Président
- Nobumitsu Hayashi, Gouverneur, Banque japonaise pour la coopération internationale (JBIC)
Présentateur
- Rajat Nag, Distinguished Fellow, Emerging Markets Forum (EMF)
Discutants
- María Eugenia Brizuela de Avila, Directrice, Inversiones Vision
- Larabi Jaïdi, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)
- Abdoulie Janneh, directeur exécutif et membre du conseil d'administration, Fondation Mo Ibrahim
- Djoomart Otorbaev, ancien premier ministre du Kirghizstan
- Sommai Phasee, président de l'Association thaïlandaise du marché obligataire
Lancement de la dernière publication de la FEM : "From Here to Denmark ...the importance of institutions for good governance" par Rajat Nag et Harinder Kohli
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