The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University invites you to a Forum:

“Alternative Future Economic Scenarios for Central Asia" 

Featuring

Dr. Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics, Adelaide University, Australia, and Visiting Professor of Economics at the SAIS Bologna Center

Moderating
S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS 

Wednesday, January 11,  5-7 p.m.
Rome Auditorium, 1st Fl., Rome Building
SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

In spite of obvious vulnerabilities, the economies of Central Asia have successfully surmounted the initial challenges of independence. But where are they headed? Will there be
 common features, or is each country's economic future fated to be ever more distinctive?  And, finally, what are the driving forces in the regional economies?

Addressing these questions will be Richard Pomfret, who has since 1993 acted as adviser or consultant to multiple international financial and development agencies on Central Asian economics. His most recent book is The Age of Equality: The twentieth century in economic perspective (Harvard UP, 2011). Dr. Pomfet is also Non-Resident Fellow at CACI.

 To RSVP, kindly email your name and affiliation to SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu. Registration is required and must be received no later than 10 a.m. on the day of the event. With questions please call 202-663-7721. The Forum opens with a reception and refreshments at 5 p.m. The program will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. and conclude at 7 p.m.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is a primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org.