUG2010.pdf

• Academic

Event or Meeting:  INET Conference Session 1 “Anatomy of Crisis- the Living History of the Last Thirty Y ears: Economic Theory, Politics and Policy?” Date:  9 April 2010 File:  090410_WWhiteatINET.pdf

Remarks for a Panel Discussion at “The Vancouver Seminar” Hosted by the Canadian Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Canada  Nov 30 – Dec. 1 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia

The Future of the Financial System Vancouver Panel.doc

Euro50 Group meeting ”Central banks and financial markets“ 

Concluding Remarks 

By 

William R White

Event or Meeting:  Euro50 Group meeting Date:  11 November 2009 File:  11_2009_Euro50[1].pdf

• Academic
• Euro50