9/4/2018/IMF

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, will present the findings of the analytical chapter of the upcoming Fiscal Monitor entitled “Digital Government” at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE). Digital technologies have spread rapidly in much of the world, including governments.

Greater availability and access to timely and reliable information can transform how governments conduct fiscal policy, and the analytical chapter of the IMF’s April 2018 Fiscal Monitor examines both the gains and risks from digitalizing public finances. Mr. Gaspar will discuss how digitization can help governments implement current policy, address new policy challenges, and how governments can balance the associated opportunities and challenges.

The event will be webcast live at piie.com and IMF.org.

Who:               Vitor Gaspar, International Monetary Fund

                        Diana Farrell, JPMorgan Chase Institute

                        Sonal Shah, Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University

                        Geneviève Verdier, International Monetary Fund

When:             Thursday, April 12, 2018, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Washington, DC time  

Where:           Peterson Institute for International Economics

1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

Registration:  Journalists interested in participating should register with Eitan Urkowitz at PIIE, e-mail: media@piie.com, tel. (202) 454-1334. Further details are available here.

Documents:    The analytical chapter is being scheduled for distribution under embargo via the IMF press center on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. A separate media advisory with further details will be distributed in due course.

Media contact:

Wiktor Krzyzanowski, IMF, wkrzyzanowski@imf.org