Global Economic Forum 2012

August 06–07, 2012 San Antonio Branch

This year's Global Economic Forum. Boston, Cleveland and Dallas Fed economists took us to Zimbabwe, Haiti, Uganda, Mexico and back to the U.S. Participants had an opportunity to join in the continuous and, at times, contentious debate in developmental economics—how to solve global poverty. Professor Anne Macy from West Texas A&M University showed how to transfer the content to the classroom.

The forum will ended with a videoconference featuring Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke addressing educators across the nation.

Presentations

• Poor, Poorer, Poorest
  Stephen Clayton
  Economic Education Specialist
• Alleviating Poverty: The Role of Free Trade Agreements
  Alejandro Velez
  Professor of Economics
  Director of Latin American Studies Program
  St. Mary’s University
• What’s Behind High Hispanic Poverty Rates?
  Pia Orrenius
  Assistant Vice President and Senior Economist
• Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
  Janet Koech
  Assistant Economist
• Mexico’s Improved Macroeconomic Policy Framework
  Ed Skelton
  Business Economist
  Financial Industry Studies
• Measuring Income Inequality
  Princeton Williams
  Senior Economic Education Specialist
• Developmental Economics: Can We Learn from Uganda?
  Julian Jamison
  Senior Economist
  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Community-Based Well Maintenance in Rural Haiti
  Dionissi Aliprantis
  Research Economist
  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• What Can We Learn from Fighting Poverty in Developing and Developed Countries?
  Anne Macy
  Gene Edwards Professor of Finance
  West Texas A&M University
• Ben Bernanke Would Like to Have a Word with You—Conversation with the Chairman: Teacher Town Hall
  Transcript of Remarks and Q & A
  Ben S. Bernanke
  Chairman, Board of Governors
  Federal Reserve System