Where is industrial policy headed? Lessons from Europe and Asia
What drives the new industrial policy?
Speakers
Franziska Ohnsorge
Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
Paolo Pasimeni
Chief Economist, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Martin Raiser
Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank
Livio Romano
Head of Industrial Projects and International Initiatives in the Sectoral Strategies and Impact Department, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Reinhilde Veugelers
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director
Agenda
Check-in & lunch
12:30-13:00Agenda
Welcome words
13:00-13:10- Martin Raiser, Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank
- Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
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World bank presentation
13:10-13:20- Franziska Ohnsorge, Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
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Bruegel presentation
13:20-13:30- Reinhilde Veugelers, Bruegel Senior Fellow
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Discussion
13:30-14:00- Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
- Franziska Ohnsorge, Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
- Paolo Pasimeni, Chief Economist, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission;
- Martin Raiser, Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank
- Livio Romano, Head of Industrial Projects and International Initiatives in the Sectoral Strategies and Impact Department , Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Reinhilde Veugelers, Bruegel Senior Fellow
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Q&A
14:00-14:15Ask your question on Sli.do #industrialpolicy
The issue of EU’s industrial policy is deeply intersectional, where the EU policymakers are having to assess trade-offs involving decarbonisation, labour market transformations and global imbalances, among other factors, whilst designing industrial policy that will ignite the EU’s competitiveness. Weeks after the recently published Industrial Accelerator Act and ahead of the forthcoming World Bank Industrial Policy for Development report, we will examine industrial policy from a European and Asian perspectives and compare lessons. What are different countries’ policy tools? How do India’s and the EU’s approaches to China compare?