KDI to Hold Performance Sharing Conference on the 24th... "Sharing K-Quarantine Experience"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The Korea Development Institute (KDI) announced on the 16th that it will hold the 2020 KSP Performance Sharing Conference on the 24th at the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul, co-hosted with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, under the theme of 'Knowledge Sharing in the Post-Corona Era.' KSP is a knowledge-sharing project that provides policy advice to partner countries based on Korea's economic development experience and knowledge.

This conference was organized to share sustainable economic development policies and K-quarantine experiences to overcome the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and to discuss development cooperation and the role of KSP in the post-corona era.

Esther Duflo, a Nobel laureate in Economics last year and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the keynote speech.

Professor Duflo will present on the impacts of poverty and inequality caused by COVID-19 and government policy directions, and will highlight the implications of the Korean government's crisis response and the Korean New Deal case for the international community, as well as the necessity of knowledge sharing.

Meanwhile, the conference will be attended by KDI President Choi Jung-pyo, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance Kim Yong-beom, Professor Duflo, and former Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Heo Kyung-wook, among others.

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