Deputy MD of IMF to speak at CIPR International annual lecture
Building public support for economic reform in the face of global problems
How do you build public support for difficult and often unpopular economic changes? This is the thorny issue to be addressed by Nemat Shafik, the deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the Maggie Nally Memorial Lecture on 7 March 2013.
Nemat will consider the importance of openness and engagement and how these lessons are being applied in Europe and the Middle East. She will also address the IMF’s role as a trusted advisor and its effect on different groups in society, especially during crises. Her lecture will be followed by a Q & A session.
Trust in organisations is at an all-time low. It will be interesting to hear how such an important organisation overcomes these issues and garners international support in the face of occasional open hostility.
The lecture, free to CIPR members, is at the prestigious One Whitehall Place. It begins at 18:15 sharp and is followed at 19:15 by a reception and buffet supper. Bookings are through Eventbrite at www.nally.eventbrite.co.uk and places are limited.
Originally the home of the National Liberal Club, the venue is now part of the Royal Horseguards Hotel and makes a magnificent setting for this flagship CIPR International event. The high ceilings, grand marble staircase, glittering chandeliers have witnessed numerous Liberal Prime Ministers, including Churchill, Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George, and writers HG Wells and George Bernard Shaw.
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