Emerging Markets Forum

{{Infobox organization | name = The Emerging Markets Forum | bgcolor =  | fgcolor =  | image = Emerging Markets Forum Logo.jpg | image_border = | image_size =  | image_alt =  | caption = | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt =  | map_caption =  | map2 = | abbreviation = EMF | predecessor = | successor = | formation =  | extinction =  | type =  | status =  | purpose =  | headquarters = Washington, DC | location = | coordinates =  | region_served = | membership = | language =  | general_secretary =  | leader_title =  | leader_name =  | leader_title2 = co-chair | leader_name2 = Fidel Valdez Ramos | leader_title3 = co-chair | leader_name3 = Haruhiko Kuroda | leader_title4 = co-chair | leader_name4 = Michel Camdessus | key_people = | main_organ =  | parent_organization = Centennial Group Inc. | affiliations =  | budget = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = | remarks = | former_name = }} '''The Emerging Markets Forum''' ('''EMF''') is an accredited non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing dialogue on economic, financial, and social issues facing emerging market economies. EMF advocates for increased dialogue between government and corporate leaders through its global forum events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/52-2259804/emerging-markets-forum.aspx#idReportSectionStatus|title=Emerging Markets Forum|publisher=Guide Star|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> Its motto is "Bringing people together to accelerate growth and well-being in emerging markets."

==History== The Emerging Markets Forum was founded in 2005 by the leaders of Centennial Group International. The president and CEO of the Emerging Markets Forum is Harinder Kohli, the forum manager is Sylvie Naville, the deputy forum manager is Charlotte Hess, the manager of information analytics is Harpaul Alberto Kohli, Dana Sleeper handles social media and websites, Gautam Kaji is chairman of the board, and P.R. Narvekar is founding director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emerging Markets Forum Management and Administration|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/contact-us-3/|publisher=Emerging Markets Forum|accessdate=6 September 2012}}</ref> The co-chairmen of the forum are Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and now honorary governor of the Central Bank of France, Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, and Fidel V. Ramos, former president of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=Gunjan|title=India's high growth is not pre-ordained|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indias-high-growth-is-not-preordained/480104/|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=26 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fidel |first=Ramos |title=Trips are work, work, work: Empowering the Filipino People |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336301/trips-are-work-work-work |publisher=Manila Bulletin |accessdate=25 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jishnu|first=Latha|title=Latha Jishnu: It's a stink and a powerful one|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/latha-jishnu-itsstinka-powerful-one/367044/|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> thumb|right|alt=2011 Global Meeting of the Emerging Markets Forum thumb|right|alt=Global Meeting of the EMF

==Global and regional forum events== The EMF hosts one global meeting and several regional meetings every year. Each meeting is structured around issues that are common to emerging market economies. The EMF commissions policy experts to write background papers, which provide a starting point for forum discussions. Participants come from both the private and public sectors to engage in open dialogue and implement solutions that will benefit emerging market economies.<ref>{{cite web|title=India's per capita income could cross Rs 10 lakh by 2039|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indias-per-capita-income-could-cross-rs-10-lakh-by-2039/480498/0|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Adam|first=Shamim|title=Global Financial Assets Lost $50 Trillion Last Year, ADB Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZ1kcJ7y3LDM&refer=home#|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=PELLEGRINO|first=GUILLERMO|title=El manejo de la inflación en Argentina ES TERRIBLEMENTE PREOCUPANTE|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/El%20Mundo%202008-06.pdf|publisher=LA REGIÓN|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Infrastructure is key to success of govts: Montek|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/infrastructure-is-key-to-success-of-govts-montek/480494/3|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=PELLEGRINO|first=GUILLERMO|title=Asia es el mayor exportador DE CAPITAL EN EL MUNDO|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/El%20Mundo%202008-05.pdf|publisher=El Mundo|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref>

