IMF honors Distinguished Professor Kajal Lahiri on the occasion of his 70th birthday

During April 26-27, the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund hosted a workshop ‘Forecasting Issues in Developing Economies’ in Honor of Distinguished Professor Kajal Lahiri. Over fifty economists from around the world were invited to participate including few of his former PhDs: Christie Teigland (1986), Susmita Dasgupta (1992), Anthony Davies (1994), Jay Song (1999), Chuanming Gao (2000), Simon Sheng (2009), Herbert Zhao (2014) and Xiaomei Li (2014). Professor Lahiri’s keynote lecture entitled “The International Transmission of Shocks: A Factor Structural Analysis using Forecasts Data”.  A selection of papers presented at the conference is scheduled to be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting.