Tag «21st Century»

Can Globalization Still Deliver? The Challenge of Convergence in the 21st Century – David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Stavros Niarchos Lecture, Peterson Institute for International Economics May 24, 2016 As prepared for delivery Good evening. It is a great honor to be here to deliver this year’s Stavros Niarchos Lecture. I would like to thank Adam Posen and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for so kindly inviting me—and a special thanks to Larry Summers …

Innovating education to address 21st-century skills gap

Education gaps exist between the developed and developing world, and countries vary on their respective outcome on 21st-century skill performance Technology, once integrated holistically for targeted problems, has the potential to help education better address these gaps A multistakeholder approach is required to fully realize the potential of technology to innovate education Download the full …

Asia in the 21st Century: The Potential for Sri Lanka

Presentation by Anoop Singh at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit July 9, 2013 On July 9, Anoop Singh, Director of the IMF’s Asia Pacific Department, delivered the keynote speech at the inauguration of the 2013 Sri Lanka Economic Summit, held in Colombo. The event was sponsored by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and had the …

Logical One: Constant Force for the 21st Century at Baselworld

  Romain Gauthier is very pleased to be exhibiting at Baselworld 2013 in Hall 2.0, stand C35. Romain will be there with his complete collection, including the groundbreaking Logical One, which will be on public display for the very first time. Logical One features a quadruple patent-pending Romain Gauthier flat chain-and-fusee style constant force system …