South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), The World Bank and South Asia Economic Policy Network will organize the Fourth SANEM-World Bank North America Discussion Forum 2023 on “Shocks and Development Strategies: Towards a Resilient South Asia”. The Forum will be held on May 5, 2023, from 8:30 AM- 7:30 PM (Eastern Time Zone, GMT-4), at the World Bank premises in Washington, D.C., USA. The Forum will be streamed live through the web conferencing app Webex.

The one-day conference will hold sessions on macroeconomics, health, education, inequality, gender, environment, energy, trade and labor market where scholars and economists from leading institutions of South Asia, Europe and North America will present their research works. Please check the detailed agenda here: http://sanemnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Agenda_SNADF2023.pdf

We would like to invite you to join the Forum online. We believe, your participation will add great value to the conference through open discussions and intellectual exercises. To join the Forum, kindly fill-up the google form: https://forms.gle/QK1HCs9qgh6vSdYf6

We will send the Webex link through email to the registered participants by May 4, 2023.

The Forum is a platform for academicians, researchers, policy advocates and young aspiring economists to initiate a strong network among them. The objective of this Forum is to promote quality economic research on development pathways and associated challenges in the context of South Asia.

We hope the success of previous iterations of the Forum including The First SANEM-World Bank North America Discussion Forum on “South Asia at a Development Cross-roads”, held on June 12, 2017, in Washington DC, USA, The Second SANEM-World Bank North America Discussion Forum on “Quality of Economic Growth in South Asia”, held on September 7, 2018, in Washington DC, USA, and The Third SANEM-World Bank North America Discussion Forum on “Emerging Global Challenges and Development Strategies in South Asia”, held on July 12, 2019, in Washington DC, USA, will continue to inspire researchers, academicians and scholars.