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Economics
through a Macrofying Glass

During the seminars the selected participants will have the opportunity to interact with prominent economists from private companies and from institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and the National Bank of Romania.

Lajos Bokros teaches macroeconomics and public policy at CEU and he is our key guest since 2002. Prof Bokros has a vast experience in the fields of macroeconomics and public finance, which he gained as Director at The World Bank, Economic advisor to the DPM of Poland, Minister of finance in Hungary, Chairman and CEO at Budapest Bank, Chairman and CEO at Budapest Stock Exchange. His fields of interest include Macroeconomic Issues and Policies, Inter Governmental Fiscal Relations and Economic Policy Alternatives.

Juan J. Fernandez-Ansola - IMF Senior Regional Representative for Romania and Bulgaria. He has been working for the IMF since 1991 and has a vast experience in the neighbor countries of Romania. The last official position held was as chief of division within the Central Europe department. Between 1999-2006 held the position of chief of mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Check Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. Formerly he was an economist in the West Hemisphere Department and as a developer and superviser of politics. He has a degree and PhD, both in economics from Yale University and Boston University, USA. His fields of interest include public debt and bond markets, capital cash flow being added recently and economic growth, technological progress, competitiveness and inflation within Central and Eastern European countries

Anca Paliu-Dragu currently works for the IMF Regional Office for Romania and Bulgaria. In the past she worked as an economist at the National Bank of Romania, Refinancing and Open Market Operation Department, and Regulation Department. In 2007 she held a seminar within the third edition of our project. The debate focused on alternatives available to meet the convergence criteria within the Euro area.

Florin Citu works as Head of Sales / Deputy Head of Financial Markets for ING Romania. He received his PhD from Iowa State University and started his professional experience within The Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He was Cheif Economist at ING Bank Romania, and a member of The Economists European Association. On the 10th of May 2008 he held a seminar for Econosofia on: "NBR's monetary policy framework, from the current stance to Euro adoption"

Florin Ilie Head of Equity Markets at ING Bank, Romania. He took his master in Financial Analysis at Harvard University, USA and a master in Social and Economic Sciences at University of Manchester, UK.

Valentin Lazea - National Bank of Romania, chief economist. He studied at Sussex University in Brighton and at IMF Institute In Washington DC. Since 1999 he is Chief Economist at the National Bank of Romania. He was also state secretary in the Ministry of Finance. For Econosofia, he held a seminar about the advantages and disadvantages of adopting the Euro.