Past events have taken place in Jakarta, Vietnam, Mumbai, Hanoi, Bogota, Montevideo, Oxford, Switzerland, Morocco, South Africa, and other locations.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Martin|title=What India must do if it is to be an affluent country|url=https://www.ft.com/content/dc1a9462-6b1c-11de-861d-00144feabdc0|publisher=The Financial Times|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=Gunjan|title=India's high growth is not pre-ordained|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/480104/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Castañeda|first=Jorge|title=Between Hanoi And Havana|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/inthenews/Newsweek%202008-08-04.pdf|publisher=Newsweek|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225032507/http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/inthenews/Newsweek%202008-08-04.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Missoke|first=Bernard|title=Tanzania: Mkapa to Chair Forum On Africa's Emerging Markets|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200803050240.html|publisher=AllAfrica.com|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Middle-age spread: More mature relations with foreign creditors are benefiting emerging markets|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/inthenews/Economist%202005-12-14.htm|publisher=The Economist|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727090403/http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/inthenews/Economist%202005-12-14.htm|archive-date=27 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Topics of interest at meetings include infrastructure, financial systems and the financial crisis, corruption and governance, climate change, global imbalances, public-private partnerships, and decoupling, among others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dey|first=Shantanu|title=Corruption may not impede economic development, but for how long?|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main22.asp?filename=Bu111806The_matrix.asp|publisher=Tehelka|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310212127/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main22.asp?filename=Bu111806The_matrix.asp|archive-date=10 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Participants== Sitting or former heads of state who have been participants include President Joseph Deiss (Switzerland), President Álvaro Uribe (Colombia), President Carlos Mesa (Bolivia), Prime Minister Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bangladesh), President José María Figueres (Costa Rica), President Horst Koehler (Germany), President Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), co-chair of the EMF President Fidel Valdez Ramos (Philippines), and Prime Minister Paul Martin (Canada).

Other participants include Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (former World Bank managing director, former foreign minister of Nigeria, and Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year), Arun Shourie (Indian Parliament and former minister of telecommunications, commerce and privatization),<ref>{{cite web|title=Shourie: smaller policy gestation time to help growth|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/shourie-smaller-policy-gestation-time-to-help-growth/480881/|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> Johannes F. Linn (Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; senior resident fellow, Emerging Markets Forum; and former vice president for Europe and Central Asia of the World Bank.),<ref>{{cite web|title=First Eurasia Emerging Markets Forum 'Connecting Central Asia with the World'|url=http://eme.sagepub.com/content/1/2/241.abstract|publisher=Sage Publishers|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> Indian Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia,<ref>{{cite web|title=Worst is over, we will now get back to more normal growth|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/worst-is-over-we-will-now-get-back-to-more-normal-growth/480506/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, and the FT's Martin Wolf.

==Key publications== Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Publications|url=http://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/paper/|publisher=Emerging Markets Forum|accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> * ''A New Vision for Mexico 2042: Achieving Prosperity for All (2012)'' * ''Asia 2050: Realizing the Asian Century (2011)'' * ''Central Asia and the Caucasus — At the Crossroads of Eurasia in the 21st Century'' (2011) * ''Reform of the International Monetary System — The Palais Royal Initiative'' (2011) * ''Latin America 2040: Breaking Away from Complacency — An Agenda for Resurgence (2010)'' * ''India 2039: An Affluent Society in One Generation (2010)''

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==Additional sources== * {{cite web|title=India should address trade, economic issues to play global role|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-should-address-trade-economic-issues-to-play-global-role/481061/0|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}} * {{cite web|last=Leahy|first=Joe|title=India's huge gap between rich and poor threatens growth, warns study|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b6d421ee-611e-11de-aa12-00144feabdc0|publisher=The Financial Times|accessdate=16 July 2012}} * {{cite web|title=Economy will kickstart in 3rd quarter|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/economy-will-kickstart-in-3rd-quarter/480407/|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}} * {{cite web|title=India affluent in 30 yrs: Experts|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/india-affluent-in-30-yrs-experts/480406/|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=16 July 2012}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.emergingmarketsforum.org/ Official website] {{Authority control}} Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.

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