According to the IMFs press statement received here on Monday, the high-level regional conference in Jakarta on the Future of Asias Finance: Financing for Development 2015, which is being organized by BI and the IMF, will discuss new financing modalities for the regions dynamic emerging market economies.
Some of the central banks in Asia such as in Cambodia, India, Japan, Laos, and Sri Lanka had confirmed their participation in the conference.
Apart from participating in the conference, Lagarde will also meet President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla, and senior officials, including BIs Governor Agus Martowardojo, Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution, and Minister of Finance Bambang Brodjonegoro.
The visit will also provide an opportunity to exchange views on recent economic developments, Indonesias prospects, and its role as an emerging power both in the region and globally.
Lagarde will also meet parliamentarians and representatives of other sections of the society, including women leaders and university students.
In addition, she will have a town hall meeting with university students in the Jakarta area during her stay.
This will be Lagardes second visit to Indonesia, after her first visit in July 2012.
During the monetary crisis in 1998, Indonesia had even signed a loan agreement with the IMF, which was witnessed by IMFs Executive Director Michael Camdessus.
(T.A060/INE/KR-BSR/A014)
Reporter: Azi Fitriyanti
Editor: Priyambodo RH
Copyright © ANTARA 2015
